Week 14 Passing Stats: Primetime Flops

by Chase Stuart on December 11, 2018

You don’t expect to see Jared Goff’s at the bottom of the weekly ANY/A rankings, at least not since his rookie year. But Goff had the worst game of his career on Sunday night, throwing for only 180 yards while also throwing 4 interceptions and zero touchdowns against the Bears. Savvy readers will know that since an interception is worth -45 yards in the ANY/A formula, a passer with 180 yards, no TDs, and zero INTs will have an ANY/A of 0.00, regardless of their number of attempts.

Goff also took three sacks, so he finished with an ANY/A of -0.53. The quarterback on the opposing sideline, Mitchell Trubisky, wasn’t much better. Trubisky threw a touchdown, but picked up just 110 yards while throwing 3 interceptions; he finished with an ANY/A of -0.48 on 31 dropbacks.

And then on Monday Night Football, we saw some more bad passing from a pair of star quarterbacks. Russell Wilson was the winning quarterback, and the Seahawks became just the second team in the last 9 years to win a game with 60 or fewer passing yards on 20 or more passing stats (the 2017 Seahawks being the other). Wilson finished with an ANY/A of 0.68 and a passer rating of 37.9, the single worst performance of his career.

Kirk Cousins was the losing quarterback on MNF, and while his final statistics don’t look too bad, they are a bit misleading. Cousins took a strip sack with three minutes to go that was recovered and returned for a touchdown, putting Seattle up 21-0. After that, Cousins threw for 70 yards and a touchdown on his final 6 meaningless passes; prior to that moment, he was averaging 4.45 ANY/A. He had thrown for just 5 first downs on his first 29 passes.

The table below shows the weekly passing results:

Rk	Quarterback	Tm	Opp	Result	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	ANY/A	VALUE
1	Ryan Tannehill	MIA	NWE	W 34-33	19	265	3	0	4	36	12.57	159
2	Tom Brady	NWE	KC	L 33-34	43	358	3	0	2	14	8.98	149
3	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	OAK	L 21-24	29	282	2	0	1	6	10.53	146
4	Andrew Luck	IND	HOU	W 24-21	41	399	2	1	2	13	8.86	137
5	Derek Carr	OAK	PIT	W 24-21	34	322	2	0	4	23	8.92	124
6	Baker Mayfield	CLE	CAR	W 26-20	22	238	1	0	1	6	10.96	122
7	Eli Manning	NYG	WAS	W 40-16	22	197	3	0	2	22	9.79	99
8	Nick Mullens	SFO	DEN	W 20-14	33	332	2	1	3	27	8.33	96
9	Carson Wentz	PHI	DAL	L 23-29	32	228	3	0	2	6	8.29	89
10	Dak Prescott	DAL	PHI	W 29-23	54	455	3	2	3	21	7.09	81
11	Josh Johnson	WAS	NYG	L 16-40	16	195	1	1	0	0	10.63	79
12	Philip Rivers	LAC	LAR	W 26-21	29	220	1	0	2	17	7.19	47
13	Taylor Heinicke	CAR	CLE	L 20-26	1	33	0	0	0	0	33	27
14	Patrick Mahomes	KAN	BAL	W 27-24	53	377	2	1	3	30	6.11	25
15	Kirk Cousins	MIN	SEA	L 7-21	33	208	1	0	2	9	6.26	21
16	Lamar Jackson	BAL	KAN	L 24-27	24	147	2	0	3	24	6.04	10
17	Sam Darnold	NYJ	BUF	W 27-23	24	170	1	1	0	0	6.04	9
18	Matt Ryan	ATL	GNB	L 20-34	42	262	3	1	2	25	5.73	3
19	Deshaun Watson	HOU	IND	L 21-24	38	267	1	0	5	41	5.72	2
20	Johnny Hekker	LAR	CHI	L 6-15	1	7	0	0	0	0	7	1
21	Jeff Driskel	CIN	LAC	L 21-26	27	170	1	0	3	19	5.7	1
22	Aaron Rodgers	GNB	ATL	W 34-20	32	196	2	0	4	34	5.61	-2
23	Zay Jones	BUF	NYJ	L 23-27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-6
23	Jarvis Landry	CLE	CAR	W 26-20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-6
23	Josh McCown	NYJ	BUF	W 27-23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-6
26	Drew Brees	NOR	TAM	W 28-14	31	201	1	1	1	3	5.41	-8
27	Robert Griffin	BAL	KAN	L 24-27	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-11
28	Cam Newton	CAR	CLE	L 20-26	42	265	0	1	1	1	5.09	-25
29	Marcus Mariota	TEN	JAX	W 30-9	24	162	0	1	1	0	4.68	-25
30	Matthew Stafford	DET	ARI	W 17-3	23	101	0	0	1	5	4	-40
31	Cody Kessler	JAX	TEN	L 9-30	43	240	1	0	4	45	4.57	-51
32	Case Keenum	DEN	SFO	L 14-20	42	186	1	0	2	15	4.34	-58
33	Jameis Winston	TAM	NOR	L 14-28	38	213	2	1	4	39	4.02	-69
34	Joshua Dobbs	PIT	OAK	L 21-24	9	24	0	1	0	0	-2.33	-72
35	Kyle Lauletta	NYG	WAS	W 40-16	5	0	0	1	0	0	-9	-73
36	Josh Rosen	ARI	DET	L 3-17	41	240	0	1	3	22	3.93	-76
37	Russell Wilson	SEA	MIN	W 21-7	20	72	0	1	2	12	0.68	-110
38	Josh Allen	BUF	NYJ	L 23-27	36	206	0	2	3	14	2.62	-119
39	Mark Sanchez	WAS	NYG	L 16-40	14	38	0	2	5	29	-4.26	-189
40	Mitchell Trubisky	CHI	LAR	W 15-6	30	110	1	3	1	10	-0.48	-191
41	Jared Goff	LAR	CHI	L 6-15	44	180	0	4	3	25	-0.53	-291
	Total				1096	7566	45	27	79	593	5.67	0

And the year to date results? Patrick Mahomes is still the frontrunner for MVP, with 43 TDs in just 13 games so far. Mahomes, Brees, and Rivers have separated themselves from the pack in terms of quality, but Mahomes has a big advantage in quantity. That’s because — and this still feels pretty weird to sound — the Saints and the Chargers have much better defenses.

Rk	Quarterback	Tm	Age	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	ANY/A	Value
1	Patrick Mahomes	KAN	23	482	4300	43	11	23	155	8.93	1272
2	Drew Brees	NOR	39	415	3463	31	4	13	96	8.89	1063
3	Philip Rivers	LAC	37	409	3638	29	6	23	145	8.8	1033
4	Jared Goff	LAR	24	458	3934	27	11	29	185	7.79	672
5	Matt Ryan	ATL	33	502	4076	28	6	38	276	7.57	628
6	Tom Brady	NWE	41	477	3700	23	8	18	125	7.42	501
7	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	36	546	4227	28	13	18	124	7.23	462
8	Ryan Fitzpatrick	TAM	36	246	2366	17	12	14	76	8.04	423
9	Aaron Rodgers	GNB	35	495	3700	23	1	39	273	7.19	418
10	Russell Wilson	SEA	30	346	2788	29	6	39	275	7.33	355
11	Andrew Luck	IND	29	530	3759	34	13	16	123	6.83	230
12	Carson Wentz	PHI	26	401	3074	21	7	31	202	6.89	207
13	Deshaun Watson	HOU	23	402	3298	22	9	46	273	6.83	188
14	Baker Mayfield	CLE	23	376	2877	19	10	23	160	6.63	89
15	Ryan Tannehill	MIA	30	197	1578	16	6	19	159	6.8	84
16	Cam Newton	CAR	29	442	3264	24	12	25	181	6.47	29
17	Kirk Cousins	MIN	30	524	3698	24	9	32	201	6.42	7
18	Derek Carr	OAK	27	457	3434	18	8	42	237	6.41	-2
19	Mitchell Trubisky	CHI	24	351	2579	21	12	20	129	6.28	-49
20	Eli Manning	NYG	37	458	3460	18	8	43	339	6.23	-91
21	Jameis Winston	TAM	24	270	2154	14	12	22	136	6.02	-114
22	Dak Prescott	DAL	25	418	3131	17	7	48	293	6.14	-125
23	Andy Dalton	CIN	31	365	2566	21	11	21	157	6.05	-141
24	Joe Flacco	BAL	33	379	2465	12	6	16	79	5.96	-176
25	Marcus Mariota	TEN	25	298	2330	11	8	39	220	5.85	-191
26	Alex Smith	WAS	34	328	2180	10	5	22	121	5.81	-210
27	Blake Bortles	JAX	26	369	2572	13	10	27	149	5.64	-306
28	Case Keenum	DEN	30	453	3139	15	10	30	210	5.75	-318
29	Matthew Stafford	DET	30	462	3187	18	11	37	242	5.63	-389
30	Sam Darnold	NYJ	21	313	2104	12	15	21	129	4.61	-601
31	Josh Allen	BUF	22	227	1429	5	9	26	195	3.67	-693
32	Josh Rosen	ARI	21	314	1910	10	12	29	219	3.94	-848

The bottom of the pack hasn’t changed much — we still have the three rookie passers. But it remains remarkable seeing Matthew Stafford fourth from the bottom. He is averaging just 10.4 yards per completion, second-fewest in the NFL, but some quarterbacks can have a low YPC average and still be effective. The problem for Stafford is he also has been taking sacks and throwing interceptions at worse than average rates.

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