who lead the league in passing touchdowns in 2012

Drew Brees had the most passing touchdowns in 2012, with 43 touchdowns.

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	NAME	TD	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Drew Brees D. Brees	43	2012	NO	16	422	670	63.0	5,177	7.7	323.6	19	96.3	6.4	2.8	26	190
2	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	39	2012	GB	16	371	552	67.2	4,295	7.8	268.4	8	108.0	7.1	1.4	51	293
3	Peyton Manning P. Manning	37	2012	DEN	16	400	583	68.6	4,659	8.0	291.2	11	105.8	6.3	1.9	21	137
4	Tom Brady T. Brady	34	2012	NE	16	401	637	63.0	4,827	7.6	301.7	8	98.7	5.3	1.3	27	182
5	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	32	2012	ATL	16	422	615	68.6	4,719	7.7	294.9	14	99.1	5.2	2.3	28	210
6	Tony Romo T. Romo	28	2012	DAL	16	425	648	65.6	4,903	7.6	306.4	19	90.5	4.3	2.9	36	263
7	Andy Dalton A. Dalton	27	2012	CIN	16	329	528	62.3	3,669	6.9	229.3	16	87.4	5.1	3.0	46	229
8	Josh Freeman J. Freeman	27	2012	TB	16	306	558	54.8	4,065	7.3	254.1	17	81.6	4.8	3.0	26	161
9	Eli Manning E. Manning	26	2012	NYG	16	321	536	59.9	3,948	7.4	246.8	15	87.2	4.9	2.8	19	136
10	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	26	2012	SD	16	338	527	64.1	3,606	6.8	225.4	15	88.6	4.9	2.8	49	311
11	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	26	2012	PIT	13	284	449	63.3	3,265	7.3	251.2	8	97.0	5.8	1.8	30	182
12	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	26	2012	SEA	16	252	393	64.1	3,118	7.9	194.9	10	100.0	6.6	2.5	33	203
13	Ryan Fitzpatrick R. Fitzpatrick	24	2012	BUF	16	306	505	60.6	3,400	6.7	212.5	16	83.3	4.8	3.2	30	161
14	Andrew Luck A. Luck	23	2012	IND	16	339	627	54.1	4,374	7.0	273.4	18	76.5	3.7	2.9	41	246
15	Joe Flacco J. Flacco	22	2012	BAL	16	317	531	59.7	3,817	7.2	238.6	10	87.7	4.1	1.9	35	227
16	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	22	2012	OAK	15	345	565	61.1	4,018	7.1	267.9	14	85.3	3.9	2.5	26	199
17	Matt Schaub M. Schaub	22	2012	HOU	16	350	544	64.3	4,008	7.4	250.5	12	90.7	4.0	2.2	27	216
18	Sam Bradford S. Bradford	21	2012	STL	16	328	551	59.5	3,702	6.7	231.4	13	82.6	3.8	2.4	35	233
19	Robert Griffin III R. Griffin III	20	2012	WAS	15	258	393	65.6	3,200	8.1	213.3	5	102.4	5.1	1.3	30	217
20	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	20	2012	DET	16	435	727	59.8	4,967	6.8	310.4	17	79.8	2.8	2.3	29	212
21	Jay Cutler J. Cutler	19	2012	CHI	15	255	434	58.8	3,033	7.0	202.2	14	81.3	4.4	3.2	38	250
22	Cam Newton C. Newton	19	2012	CAR	16	280	485	57.7	3,869	8.0	241.8	12	86.2	3.9	2.5	36	244
23	Christian Ponder C. Ponder	18	2012	MIN	16	300	483	62.1	2,935	6.1	183.4	12	81.2	3.7	2.5	32	184
24	Brandon Weeden B. Weeden	14	2012	CLE	15	297	517	57.4	3,385	6.5	225.7	17	72.6	2.7	3.3	28	186
25	Mark Sanchez M. Sanchez	13	2012	NYJ	15	246	453	54.3	2,883	6.4	192.2	18	66.9	2.9	4.0	34	209

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Sun 9/20	NO	@	BAL	1:00 PM
Sun 9/27	LV	@	NO	4:25 PM
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Sun 10/11	MIN	@	NO	1:00 PM
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Buccaneers	0	1	0	.000
Panthers	0	1	0	.000
Saints	0	1	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
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Cardinals	1	0	0	1.000
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