Week 13 Passing Stats: Mahomes Shines While Other Star QBs Flop

by Chase Stuart on December 4, 2018

It was a rough week 13 for many franchise quarterbacks.

Kirk Cousins picked up just 183 net passing yards on 46 dropbacks.
Andrew Luck and the Colts were shut out.
Cam Newton took four sacks and threw four interceptions.
Drew Brees threw for just 111 net passing yards on 30 dropbacks.
Matt Ryan gained only 97 net passing yards on 29 dropbacks.
Aaron Rodgers had perhaps the worst yards/attempt game of his career.

But Patrick Mahomes was just fine, once against finishing as the top quarterback of the week. It was yet another 4-TD, 120+ passer rating game for Mahomes, the fifth of this season. By way of comparison, Jim Kelly and Joe Montana only had four such games in their entire careers. Mahomes now has had a passer rating of at least 110 in 10 of 12 games this year, the second most by a player through 12 games in history (2011 Rodgers did it 11 times).

Of course, none of those stats are adjusted for era. But Mahomes is having a top-4 season for a 2nd-year quarterback since the merger even once you adjust for era, and arguably a top-2 season depending on how you feel about 2013 Nick Foles and a 28-year-old Kurt Warner in 1999. No, it’s not Dan Marino 1984, but it’s pretty clearly the best season a 23-year-old quarterback has had since Marino.

The full week 13 passing stats below:

Rk	Quarterback	Tm	Opp	Result	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	ANY/A	VALUE
1	Patrick Mahomes	KAN	OAK	W 40-33	38	295	4	0	0	0	9.87	161
2	Russell Wilson	SEA	SFO	W 43-16	17	185	4	0	3	22	12.15	130
3	Philip Rivers	LAC	PIT	W 33-30	36	299	2	0	2	13	8.58	112
4	Tom Brady	NWE	MIN	W 24-10	32	311	1	1	0	0	8.94	106
5	Derek Carr	OAK	KAN	L 33-40	38	285	3	0	3	14	8.07	100
6	Nick Mullens	SFO	SEA	L 16-43	48	414	2	1	3	28	7.47	94
7	Carson Wentz	PHI	WAS	W 28-13	39	306	2	1	0	0	7.72	81
8	Jameis Winston	TAM	CAR	W 24-17	30	249	2	0	4	29	7.65	68
9	Odell Beckham	NYG	CHI	W 30-27	1	49	1	0	0	0	69	63
10	Marcus Mariota	TEN	NYJ	W 26-22	35	282	2	1	3	9	7.05	54
11	Baker Mayfield	CLE	HOU	L 13-29	43	397	1	3	0	0	6.56	40
12	Case Keenum	DEN	CIN	W 24-10	21	151	1	0	2	8	7.09	33
13	Dak Prescott	DAL	NOR	W 13-10	28	248	1	0	7	40	6.51	31
14	Deshaun Watson	HOU	CLE	W 29-13	31	224	1	0	4	27	6.2	20
15	Colt McCoy	WAS	PHI	L 13-28	4	50	0	0	1	6	8.8	16
16	Tarik Cohen	CHI	NYG	L 27-30	1	1	1	0	0	0	21	15
16	Sam Koch	BAL	ATL	W 26-16	1	21	0	0	0	0	21	15
18	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	LAC	L 30-33	45	281	2	1	1	10	5.78	7
19	Robert Griffin	BAL	ATL	W 26-16	4	21	0	0	0	0	5.25	-2
20	Bruce Ellington	DET	LAR	L 16-30	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-6
20	Taylor Heinicke	CAR	TAM	L 17-24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-6
20	Mohamed Sanu	ATL	BAL	L 16-26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-6
23	Lamar Jackson	BAL	ATL	W 26-16	21	125	0	0	2	8	5.09	-13
24	Cody Kessler	JAX	IND	W 6-0	24	150	0	0	3	18	4.89	-20
25	Ryan Tannehill	MIA	BUF	W 21-17	24	137	3	1	3	22	4.81	-22
26	Josh Rosen	ARI	GNB	W 20-17	26	149	0	0	2	16	4.75	-25
27	Matthew Stafford	DET	LAR	L 16-30	33	245	1	1	4	37	4.95	-25
28	Jared Goff	LAR	DET	W 30-16	33	207	1	1	2	12	4.86	-27
29	Josh Allen	BUF	MIA	L 17-21	33	231	2	2	2	14	4.77	-30
30	Aaron Rodgers	GNB	ARI	L 17-20	50	233	1	0	1	6	4.84	-40
31	Matt Ryan	ATL	LAR	L 16-26	26	131	1	0	3	34	4.03	-46
32	Chase Daniel	CHI	KC	L 27-30	39	285	1	2	5	28	4.25	-61
33	Jeff Driskel	CIN	DEN	L 10-24	38	236	1	1	4	36	4.17	-62
34	Drew Brees	NOR	DAL	L 10-13	28	127	1	1	2	16	2.87	-83
35	Mark Sanchez	WAS	PHI	L 13-28	21	100	0	1	2	13	1.83	-88
36	Eli Manning	NYG	CHI	W 30-27	35	170	1	1	3	22	3.24	-91
37	Josh McCown	NYJ	TEN	L 22-26	30	128	0	1	2	4	2.47	-101
38	Cam Newton	CAR	TAM	L 17-24	41	300	2	4	4	24	3.02	-117
39	Andrew Luck	IND	JAX	L 0-6	52	248	0	1	3	24	3.25	-131
40	Kirk Cousins	MIN	NWE	L 10-24	44	201	1	2	2	18	2.46	-146
	Total				1093	7472	46	27	82	558	5.63	0

And the year-to-date stats: after another stellar Mahomes game, following Brees’s worst game of the year, Mahomes has re-emerged as the leader in the MVP race. A week ago, Brees had a narrow lead, but Mahomes now has a clear edge in quantity and a narrow edge in efficiency:

Rk	Quarterback	Tm	Age	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	ANY/A	Value
1	Patrick Mahomes	KAN	23	429	3923	41	10	20	125	9.28	1261
2	Drew Brees	NOR	39	384	3262	30	3	12	93	9.18	1071
3	Philip Rivers	LAC	37	380	3418	28	6	21	128	8.93	984
4	Jared Goff	LAR	24	414	3754	27	7	26	160	8.68	971
5	Matt Ryan	ATL	33	460	3814	25	5	36	251	7.74	627
6	Russell Wilson	SEA	30	326	2716	29	5	37	263	7.74	458
7	Aaron Rodgers	GNB	35	463	3504	21	1	35	239	7.31	416
8	Ryan Fitzpatrick	TAM	36	246	2366	17	12	14	76	8.04	407
9	Tom Brady	NWE	41	434	3342	20	8	16	111	7.27	358
10	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	36	517	3945	26	13	17	118	7.04	305
11	Deshaun Watson	HOU	23	364	3031	21	9	41	232	6.95	192
12	Mitchell Trubisky	CHI	24	321	2469	20	9	19	119	6.9	144
13	Carson Wentz	PHI	26	369	2846	18	7	29	196	6.77	119
14	Andrew Luck	IND	29	489	3360	32	12	14	110	6.66	94
15	Cam Newton	CAR	29	400	2999	24	11	24	180	6.61	59
16	Kirk Cousins	MIN	30	491	3490	23	9	30	192	6.44	-20
17	Jameis Winston	TAM	24	232	1941	12	11	18	97	6.36	-29
18	Baker Mayfield	CLE	23	354	2639	18	10	22	154	6.37	-39
20	Derek Carr	OAK	27	423	3112	16	8	38	214	6.2	-126
21	Andy Dalton	CIN	31	365	2566	21	11	21	157	6.05	-165
22	Marcus Mariota	TEN	25	274	2168	11	7	38	220	5.94	-167
23	Dak Prescott	DAL	25	364	2675	14	5	45	272	6.01	-190
25	Joe Flacco	BAL	33	379	2465	12	6	16	79	5.96	-201
26	Eli Manning	NYG	37	436	3263	15	8	41	317	6.05	-202
27	Alex Smith	WAS	34	328	2180	10	5	22	121	5.81	-232
28	Case Keenum	DEN	30	411	2953	14	10	28	195	5.9	-254
30	Blake Bortles	JAX	26	369	2572	13	10	27	149	5.64	-330
31	Matthew Stafford	DET	30	439	3086	18	11	36	237	5.71	-361
32	Josh Allen	BUF	22	191	1223	5	7	23	181	3.86	-558
33	Sam Darnold	NYJ	21	289	1934	11	14	21	129	4.5	-612
34	Josh Rosen	ARI	21	273	1670	10	11	26	197	3.94	-758

The worst three passers are still rookies — Darnold and the Two Joshes — but Matthew Stafford is now the worst veteran passer. Yeah, no 49ers or Dolphins quarterbacks has enough pass attempts to qualify, but is beating C.J. Beathard and Brock Osweiler what Lions fans were hoping for? Even unadjusted for era, this is the worst year of Stafford’s career from an ANY/A perspective since his rookie season. The Lions offense ranks 27th in ANY/A, and the Detroit defense ranks 30th in ANY/A allowed. It’s been a terrible season in Detroit.

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