Week 15 (2019) Passing Stats: Drew Brees Has A Record-Setting Night

by Chase Stuart on December 17, 2019

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It finally happened: last night, Drew Brees threw 4 touchdown passes, to pass Peyton Manning and to move into first place on the all-time passing touchdowns list. A few years ago, Bryan Frye detailed the history of the passing TD crown, from Benny Friedman to Manning. Manning held the record for a little over 5 years, while Brees may not hold the record for very long at all if Tom Brady gets his way. The shortest reign belongs to Bobby Layne, who held it for just over a year.

Oh, and Brees also set a record for the best completion in NFL history by a quarterback with more than 10 passes (trivia note: Kurt Warner holds the record, at 10, for most passes in a game without an incompletion). Brees completed 29 of 30 passes, and he did that without taking a sack, either (Warner took two in his 10/10 game). In the list of games with just one incompletion, everyone with more than 18 pass attempts had at least four sacks. To complete 29 passes on 30 dropbacks is remarkable. Only Steve Young (here) and Warner (here) have had a game with 20+ attempts and less than three combined sacks and incomplete passes.

The table below shows the week 15 passing stats. The top passers of the week were Jameis Winston, Drew Brees, Lamar Jackson, and Russell Wilson, which is hardly surprising… but Dwayne Haskins also cracked the top group, along with Dak Prescott and Patrick Mahomes. The full week 15 passing stats below.

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Rk	Quarterback	Tm	Opp	Result	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	ANY/A	VALUE
1	Jameis Winston	TAM	DET	W 38-17	42	458	4	1	2	12	10.93	211
2	Drew Brees	NOR	IND	W 34-7	30	307	4	0	0	0	12.9	203
3	Lamar Jackson	BAL	NYJ	W 42-21	23	212	5	0	1	0	13	165
4	Russell Wilson	SEA	CAR	W 30-24	26	286	2	0	2	12	11.21	142
5	Dwayne Haskins	WAS	PHI	L 27-37	28	261	2	0	0	0	10.75	129
6	Dak Prescott	DAL	LAR	W 44-21	23	212	2	0	0	0	10.96	111
7	Patrick Mahomes	KAN	DEN	W 23-3	34	340	2	1	3	13	8.7	95
8	Carson Wentz	PHI	WAS	W 37-27	43	266	3	0	2	8	7.07	42
9	Kyler Murray	ARI	CLE	W 38-24	25	219	1	1	0	0	7.76	40
10	Gardner Minshew	JAX	OAK	W 20-16	29	201	2	0	2	16	7.26	35
11	Ryan Fitzpatrick	MIA	NYG	L 20-36	41	279	2	0	3	17	6.86	32
12	Ryan Tannehill	TEN	HOU	L 21-24	36	279	2	1	2	10	6.95	31
13	Kirk Cousins	MIN	LAC	W 39-10	25	207	1	1	0	0	7.28	28
14	Deshaun Watson	HOU	TEN	W 24-21	27	243	2	2	1	9	6.57	12
15	Derek Carr	OAK	JAX	L 16-20	36	267	1	0	4	31	6.4	10
16	Aaron Rodgers	GNB	CHI	W 21-13	33	203	1	0	1	11	6.24	3
17	Eli Manning	NYG	MIA	W 36-20	28	283	2	3	1	10	6.14	0
18	Sam Darnold	NYJ	BAL	L 21-42	32	218	2	1	1	11	6.12	-1
19	Johnny Hekker	LAR	DAL	L 21-44	1	5	0	0	0	0	5	-1
20	Jimmy Garoppolo	SFO	ATL	L 22-29	34	200	1	0	1	7	6.09	-2
21	Alex Tanney	NYG	MIA	W 36-20	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	-5
22	Robert Griffin	BAL	NYJ	W 42-21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-6
22	Brett Kern	TEN	HOU	L 21-24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-6
22	Christian McCaffrey	CAR	SEA	L 24-30	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-6
25	Matt Ryan	ATL	SFO	W 29-22	39	210	2	0	2	9	5.88	-11
26	Baker Mayfield	CLE	ARI	L 24-38	43	247	2	1	1	6	5.36	-34
27	Tom Brady	NWE	CIN	W 34-13	29	128	2	0	2	12	5.03	-34
28	Josh Gordon	SEA	CAR	W 30-24	1	0	0	1	0	0	-45	-51
29	Josh Allen	BUF	PIT	W 17-10	25	139	1	1	1	8	4.08	-54
30	Jacoby Brissett	IND	NOR	L 7-34	34	165	0	0	1	6	4.54	-56
31	Jared Goff	LAR	DAL	L 21-44	51	284	2	1	2	22	4.85	-69
32	Philip Rivers	LAC	MIN	L 10-39	39	307	1	3	3	24	4	-90
33	Mitchell Trubisky	CHI	GNB	L 13-21	53	334	1	2	3	15	4.45	-95
34	Kyle Allen	CAR	SEA	L 24-30	41	277	1	3	1	8	3.67	-104
34	Drew Lock	DEN	KAN	L 3-23	40	208	0	1	2	9	3.67	-104
36	David Blough	DET	TAM	L 17-38	43	260	0	2	2	10	3.56	-116
37	Andy Dalton	CIN	NWE	L 13-34	31	151	1	4	0	0	-0.29	-199
38	Devlin Hodges	PIT	BUF	L 10-17	38	202	1	4	4	24	0.43	-240
	Total				1107	7859	55	34	50	320	6.14	0

And as always, here is the passing value differential chart. Only three teams — the Eagles and 49ers and Texans (who each barely lost the battle) won with a worse passing differential.

As always, please leave your thoughts in the comments.

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