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The story of week 12 was the dominance of the 2018 quarterback class, which is now headlined by Lamar Jackson. The Ravens sensation had his second game with 4 or more passing TDs and at least 75 rushing yards in 8 days; there had only been six of those games in the NFL from 1950 until two weeks ago.
Sam Darnold had the best game of his career in a blowout over the Raiders. The Jets young quarterback averaged a career high 10.86 yards per attempt, threw two touchdowns and ran for a third, and took just one sack.
Baker Mayfield also had a dominant performance, putting together a 327-yard, 3-TD game while completing 71% of his passes. Yes, his opponent was the Dolphins, but it continued the second half trend that Darnold and Mayfield seem to be exhibiting.
Josh Allen had the weakest game of the bunch, but was still efficient in a Bills victory. He averaged 6.73 ANY/A as a passer, but also rushed 8 times for 57 yards (excluding kneels), picking up 4 first downs, including 3 on third down.
The table below shows the week 12 passing stats. In general, this was a pretty rough week for passing, other than the 2018 class and the annual “Ryan Tannehill did what?” week of the year. In particular, Jeff Driskel, Brandon Allen, and yes, Aaron Rodgers, had miserable games.
| Rk | Quarterback | Tm | Opp | Result | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Sk | Yds | ANY/A | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Tannehill | TEN | JAX | W 42-20 | 18 | 259 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 15.37 | 185 |
| 2 | Sam Darnold | NYJ | OAK | W 34-3 | 29 | 315 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11.77 | 185 |
| 3 | Baker Mayfield | CLE | MIA | W 41-24 | 34 | 327 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9.57 | 139 |
| 4 | Jimmy Garoppolo | SFO | GNB | W 37-8 | 20 | 253 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 11.61 | 138 |
| 5 | Lamar Jackson | BAL | LAR | W 45-6 | 20 | 169 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11.82 | 137 |
| 6 | Jameis Winston | TAM | ATL | W 35-22 | 28 | 313 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10.11 | 126 |
| 7 | Deshaun Watson | HOU | IND | W 20-17 | 30 | 298 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9.42 | 118 |
| 8 | Drew Brees | NOR | CAR | W 34-31 | 39 | 311 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7.68 | 85 |
| 9 | Kyle Allen | CAR | NOR | L 31-34 | 36 | 256 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 7.25 | 66 |
| 10 | Devlin Hodges | PIT | CIN | W 16-10 | 11 | 118 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9.77 | 54 |
| 11 | Josh Allen | BUF | DEN | W 20-3 | 25 | 185 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6.73 | 29 |
| 12 | Matt Schaub | ATL | TAM | L 22-35 | 9 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.33 | 25 |
| 13 | Robert Griffin | BAL | LAR | W 45-6 | 3 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8.75 | 13 |
| 14 | Ryan Finley | CIN | PIT | L 10-16 | 26 | 192 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 5.93 | 10 |
| 15 | Steven Sims | WAS | DET | W 19-16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 |
| 16 | Tim Boyle | GNB | SFO | L 8-37 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.75 | -7 |
| 17 | Tom Brady | NWE | DAL | W 13-9 | 37 | 190 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5.15 | -18 |
| 18 | Dak Prescott | DAL | NWE | L 9-13 | 33 | 212 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.06 | -18 |
| 19 | Mike Glennon | OAK | NYJ | L 3-34 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.86 | -19 |
| 20 | Jacoby Brissett | IND | HOU | L 17-20 | 25 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4.65 | -25 |
| 21 | Russell Wilson | SEA | PHI | W 17-9 | 25 | 200 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 4.81 | -25 |
| 22 | Daniel Jones | NYG | CHI | L 14-19 | 36 | 150 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4.7 | -33 |
| 23 | Nick Foles | JAX | TEN | L 20-42 | 48 | 272 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 4.94 | -34 |
| 24 | Mitchell Trubisky | CHI | NYG | W 19-14 | 41 | 278 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4.65 | -41 |
| 25 | Mason Rudolph | PIT | CIN | W 16-10 | 16 | 85 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1.59 | -68 |
| 26 | Dwayne Haskins | WAS | DET | W 19-16 | 29 | 156 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 3.09 | -80 |
| 27 | Derek Carr | OAK | NYJ | L 3-34 | 27 | 127 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2.68 | -82 |
| 28 | Ryan Fitzpatrick | MIA | CLE | L 24-41 | 39 | 214 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 3.3 | -99 |
| 29 | Carson Wentz | PHI | SEA | L 9-17 | 45 | 256 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 3.5 | -101 |
| 30 | Jared Goff | LAR | BAL | L 6-45 | 37 | 212 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 2.79 | -110 |
| 31 | Matt Ryan | ATL | TAM | L 22-35 | 46 | 271 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 46 | 3.46 | -112 |
| 32 | Aaron Rodgers | GNB | SFO | L 8-37 | 33 | 104 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 38 | 2.26 | -127 |
| 33 | Jeff Driskel | DET | WAS | L 16-19 | 33 | 207 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 1.9 | -145 |
| 34 | Brandon Allen | DEN | BUF | L 3-20 | 25 | 82 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 0.14 | -159 |
| Total | 915 | 6270 | 40 | 24 | 73 | 450 | 5.61 | 0 |
As usual, the team that won the passing battle won the game. There were 8 teams with huge passing efficiency advantages, and all 8 won. Two other teams had clear edges in pass efficiency, and both of those teams (Seattle, Washington) won, too. The Steelers won with slightly worse passing numbers, but that was easily countered by the Bengals losing two fumbles.
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