You have to go back pre-merger to find a quarterback who threw 7 TDs, but 37 times in the last 10 years a quarterback has thrown 5 or 6 TDs, then come back again to start the next regular-season game. Here's how they've done.
Only 11 of these 37 guys threw 3-plus TDs again the next week.
17 of them, surprisingly, threw either no touchdowns or just 1.
On average, these quarterbacks threw 1.95 TDs and 1 interception while averaging 287 passing yards.
List does not include guys who didn't play the next week. Aaron Rodgers had a game with 5-TDs near the end of the 2011 season but sat out Week 17; he's not listed. Nor is Matt Flynn, who then threw 6 TDs in that Week 17 game but hasn't started a game since.
Kelly Holcomb had a 5-TD game for the Browns but got hurt and couldn't play the next week.
| QUARTERBACKS THROWING 5-6 TDs / NEXT WEEK | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Quarterback | Opp | Yds | TD | Int |
| 2003 | Peyton Manning | at T.B. | 386 | 2 | 1 |
| 2003 | Matt Hasselbeck | vs. Clev. | 328 | 3 | 1 |
| 2003 | Aaron Brooks | at Jac. | 296 | 2 | 0 |
| 2003 | Peyton Manning | vs. Den. | 146 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | Daunte Culpepper | at Phil. | 343 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | Peyton Manning | at Jac. | 220 | 2 | 1 |
| 2004 | Daunte Culpepper | at N.O. | 425 | 5 | 2 |
| 2004 | Daunte Culpepper | vs. Tenn. | 183 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | Peyton Manning | vs. Minn. | 268 | 4 | 0 |
| 2004 | Drew Brees | at K.C. | 378 | 2 | 0 |
| 2004 | Peyton Manning | at Chi. | 211 | 4 | 1 |
| 2004 | Peyton Manning | vs. Tenn. | 425 | 3 | 2 |
| 2004 | Donovan McNabb | at Wash. | 260 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | Kerry Collins | at K.C. | 217 | 2 | 1 |
| 2006 | Matt Hasselbeck | at Chi. | 196 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | Tony Romo | at NYG | 257 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | Drew Brees | vs. Wash. | 207 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | Carson Palmer | at Sea. | 342 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | Derek Anderson | at Oak. | 248 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | Tom Brady | at Mia. | 354 | 6 | 0 |
| 2007 | Tom Brady | vs. Wash. | 306 | 3 | 0 |
| 2007 | Ben Roethlisberger | vs. Clev. | 278 | 2 | 1 |
| 2007 | Tom Brady | vs. Phil. | 380 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | Brett Favre | vs. Cin. | 189 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | Drew Brees | at Phil. | 311 | 3 | 1 |
| 2009 | Tom Brady | T.B. (Eng.) | 308 | 3 | 2 |
| 2009 | Carson Palmer | vs. Balt. | 224 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | Kurt Warner | vs. Sea. | 340 | 2 | 0 |
| 2009 | Matthew Stafford | vs. G.B. | 213 | 1 | 4 |
| 2009 | Drew Brees | at Wash. | 419 | 2 | 1 |
| 2010 | Josh Freeman | at N.O. | 255 | 2 | 0 |
| 2011 | Ben Roethlisberger | vs. Jac. | 200 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011 | Drew Brees | at St.L. | 269 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | Matthew Stafford | vs. G.B. | 276 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | Drew Brees | vs. Atl. | 307 | 4 | 2 |
| 2012 | Aaron Rodgers | at St.L. | 342 | 3 | 0 |
| 2012 | Matt Schaub | at Det. | 315 | 1 | 1 |

