Tanner McKee puts on a show in his first NFL start, throwing for 269 yards and two touchdowns. He joins an exclusive list of quarterbacks drafted in the sixth round or later to achieve such success.
Tanner McKee had a remarkable performance in his first career NFL start, completing 66 percent of his passes (27-for-41) for 269 yards with touchdown passes to Ainias Smith and E.J. Jenkins and no turnovers. In the Eagles ’ 20-13 win over the Giants at the Linc, McKee became only the second quarterback in NFL history drafted in the sixth round or later to throw for 250 or more yards, complete 65 percent of his passes and pass for two touchdowns and no interceptions in his first NFL start.
Stan Humphries of Washington, a 6th-round pick in 1988, did it at Phoenix in 1990. McKee's 100.6 passer rating is 2nd-highest in Eagles history by a quarterback making his first career start. Carson Wentz was slightly higher at 101.0 in the Eagles' opening-day win over the Browns in 2016. Along with his two TDs at the end of the Dallas game last weekend, he’s now the only quarterback in franchise history to throw four TDs in his first two career games. His 117.2 passer rating is 3rd-highest in NFL history by a quarterback in his first two games with a minimum of 40 passes. Former Eagle Marcus Mariota had a 132.4 rating after his first two NFL games with the Titans in 2015, and Case Keenum had a 11
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