Week 16 (2019) Passing Stats: Opening Day Backups Shine And Crash

by Chase Stuart on December 24, 2019

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Daniel Jones, Ryan Tannehill, and Ryan Fitzpatrick all began the season on the bench. But in week 16, these three threw for over 1,000 yards and 12 touchdowns.

On the other hand, a pair of third string quarterbacks were truly ugly on Sunday. Will Grier, who began the season as Carolina’s third option at quarterback, was the worst passer of the week. In his first NFL start he had 3 interceptions, 5 sacks, and zero touchdowns. Meanwhile, Pittsburgh — already down its first two options at quarterback this year — saw their playoff hopes dwindle after an ugly performance by Devlin Hodges against the Jets.

It was a weird week of NFL passing. Aaron Rodgers and Deshaun Watson were both bad: they combined to throw 0 touchdowns with 2 interceptions and 8 sacks. And yet both quarterbacks won, as Jameis Winston and Kirk Cousins were even worse.

The table below shows the week 16 passing stats.

Rk	Quarterback	Tm	Opp	Result	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	ANY/A	VALUE
1	Daniel Jones	NYG	WAS	W 41-35	42	352	5	0	1	6	10.37	185
2	Ryan Tannehill	TEN	NOR	L 28-38	27	272	3	0	5	24	9.63	114
3	Ryan Fitzpatrick	MIA	CIN	W 38-35	52	419	4	1	2	13	8.17	114
4	Lamar Jackson	BAL	CLE	W 31-15	31	238	3	0	0	0	9.61	110
5	Tom Brady	NWE	BUF	W 24-17	33	271	1	0	0	0	8.82	91
6	Andy Dalton	CIN	MIA	L 35-38	56	396	4	0	4	25	7.52	88
7	Derek Carr	OAK	LAC	W 24-17	30	291	1	0	3	24	8.7	87
8	Carson Wentz	PHI	DAL	W 17-9	40	319	1	0	1	6	8.12	85
9	Patrick Mahomes	KAN	CHI	W 26-3	33	251	2	0	1	7	8.35	78
10	Drew Brees	NOR	TEN	W 38-28	38	279	3	0	3	24	7.68	67
11	Dwayne Haskins	WAS	NYG	L 35-41	15	133	2	0	2	10	9.59	60
12	Jared Goff	LAR	SFO	L 31-34	46	323	2	1	0	0	6.91	39
13	Matt Ryan	ATL	JAX	W 24-12	45	384	1	2	1	1	6.8	34
14	Josh Allen	BUF	NWE	L 17-24	26	208	2	0	4	32	7.2	34
15	Case Keenum	WAS	NYG	L 35-41	22	158	1	0	1	11	7.26	28
16	Sam Darnold	NYJ	PIT	W 16-10	26	183	1	0	2	9	6.93	24
17	Philip Rivers	LAC	OAK	L 17-24	39	279	0	0	1	14	6.63	23
18	Kyler Murray	ARI	SEA	W 27-13	18	118	1	0	1	1	7.21	22
19	Mason Rudolph	PIT	NYJ	L 10-16	20	129	1	0	1	9	6.67	13
20	Drew Lock	DEN	DET	W 27-17	33	192	1	0	0	0	6.42	12
21	Taysom Hill	NOR	TEN	W 38-28	2	20	0	0	0	0	10	8
22	Michael Palardy	CAR	IND	L 6-38	1	12	0	0	0	0	12	6
23	Kelvin Harmon	WAS	NYG	L 35-41	1	11	0	0	0	0	11	5
24	Logan Cooke	JAX	ATL	L 12-24	1	7	0	0	0	0	7	1
25	Andrew Beck	DEN	DET	W 27-17	1	6	0	0	0	0	6	0
26	Stefon Diggs	MIN	GNB	L 10-23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-6
27	Baker Mayfield	CLE	BAL	L 15-31	33	192	2	1	0	0	5.67	-13
28	Brett Hundley	ARI	SEA	W 27-13	9	49	0	0	1	7	4.2	-19
29	Gardner Minshew	JAX	ATL	L 12-24	31	181	1	0	3	15	5.47	-20
30	Dak Prescott	DAL	PHI	L 9-17	44	265	0	0	2	8	5.59	-22
31	David Blough	DET	DEN	L 17-27	24	117	1	0	4	22	4.11	-55
32	Jimmy Garoppolo	SFO	LAR	W 34-31	27	248	1	2	6	33	4.39	-55
33	Russell Wilson	SEA	ARI	L 13-27	31	169	1	0	5	36	4.25	-65
34	Jacoby Brissett	IND	CAR	W 38-6	27	119	0	0	3	13	3.53	-76
35	Mitchell Trubisky	CHI	KAN	L 3-26	34	157	0	0	3	24	3.59	-91
36	Aaron Rodgers	GNB	MIN	W 23-10	40	216	0	1	3	17	3.58	-107
37	Deshaun Watson	HOU	TAM	W 23-20	32	184	0	1	5	23	3.14	-108
38	Jameis Winston	TAM	HOU	L 20-23	48	335	1	4	3	6	3.31	-140
39	Devlin Hodges	PIT	NYJ	L 10-16	17	84	0	2	3	19	-1.25	-146
40	Kirk Cousins	MIN	GNB	L 10-23	31	122	1	1	5	40	1.58	-161
41	Will Grier	CAR	IND	L 6-38	44	224	0	3	5	37	1.06	-245
	Total				1151	7913	47	19	84	516	6.06	0

As hinted above, this was a very competitive week. Jones was great for the Giants, but Washington quarterbacks Dwayne Haskins and Case Keenum combined for nearly 300 passing yards, 3 passing TDs, and a rushing touchdown. There were not many games where one team significantly outplayed its opponent.

One game that did see the worse passing team win was the 49ers/Rams matchup. Statistically, Jared Goff far outplayed Jimmy Garoppolo. One reason: Goff’s lone interception was a 46-yard pick six, while Garoppolo’s two interceptions were less costly (one led to a missed field goal). San Francisco also ran for about 50 more yards on the same amount of carries (excluding kneels), and had an 81-yard kickoff return that led to a field goal.

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