which nfl qb threw for the most yards in their first 13 games in 2012

Drew Brees had the most passing yards by a quarterback in 2012 in his first 13 games, with 4,028 yards.

	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Drew Brees D. Brees	4,028	13	330	535	61.7	7.5	309.8	32	18	90.8	6.0	3.4	23	163
2	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	4,006	13	350	579	60.4	6.9	308.2	17	12	82.4	2.9	2.1	26	177
3	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	3,932	13	346	511	67.7	7.7	302.5	24	14	94.8	4.7	2.7	24	172
4	Tony Romo T. Romo	3,928	13	349	526	66.3	7.5	302.2	20	16	88.5	3.8	3.0	31	218
5	Tom Brady T. Brady	3,833	13	319	495	64.4	7.7	294.8	29	4	104.2	5.9	0.8	20	135
6	Peyton Manning P. Manning	3,812	13	330	483	68.3	7.9	293.2	30	10	104.0	6.2	2.1	19	120
7	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	3,805	13	324	533	60.8	7.1	292.7	22	14	85.3	4.1	2.6	26	199
8	Andrew Luck A. Luck	3,792	13	295	537	54.9	7.1	291.7	18	18	74.5	3.4	3.4	32	194
9	Eli Manning E. Manning	3,429	13	281	462	60.8	7.4	263.8	20	13	86.4	4.3	2.8	14	92
10	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	3,297	13	293	438	66.9	7.5	253.6	29	8	103.7	6.6	1.8	42	240
11	Matt Schaub M. Schaub	3,294	13	285	445	64.0	7.4	253.4	21	10	92.7	4.7	2.2	17	144
12	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	3,265	13	284	449	63.3	7.3	251.2	26	8	97.0	5.8	1.8	30	182
13	Joe Flacco J. Flacco	3,220	13	268	447	60.0	7.2	247.7	18	9	87.1	4.0	2.0	31	188
14	Cam Newton C. Newton	3,220	13	227	390	58.2	8.3	247.7	16	10	88.0	4.1	2.6	31	216
15	Josh Freeman J. Freeman	3,192	13	231	422	54.7	7.6	245.5	25	8	91.1	5.9	1.9	19	127
16	Andy Dalton A. Dalton	3,186	13	282	445	63.4	7.2	245.1	25	14	90.3	5.6	3.1	32	168
17	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	3,169	13	298	465	64.1	6.8	243.8	21	15	85.5	4.5	3.2	37	244
18	Brandon Weeden B. Weeden	3,037	13	264	463	57.0	6.6	233.6	13	15	72.8	2.8	3.2	24	159
19	Robert Griffin III R. Griffin III	2,902	13	233	351	66.4	8.3	223.2	18	4	104.2	5.1	1.1	28	191
20	Sam Bradford S. Bradford	2,877	13	255	427	59.7	6.7	221.3	15	10	81.9	3.5	2.3	31	201
21	Ryan Fitzpatrick R. Fitzpatrick	2,718	13	253	406	62.3	6.7	209.1	21	13	85.8	5.2	3.2	25	116
22	Ryan Tannehill R. Tannehill	2,709	13	227	396	57.3	6.8	208.4	8	12	72.5	2.0	3.0	25	186
23	Jay Cutler J. Cutler	2,630	13	225	377	59.7	7.0	202.3	17	14	80.4	4.5	3.7	35	237
24	Mark Sanchez M. Sanchez	2,547	13	216	390	55.4	6.5	195.9	12	13	71.8	3.1	3.3	30	181
25	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	2,492	13	208	330	63.0	7.6	191.7	20	9	94.9	6.1	2.7	24	152

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