Quarterbacks With Consecutive Games of 400 or More Yards
Only eight quarterbacks have, by NFL standards, had 400 or more passing yards in back-to-back games. Seven have done so in the regular season, and Drew Brees has done so in the postseason. Cam Newton accomplished this feat in his first two professional games, and Tom Brady also had 400-yard games in the same two weeks of the NFL season as Newton.
*Two quarterbacks, Kurt Warner and Brees, have thrown for 400 or more yards in their final post-season game of a season and then passed for 400 or more yards in the first game of the following regular season. Warner did so with the St. Louis Rams in his Super Bowl XXXIV win on January 30, 2000 and again in the Rams' Week 1 win on Sept. 4, 2000. Brees accomplished the same feat in the New Orleans Saints' loss in the Wild Card round of the 2010–11 NFC playoffs and the Saints' Week 1 loss in the 2011 Kickoff Game. Note that the NFL does not recognize these cases as "consecutive games". By contrast, Brees' 400-yard performances in the Wild Card and Divisional rounds of the 2011–12 playoffs do count as "consecutive", as they were accomplished in a single season.
- Dan Fouts, San Diego Chargers, 1982
- Dan Marino, Miami Dolphins, 1984
- Phil Simms, New York Giants, 1985
- *Kurt Warner, St. Louis Rams, 1999–2000 (see above)
- Billy Volek, Tennessee Titans, 2004
- Matt Cassel, New England Patriots, 2008
- *Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints, 2010–11 (see above)
- Cam Newton, Carolina Panthers, 2011
- Tom Brady, New England Patriots, 2011
- Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints, 2012
Read more about this topic: List Of NFL Quarterbacks Who Have Passed For 400 Or More Yards In A Game
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