Posted by ESPN.com's Mike Sando

The 49ers' Shaun Hill remained among the NFL's four highest-rated passers on third down even though San Francisco failed to convert any of its 11 opportunities during its Week 3 defeat at Minnesota.

Hill completed 5-of-8 passes for 32 yards on third down in that game. The 49ers needed 11.1 yards on average to get first downs on those plays.

Seattle's Seneca Wallace moved into the top five among NFL third-down passers after completing third-down passes of 11, 13, 16, 20 and 39 yards against the Bears. Wallace completed only 5 of 10 attempts on third down in the game. Julius Jones helped him out by exploiting poor Bears tackling for a 39-yard touchdown on a third-and-19 screen play.

Kurt Warner's third-down numbers have been weak so far this season, but no NFL passer with at least five attempts has fared worse than the Rams' Kyle Boller (2.8 rating on nine attempts).

Third-down passing through Week 3 Comp. Att. Yards TD INT Rating Eli Manning 22 31 296 4 0 140.6 Drew Brees 22 30 253 3 1 117.8 Aaron Rodgers 16 28 254 2 0 111.3 Shaun Hill 22 29 238 1 0 111.0 Seneca Wallace 6 14 100 2 0 107.1 Matt Schaub 15 26 169 2 0 102.9 Kyle Orton 16 28 192 2 0 102.1 Brett Favre 22 33 269 2 1 99.2 Mark Sanchez 21 33 245 1 0 96.1 Peyton Manning 17 23 169 0 0 94.3 Chad Pennington 16 23 177 0 0 92.1 Joe Flacco 20 31 227 3 2 91.7 Marc Bulger 13 21 102 1 0 89.8 Tom Brady 20 35 203 1 0 83.4 Brodie Croyle 4 8 70 0 0 80.2 Carson Palmer 17 32 193 2 1 79.3 Matthew Stafford 20 33 269 0 1 73.9 Kerry Collins 12 26 122 1 0 72.9 Jay Cutler 15 29 152 3 2 72.8 David Garrard 16 28 174 1 1 72.6 Jason Campbell 19 27 176 0 1 72.5 Trent Edwards 14 26 177 1 1 72.1 Matt Ryan 18 33 210 1 1 71.5 Philip Rivers 18 32 285 2 3 67.8 Tony Romo 13 24 130 1 1 66.3 JaMarcus Russell 13 27 134 0 0 62.9 Kurt Warner 15 30 187 1 2 53.1 Ben Roethlisberger 17 28 189 0 2 51.0 Brady Quinn 11 19 95 1 2 49.1 Matt Cassel 9 14 76 0 1 48.5 Chad Henne 2 5 15 0 0 47.9 Byron Leftwich 16 32 125 0 1 47.0 Jake Delhomme 11 24 124 1 2 41.0 Kevin Kolb 10 24 117 0 1 39.8 Matt Hasselbeck 6 12 56 0 1 28.5 Derek Anderson 4 8 43 0 2 26.6 Kyle Boller 3 9 26 0 1 2.8 Totals 531 915 6,039 39 31 78.0

Thanks to ESPN Stats & Information for the chart info.

Earlier: Where they ranked after Week 2.