Week 11 Passing Stats: The Stars Shine

by Chase Stuart on November 20, 2018

The top 5 passers of week 11 consist of the three best QBs this season — Drew Brees, Patrick Mahomes, and Jared Goff — and the two quarterbacks who, at various times, have been considered the most valuable quarterback assets in the league: Andrew Luck and Aaron Rodgers.

Brees had zero sacks and zero interceptions while averaging over 12 yards per pass attempt and throwing for 4 TDs, making him the best passer of the week. Luck also had no sacks or interceptions, averaged over 10 yards per attempt, and threw 3 TDs. Rodgers averaged 11 yards per attempt and threw a pair of touchdowns, but his 5 sacks knocked him down below Luck. Mahomes had 478 yards and 6 TDs, but also 3 INTs and 3 sacks. Still, he averaged over 10 yards per attempt and threw 6 TD. It’s kind of a quirky stat, but Mahomes had by far the best passer rating in NFL history among players with at least 3 INTs in a game. Jared Goff took 5 sacks, but threw no interceptions and threw for 413 yards and 4 TDs.

The average ANY/A in week 11 was 6.24, making it a below-average week by 2018 standards. Below are the week 11 passing stats:

Rk	Quarterback	Tm	Opp	Result	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	ANY/A	VALUE
1	Drew Brees	NOR	PHI	W 48-7	30	363	4	0	0	0	14.77	256
2	Andrew Luck	IND	TEN	W 38-10	29	297	3	0	0	0	12.31	176
3	Aaron Rodgers	GNB	SEA	L 24-27	30	332	2	0	5	21	10.03	133
4	Patrick Mahomes	KAN	LAR	L 51-54	46	478	6	3	3	30	8.84	127
5	Jared Goff	LAR	KAN	W 54-51	49	413	4	0	5	34	8.5	122
6	Eli Manning	NYG	TAM	W 38-35	18	231	2	0	4	35	10.73	99
7	Cam Newton	CAR	DET	L 19-20	37	357	3	1	3	26	8.65	96
8	Jameis Winston	TAM	NYG	L 35-38	16	199	2	1	0	0	12.13	94
9	Philip Rivers	LAC	DEN	L 22-23	43	401	2	2	3	17	7.26	47
10	Russell Wilson	SEA	GNB	W 27-24	31	225	2	0	3	20	7.21	33
11	Matt Ryan	ATL	DAL	L 19-22	34	291	1	1	3	17	6.73	18
12	Andy Dalton	CIN	BAL	L 21-24	36	211	2	0	1	4	6.68	16
13	Colby Wadman	DEN	LAC	W 23-22	1	12	0	0	0	0	12	6
14	Case Keenum	DEN	KC	W 23-22	32	205	0	0	0	0	6.41	5
15	Matthew Stafford	DET	CAR	W 20-19	37	220	1	0	1	5	6.18	-2
16	Taysom Hill	NOR	LAR	W 48-7	2	10	0	0	0	0	5	-2
17	Derek Carr	OAK	ARI	W 23-21	31	192	2	0	4	19	6.09	-5
18	Tyler Boyd	CIN	BAL	L 21-24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-6
18	Eric Ebron	IND	TEN	W 38-10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-6
18	Taylor Heinicke	CAR	DET	L 19-20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-6
21	Jacoby Brissett	IND	TEN	W 38-10	2	-2	0	0	0	0	-1	-14
22	Blaine Gabbert	TEN	IND	L 10-38	16	118	1	1	1	8	5	-21
23	Dak Prescott	DAL	ATL	W 22-19	32	208	0	0	2	17	5.62	-21
24	Colt McCoy	WAS	HOU	L 21-23	12	54	1	0	2	13	4.36	-26
25	Josh Rosen	ARI	OAK	L 21-23	20	136	3	2	1	8	4.67	-33
26	Lamar Jackson	BAL	CIN	W 24-21	19	150	0	1	2	12	4.43	-38
27	Deshaun Watson	HOU	WAS	W 23-21	24	208	1	2	3	27	4.11	-58
28	Marcus Mariota	TEN	IND	L 10-38	13	85	0	1	4	19	1.24	-85
29	Blake Bortles	JAX	PIT	L 16-20	18	104	0	0	6	40	2.67	-86
30	Kirk Cousins	MIN	CHI	L 20-25	46	262	2	2	2	16	4.08	-104
31	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	JAX	W 20-16	47	314	2	3	2	17	4.12	-104
32	Mitchell Trubisky	CHI	MIN	W 25-20	31	165	1	2	1	5	2.81	-110
33	Ryan Fitzpatrick	TAM	NYG	L 35-38	21	167	0	3	1	7	1.14	-112
34	Alex Smith	WAS	HOU	L 21-23	27	135	0	2	3	22	0.77	-164
35	Carson Wentz	PHI	NOR	L 7-48	33	156	0	3	3	18	0.08	-222
	Total				866	6697	47	30	68	457	6.24	0

And what about the year-to-date stats? Three quarterbacks have begun to stand out from the pack:

Rk	Quarterback	Tm	Age	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	ANY/A	Value
1	Patrick Mahomes	KAN	23	391	3628	37	10	20	125	9.23	1116
2	Drew Brees	NOR	39	334	2964	25	1	9	71	9.76	1114
3	Jared Goff	LAR	24	381	3547	26	6	24	148	9.01	1011
4	Philip Rivers	LAC	37	315	2860	23	6	15	92	8.96	808
5	Matt Ryan	ATL	33	387	3306	22	4	27	180	8.18	689
6	Aaron Rodgers	GNB	35	385	3073	19	1	30	207	7.71	498
7	Ryan Fitzpatrick	TAM	36	246	2366	17	12	14	76	8.04	396
8	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	36	416	3202	23	10	14	96	7.25	315
9	Andrew Luck	IND	29	400	2769	29	9	10	76	7	197
10	Russell Wilson	SEA	30	278	2192	23	5	32	224	7.11	184
11	Deshaun Watson	HOU	23	309	2597	18	9	33	176	6.95	148
12	Cam Newton	CAR	29	329	2443	20	6	20	156	6.93	143
13	Tom Brady	NWE	41	371	2748	17	7	16	111	6.88	141
14	Mitchell Trubisky	CHI	24	321	2469	20	9	19	119	6.9	130
15	Carson Wentz	PHI	26	302	2304	15	6	26	174	6.59	23
16	Kirk Cousins	MIN	30	409	2947	19	7	26	157	6.56	21
17	Eli Manning	NYG	37	364	2796	13	6	36	274	6.28	-94
18	Andy Dalton	CIN	31	348	2466	20	10	21	157	6.12	-145
19	Jameis Winston	TAM	24	164	1380	8	11	13	60	5.56	-168
20	Derek Carr	OAK	27	351	2633	12	8	32	188	6.07	-170
21	Matthew Stafford	DET	30	368	2605	17	8	30	186	6.03	-194
22	Brock Osweiler	MIA	28	178	1247	6	4	16	124	5.48	-201
23	Blake Bortles	JAX	26	346	2445	12	8	24	129	5.94	-214
24	Joe Flacco	BAL	33	379	2465	12	6	16	79	5.96	-217
25	Baker Mayfield	CLE	23	285	1984	13	7	22	154	5.78	-225
26	Alex Smith	WAS	34	328	2180	10	5	22	121	5.81	-246
27	Dak Prescott	DAL	25	305	2138	11	5	34	201	5.7	-276
28	C.J. Beathard	SFO	25	169	1252	8	7	18	156	5.03	-277
29	Marcus Mariota	TEN	25	216	1583	7	6	29	168	5.24	-311
30	Case Keenum	DEN	30	362	2605	11	10	24	174	5.7	-314
31	Sam Darnold	NYJ	21	289	1934	11	14	21	129	4.5	-624
32	Josh Rosen	ARI	21	228	1416	9	10	22	163	3.93	-646
	Lg Avg	0	0	11333	85488	570	275	816	5369	6.51	0

And here are the non-qualifying passers:

Rk	Quarterback	Tm	Age	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	ANY/A	Value
NQ	Josh Allen	BUF	22	139	832	2	5	21	167	3	-562
NQ	Ryan Tannehill	MIA	30	129	972	8	5	11	98	5.78	-103
NQ	Jimmy Garoppolo	SFO	27	89	718	5	3	13	97	5.75	-78
NQ	Tyrod Taylor	CLE	29	85	473	2	2	13	81	3.49	-296
NQ	Nick Foles	PHI	29	82	451	1	1	5	26	4.6	-167
NQ	Nathan Peterman	BUF	24	81	296	1	7	7	34	-0.38	-606
NQ	Sam Bradford	ARI	31	80	400	2	4	6	33	2.64	-333
NQ	Derek Anderson	BUF	35	70	465	0	4	5	33	3.36	-237
NQ	Blaine Gabbert	TEN	29	61	360	2	2	4	33	4.26	-146
NQ	Nick Mullens	SFO	23	61	512	4	2	0	0	8.23	105
NQ	Josh McCown	NYJ	39	34	135	0	2	3	19	0.7	-215
NQ	Lamar Jackson	BAL	21	31	237	1	1	3	20	5.65	-29
NQ	Cody Kessler	JAX	25	30	156	1	1	4	28	3.03	-118
NQ	Matt Barkley	BUF	28	25	232	2	0	1	8	10.15	95

The three worst passers this season, in terms of value added versus average, are all first round rookie quarterbacks. But Marcus Mariota isn’t too far ahead of them, and his 5.24 ANY/A is pretty anemic by 2018 standards. For whatever reason, the criticism of Mariota doesn’t seem commensurate with his poor play. Perhaps that’s because he plays for a Titans team that the media tends to ignore?

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