Previous Passing Stats:
Jared Goff was the star of week 8, with a strong tip of the hat to Cooper Kupp: playing in London, Goff threw 31 passes and gained 372 yards with 2 TDs and no interceptions and no sacks.
Meanwhile, Sam Darnold and Kyle Allen were the worst passers of the week. The second-year quarterbacks combined for 15 sacks and 6 interceptions, while combining for just 19 passing first downs on 82 dropbacks (23%).
The full week 8 passing stats below:
| Rk | Quarterback | Tm | Opp | Result | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Sk | Yds | ANY/A | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jared Goff | LAR | CIN | W 24-10 | 31 | 372 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.29 | 212 |
| 2 | Derek Carr | OAK | HOU | L 24-27 | 30 | 285 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.5 | 152 |
| 3 | Drew Brees | NOR | ARI | W 31-9 | 43 | 373 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.02 | 111 |
| 4 | Gardner Minshew | JAX | NYJ | W 29-15 | 34 | 279 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9.39 | 106 |
| 5 | Matthew Stafford | DET | NYG | W 31-26 | 32 | 342 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 9.19 | 99 |
| 6 | Daniel Jones | NYG | DET | L 26-31 | 41 | 322 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 8.41 | 86 |
| 7 | Kirk Cousins | MIN | WAS | W 19-9 | 26 | 285 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9.41 | 86 |
| 8 | Aaron Rodgers | GNB | KAN | W 31-24 | 33 | 305 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 49 | 8.32 | 71 |
| 9 | Matt Schaub | ATL | SEA | L 20-27 | 52 | 460 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 7.74 | 70 |
| 10 | Russell Wilson | SEA | ATL | W 27-20 | 20 | 182 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9.59 | 69 |
| 11 | Deshaun Watson | HOU | OAK | W 27-24 | 39 | 279 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 7.57 | 47 |
| 12 | Matt Moore | KAN | GNB | L 24-31 | 36 | 267 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 7.61 | 44 |
| 13 | Tom Brady | NWE | CLE | W 27-13 | 36 | 259 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 7.15 | 28 |
| 14 | Jacoby Brissett | IND | DEN | W 15-13 | 25 | 202 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 6.59 | 4 |
| 15 | Ryan Tannehill | TEN | TAM | W 27-23 | 33 | 193 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 6.5 | 2 |
| 16 | Case Keenum | WAS | MIN | L 9-19 | 16 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6.44 | 0 |
| 17 | Carson Wentz | PHI | BUF | W 31-13 | 24 | 172 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 6.41 | -1 |
| 18 | Jimmy Garoppolo | SFO | CAR | W 51-13 | 22 | 175 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 6.04 | -10 |
| 19 | Mason Rudolph | PIT | MIA | W 27-14 | 36 | 251 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6.08 | -14 |
| 20 | Brett Hundley | ARI | NOR | L 9-31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -2 | -17 |
| 21 | Philip Rivers | LAC | CHI | W 17-16 | 29 | 201 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5.67 | -23 |
| 22 | Kyler Murray | ARI | NOR | L 9-31 | 33 | 220 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 5.58 | -31 |
| 23 | Josh Allen | BUF | PHI | L 13-31 | 34 | 169 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 5.13 | -50 |
| 24 | Andy Dalton | CIN | LAR | L 10-24 | 52 | 329 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 32 | 5.56 | -50 |
| 25 | Joe Flacco | DEN | IND | L 13-15 | 32 | 174 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 4.74 | -60 |
| 26 | Jameis Winston | TAM | TEN | L 23-27 | 43 | 301 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 5.07 | -63 |
| 27 | Mitchell Trubisky | CHI | LAC | L 16-17 | 35 | 253 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 4.64 | -70 |
| 28 | Dwayne Haskins | WAS | MIN | L 9-19 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18 | -4.29 | -75 |
| 29 | Baker Mayfield | CLE | NWE | L 13-27 | 31 | 194 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 43 | 3.5 | -106 |
| 30 | Ryan Fitzpatrick | MIA | PIT | L 14-27 | 34 | 190 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 3.16 | -125 |
| 31 | Sam Darnold | NYJ | JAX | L 15-29 | 30 | 218 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 51 | 1.89 | -173 |
| 32 | Kyle Allen | CAR | SFO | L 13-51 | 37 | 158 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 58 | -0.8 | -319 |
| Total | 1005 | 7573 | 50 | 19 | 96 | 622 | 6.45 |
Derek Carr and Deshaun Watson got into a shootout in one of the top passing games of the season. Watson also had 7 rushes for 49 yards and 4 first downs (including two on third down and one on fourth down), which isn’t included in the data. That’s one reason why the Raiders lost despite the great passing performance from Carr.
The graph below shows the passing value differential for each game in week 8. The Oakland/Houston game was the big outlier, but teams with a big passing efficiency edge went 12-1 this week.
What stands out to you?