Twice in five days Justin Fields has thrown 4 touchdowns in games. Is this guy keeping the seat warm for somebody like Caleb Williams or Drake Maye? Or does he still have a chance to be Chicago’s long-term quarterback?

There aren’t many quarterbacks who’ve thrown 4 touchdowns in consecutive games. Since the merger in 1970, it’s been done by only 37 other quarterbacks. Most of those guys are of the badass variety – Manning, Brady, Marino, Mahomes, etc.

With Fields now joining this club, I thought it might be interesting to take a look at that list. Specifically, when we have quarterbacks throwing 4 TDs in back-to-back games, is that an indication that they’re going to successful quarterbacks for the long haul? Or is there more of a luck and hot-hand element, with a bunch of lesser guys also sneaking in?

I took the list of the 38 guys, then blended it with the win-loss records of the players. I see 10 who have losing records as starters, including Billy Volek, Ryan Fitzpatrick and Jameis Winston. With a current win-loss mark of 6-24, Fields ranks last of the group in winning percentage.

For other active quarterbacks, I’ve got them tagged with black dots. Many of these quarterbacks went back-to-back more than once (I think there’s been about 68 streaks). Six quarterbacks had streaks lasting longer than two games, and I’ve added numerical notes after their names. (Peyton Manning, at 5 games, had the longest streak.)

W-L RECORDS OF QBs WITH BACK-TO-BACK GAMES WITH 4 TDs
PlayerWinLossTiePct
• Patrick Mahomes (3)67170.798
Tom Brady (4)251820.754
• Lamar Jackson48170.738
Peyton Manning (5)186790.702
• Josh Allen55250.688
Ben Roethlisberger165811.670
• Aaron Rodgers147761.658
Steve Young94490.657
• Dak Prescott64370.634
Brett Favre1861120.624
• Russell Wilson (3)109671.619
Andrew Luck53330.616
Tony Romo78490.614
Dan Marino (4)147930.613
Donovan McNabb98621.612
Randall Cunningham82521.611
Drew Brees (3)1721140.601
Kurt Warner67490.578
Craig Morton81621.566
Philip Rivers1341060.558
• Joe Burrow25201.554
• Deshaun Watson33290.532
• Kirk Cousins73662.525
Drew Bledsoe98950.508
Jake Plummer69670.507
Dan Fouts86841.506
Warren Moon1021010.502
Eli Manning1171170.500
Jeff Garcia57590.491
Tommy Kramer54560.491
Jay Cutler74790.484
• Derek Carr65810.445
• Jameis Winston34460.425
Daunte Culpepper41590.410
Ryan Fitzpatrick59871.405
Robert Griffin16260.381
Billy Volek370.300
Justin Fields6240.200

Statistics compiled using search tools at Pro-Football-Reference.com

—Ian Allan