which nfl qb had the most passing yards in their first 3 games in 2023

Kirk Cousins had the most passing yards by a quarterback in 2023 in his first 3 games, with 1,075 yards.

	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Kirk Cousins K. Cousins	1,075	3	96	138	69.6	7.8	358.3	9	2	108.2	6.5	1.4	8	56
2	Tua Tagovailoa T. Tagovailoa	1,024	3	72	101	71.3	10.1	341.3	8	2	121.9	7.9	2.0	1	5
3	Joe Flacco J. Flacco	939	3	77	133	57.9	7.1	313.0	7	5	81.6	5.3	3.8	7	49
4	Justin Herbert J. Herbert	939	3	90	121	74.4	7.8	313.0	6	0	112.9	5.0	0.0	7	62
5	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	910	3	76	126	60.3	7.2	303.3	2	4	74.5	1.6	3.2	7	58
6	C.J. Stroud	906	3	78	121	64.5	7.5	302.0	4	0	98.0	3.3	0.0	11	93
7	Jared Goff J. Goff	819	3	72	103	69.9	8.0	273.0	5	2	101.6	4.9	1.9	3	10
8	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	803	3	74	113	65.5	7.1	267.7	7	2	99.5	6.2	1.8	1	7
9	Nick Mullens N. Mullens	797	3	57	82	69.5	9.7	265.7	4	6	86.3	4.9	7.3	7	60
10	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	791	3	68	104	65.4	7.6	263.7	6	2	99.5	5.8	1.9	10	54
11	Mac Jones M. Jones	748	3	81	125	64.8	6.0	249.3	5	2	87.7	4.0	1.6	6	41
12	Geno Smith G. Smith	736	3	71	103	68.9	7.1	245.3	4	1	98.2	3.9	1.0	5	51
13	Trevor Lawrence T. Lawrence	736	3	73	113	64.6	6.5	245.3	3	2	84.5	2.7	1.8	6	22
14	Brock Purdy B. Purdy	736	3	61	91	67.0	8.1	245.3	4	0	106.3	4.4	0.0	6	27
15	Josh Allen J. Allen	728	3	80	110	72.7	6.6	242.7	5	4	90.3	4.5	3.6	7	26
16	Kyler Murray K. Murray	719	3	66	107	61.7	6.7	239.7	2	2	79.9	1.9	1.9	9	74
17	Jimmy Garoppolo J. Garoppolo	709	3	64	94	68.1	7.5	236.3	5	6	81.4	5.3	6.4	4	31
18	Will Levis W. Levis	699	3	60	107	56.1	6.5	233.0	4	2	80.7	3.7	1.9	10	71
19	Kenny Pickett K. Pickett	689	3	62	104	59.6	6.6	229.7	4	3	80.2	3.8	2.9	8	63
20	Deshaun Watson D. Watson	678	3	65	102	63.7	6.6	226.0	4	2	87.8	3.9	2.0	12	61
21	Sam Howell S. Howell	671	3	65	99	65.7	6.8	223.7	3	5	74.1	3.0	5.1	19	124
22	Jordan Love J. Love	655	3	51	96	53.1	6.8	218.3	7	1	94.7	7.3	1.0	3	33
23	Easton Stick E. Stick	651	3	59	89	66.3	7.3	217.0	3	1	94.4	3.4	1.1	10	94
24	Dak Prescott D. Prescott	647	3	69	102	67.6	6.3	215.7	3	1	90.6	2.9	1.0	3	25
25	Jalen Hurts J. Hurts	640	3	63	93	67.7	6.9	213.3	3	3	84.5	3.2	3.2	8	44

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