{"id":4153,"date":"2025-09-13T14:06:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T18:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gofootballanalytics.com\/statsblog\/?p=4153"},"modified":"2025-09-13T14:06:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T18:06:06","slug":"joe-flacco-about-to-hit-46000-career-passing-yards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gofootballanalytics.com\/statsblog\/joe-flacco-about-to-hit-46000-career-passing-yards\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Flacco About to Hit 46,000 Career Passing Yards"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coming into week 2, Joe Flacco of the Indianapolis Colts<\/a> has 45,987 yards passing during his career. So he is 13 passing yards shy of reaching the 46,000 level. And Flacco presently ranks 17th in the Super Bowl Era leaders for passing yards. Here are the top 3: Tom Brady, Drew Brees and Peyton Manning.<\/p>\n

In his previous outing, he had 290 yards passing during a 17-16 loss vs. the Cincinnati Bengals<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This Sunday, the Flacco will bid to reach 46k as his Colts travel to collide with the Baltimore Ravens<\/a> who are in 3rd in the AFC North. The Colts are 1-0 and are 1st in the AFC South.<\/p>\n

Passing Yards Leaders (Super Bowl Era):<\/h3>\n

1. Tom Brady 89,214
\n2. Drew Brees 80,358
\n3. Peyton Manning 71,940
\n4. Brett Favre 71,838
\n5. Ben Roethlisberger 64,088
\n6. Philip Rivers 63,440
\n7. Aaron Rodgers 63,196
\n8. Matt Ryan 62,792
\n9. Dan Marino 61,361
\n10. Matthew Stafford 60,054
\n11. Eli Manning 57,023
\n12. John Elway 51,475
\n13. Warren Moon 49,325
\n14. Russell Wilson 46,303
\n15. Carson Palmer 46,247
\n16. Vinny Testaverde 46,233
\n17. Joe Flacco 45,987<\/strong>
\n18. Drew Bledsoe 44,611
\n19. Dan Fouts 43,040
\n20. Kirk Cousins 42,979<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Coming into week 2, Joe Flacco of the Indianapolis Colts has 45,987 yards passing during his career. So he is 13 passing yards shy of reaching the 46,000 level. And Flacco presently ranks 17th in the Super Bowl Era leaders for passing yards. 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