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Posted by ESPN.com's Mike Sando

Super Bowl champion Eli Manning, reigning offensive player of the year Drew Brees and the NFC West's very own Shaun Hill rank 1-2-3 in third-down passing through Week 2.

Surprised to see Hill's name so high the list? I'm not. Hill has gotten the job done in key situations.

Third-down passing through Week 2 Comp. Att. Yards TD INT Rating Eli Manning 17 23 241 3 0 146.9 Drew Brees 16 20 207 3 1 128.5 Shaun Hill 17 21 206 1 0 123.4 Mark Sanchez 17 23 228 1 0 119.5 Aaron Rodgers 14 23 196 2 0 117.3 Matt Moore 2 3 34 0 0 104.9 Trent Edwards 8 15 125 1 0 103.5 Brett Favre 10 15 72 1 0 99.9 Peyton Manning 12 16 133 0 0 99.2 Carson Palmer 13 21 160 2 1 97.3 Chad Pennington 14 20 162 0 0 94.2 Joe Flacco 17 26 194 3 2 94.1 Kyle Orton 13 23 163 1 0 93.2 Jason Campbell 13 18 132 0 0 92.8 Kerry Collins 8 14 63 1 0 92.3 Matt Schaub 10 18 108 1 0 91.9 Marc Bulger 12 19 89 1 0 91.8 Philip Rivers 12 20 219 2 3 91.5 Brodie Croyle 4 8 70 0 0 80.2 Seneca Wallace 1 4 1 1 0 79.2 Matt Ryan 14 24 158 1 1 74.7 Brady Quinn 10 16 89 1 1 72.1 Tom Brady 13 24 131 0 0 70.0 Donovan McNabb 2 4 23 0 0 67.7 Tony Romo 8 15 65 1 1 59.0 Jay Cutler 11 22 115 2 2 58.0 David Garrard 10 20 88 1 1 57.9 Matt Leinart 1 3 17 0 0 53.5 Matthew Stafford 10 21 148 0 1 51.3 Kurt Warner 10 18 111 0 1 50.9 Byron Leftwich 13 25 118 0 1 48.4 Matt Cassel 6 9 62 0 1 46.8 JaMarcus Russell 6 19 80 0 0 45.9 Jake Delhomme 8 17 83 1 2 41.7 Ben Roethlisberger 11 19 135 0 2 40.4 Tarvaris Jackson 0 1 0 0 0 39.6 Josh McCown 0 2 0 0 0 39.6 Matt Hasselbeck 6 12 56 0 1 28.5 Kevin Kolb 5 15 62 0 1 19.3 NFL Average 9.6 16.3 111.4 .79 .59 80.7

Thanks to ESPN Stats & Information for the chart info.