Week 5 (2019) Passing Stats: Deshaun Watson Stars

by Chase Stuart on October 8, 2019

Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson is pretty darn good when he isn’t being sacked. On Sunday against the Falcons, for just the second time in his career, Watson played a game without being sacked. And now both times, he has thrown 5 TDs in those games. He also has a 3-sack, 5 TD game, meaning he’s played more games where he’s thrown 5 TDs than he’s avoided any sacks.

Against Atlanta, the Texans punted on their opening drive. After that, Houston scored on its other 8 drives in the game, discarding end of half/game drives. And most of those drives were touchdowns, with all of them covering at least 59 yards. Houston went 10/13 on third down conversions, averaged nearly 9 yards per play, and looked dominant against an overmatched Falcons pass defense.

Watson stood out as by far the best passer of week 5, overshadowing strong performances from Russell Wilson and Teddy Bridgewater. On the other side of things, Luke Falk and Baker Mayfield turned in two of the sorriest performances you’ll witness this season. Both finished with negative ANY/A, and the Jets and Browns combined for only 11 passing first downs.

The full week 5 passing numbers below:

Rk	Quarterback	Tm	Opp	Result	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	ANY/A	VALUE
1	Deshaun Watson	HOU	ATL	W 53-32	33	426	5	0	0	0	15.94	323
2	Russell Wilson	SEA	LAR	W 30-29	23	268	4	0	1	6	14.25	194
3	Teddy Bridgewater	NOR	TAM	W 31-24	34	314	4	1	0	0	10.26	140
4	Kirk Cousins	MIN	NYG	W 28-10	27	306	2	0	3	27	10.63	134
5	Gardner Minshew	JAX	CAR	L 27-34	44	374	2	0	2	16	8.65	115
6	Jared Goff	LAR	SEA	L 29-30	49	395	1	1	0	0	7.55	68
7	Andy Dalton	CIN	ARI	L 23-26	38	262	2	0	1	0	7.74	62
8	Dak Prescott	DAL	GNB	L 24-34	44	463	2	3	3	22	7.36	57
9	Kyler Murray	ARI	CIN	W 26-23	32	253	0	0	1	5	7.52	45
10	Tom Brady	NWE	WAS	W 33-7	42	348	3	1	4	36	7.11	44
11	Patrick Mahomes	KAN	IND	L 13-19	39	321	1	0	4	33	7.16	43
12	Matt Ryan	ATL	HOU	L 32-53	46	330	3	1	2	14	6.9	35
13	Derek Carr	OAK	CHI	W 24-21	32	229	0	0	0	0	7.16	32
14	Jimmy Garoppolo	SFO	CLE	W 31-3	29	181	2	0	2	10	6.81	20
15	Carson Wentz	PHI	NYJ	W 31-6	29	189	1	0	1	8	6.7	16
16	Odell Beckham	CLE	SFO	L 3-31	1	20	0	0	0	0	20	14
17	Devlin Hodges	PIT	BAL	L 23-26	9	68	0	0	0	0	7.56	13
18	Taysom Hill	NOR	TAM	W 31-24	1	18	0	0	0	0	18	12
19	Mason Rudolph	PIT	BAL	L 23-26	20	131	1	0	1	11	6.67	11
20	Alvin Kamara	NOR	TAM	W 31-24	1	13	0	0	0	0	13	7
21	Jameis Winston	TAM	NOR	L 24-31	27	204	2	0	6	46	6	-5
22	Garrett Gilbert	CLE	SFO	L 3-31	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-6
22	Christian McCaffrey	CAR	JAX	W 34-27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-6
22	Jarrett Stidham	NWE	WAS	W 33-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-6
25	Aaron Rodgers	GNB	DAL	W 34-24	34	238	0	0	2	23	5.97	-7
26	Joe Flacco	DEN	LAC	W 20-13	20	182	1	1	3	23	5.83	-8
27	Marcus Mariota	TEN	BUF	L 7-14	22	183	0	0	5	33	5.56	-16
28	Josh Allen	BUF	TEN	W 14-7	32	219	2	1	4	15	5.53	-23
29	Kyle Allen	CAR	JAX	W 34-27	30	181	1	0	3	21	5.45	-23
30	Jaylen Samuels	PIT	BAL	L 23-26	2	4	0	1	0	0	-20.5	-53
31	Chase Daniel	CHI	OAK	L 21-24	30	231	2	2	4	37	4.24	-65
32	Jacoby Brissett	IND	KAN	W 19-13	29	151	0	1	0	0	3.66	-73
33	Daniel Jones	NYG	MIN	L 10-28	38	182	1	1	4	35	2.9	-137
34	Colt McCoy	WAS	NWE	L 7-33	27	119	0	1	6	44	0.91	-173
35	Philip Rivers	LAC	DEN	L 13-20	48	211	0	2	0	0	2.52	-175
36	Lamar Jackson	BAL	PIT	W 26-23	28	161	1	3	5	22	0.73	-179
37	Baker Mayfield	CLE	SFO	L 3-31	22	100	0	2	4	42	-1.23	-192
38	Luke Falk	NYJ	PHI	L 6-31	26	120	0	2	9	52	-0.63	-237
	Total				991	7395	43	24	80	581	6.16	0

As usual, the teams that won the passing battle won the game. But there were three notable outliers in week 5: the Steelers pass defense was great, but Pittsburgh still lost in overtime to Baltimore. Jacksonville won the passing battle against Carolina, but didn’t have Christian McCaffrey. And the Colts had a run-heavy and very efficient offense against the Chiefs, shutting down Kansas City enough times to steal the win.

What stands out to you?

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