Week 14 (2020) Passing Stats: Aaron Rodgers and Drew Lock Lead The Way

by Chase Stuart on December 19, 2020

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Aaron Rodgers and Drew Lock were the top quarterbacks in week 14; Rodgers is now the MVP frontrunner, so it is hardly a surprise to see him there. But Lock? His second career start against the Texans was a great performance, but that was the only his only above-average passing performance of his rookie year. He hadn’t had a very good, much less a great game, all of 2020 until a magnificent 4-TD, 10+ Y/A performance in week 14 against the Panthers. The second-year quarterback has now started 15 games of his career; he has zero games with a passer rating of between 100 and 135, but two games with a passer rating of over 135. Lock arguably had the best passing numbers of the week, but he also had a costly fumble; that was the only reason Rodgers moved ahead of him in the rankings.

The full week 14 passing stats, below.

Rk	Passer	Team	Opp	Result	Att	Yd	TD	INT	1D	Sk	Yd	FL	AdjY/DB	DB	VALUE
1	Aaron Rodgers	GNB	DET	W 31-24	33	290	3	0	15	0	0	0	13.88	33	184
2	Drew Lock	DEN	CAR	W 32-27	27	280	4	0	13	1	11	1	13.57	28	148
3	Mitchell Trubisky	CHI	HOU	W 36-7	33	267	3	0	17	3	26	0	11.86	36	128
4	Philip Rivers	IND	LVR	W 44-27	28	244	2	0	10	0	0	0	12.71	28	124
5	Ryan Tannehill	TEN	JAX	W 31-10	24	212	2	0	11	1	7	0	13.04	25	119
6	Russell Wilson	SEA	NYJ	W 40-3	27	206	4	1	15	0	0	0	12.59	27	116
7	Tom Brady	TAM	MIN	W 26-14	23	196	2	0	8	0	0	0	12.61	23	99
8	Andy Dalton	DAL	CIN	W 30-7	23	185	2	0	11	2	14	0	11.68	25	85
9	Baker Mayfield	CLE	BAL	L 42-47	47	343	2	1	17	0	0	0	10.06	47	83
10	Patrick Mahomes	KAN	MIA	W 33-27	34	393	2	3	15	3	39	0	10.16	37	69
11	Matthew Stafford	DET	GNB	L 24-31	34	244	1	0	16	4	31	0	9.68	38	53
12	Kyler Murray	ARI	NYG	W 26-7	35	244	1	0	12	1	13	0	9.72	36	51
13	Lamar Jackson	BAL	CLE	W 47-42	17	163	1	0	8	4	22	0	10.67	21	50
14	Brandon Allen	CIN	DAL	L 7-30	36	217	1	0	13	0	0	0	9.58	36	46
15	Gardner Minshew II	JAX	TEN	L 10-31	31	178	1	0	11	0	0	0	9.29	31	31
16	Derek Carr	LVR	IND	L 27-44	45	316	2	2	16	0	0	0	8.71	45	19
17	Teddy Bridgewater	CAR	DEN	L 27-32	40	283	0	0	13	4	38	0	8.23	44	-3
18	Tua Tagovailoa	MIA	KAN	L 27-33	48	316	2	1	18	4	29	0	8.19	52	-6
19	Justin Herbert	LAC	ATL	W 20-17	44	243	2	1	14	1	3	0	7.62	45	-30
20	Deshaun Watson	HOU	CHI	L 7-36	30	219	1	0	10	6	52	0	7.44	36	-31
21	Taysom Hill	NOR	PHI	L 21-24	38	291	2	1	15	5	29	1	7.53	43	-33
22	Dwayne Haskins	WAS	SFO	W 23-15	12	51	0	0	3	1	8	0	5.38	13	-38
23	Josh Allen	BUF	PIT	W 26-15	43	238	2	1	13	1	8	0	7.36	44	-41
24	Sam Darnold	NYJ	SEA	L 3-40	26	132	0	0	8	3	16	0	6.48	29	-53
25	Jalen Hurts	PHI	NOR	W 24-21	30	167	1	0	7	0	0	1	6.37	30	-58
26	Jared Goff	LAR	NWE	W 24-3	25	137	1	1	6	1	5	0	5.85	26	-64
27	Cam Newton	NWE	LAR	L 3-24	16	119	0	1	4	4	21	0	4.45	20	-77
28	Kirk Cousins	MIN	TAM	L 14-26	37	225	1	0	14	6	52	1	6.05	43	-97
29	Mike Glennon	JAX	TEN	L 10-31	23	85	0	1	5	0	0	0	3.70	23	-106
30	Matt Ryan	ATL	LAC	L 17-20	32	224	1	3	10	2	14	0	5.18	34	-106
31	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	BUF	L 15-26	37	187	2	2	10	1	10	0	5.24	38	-116
32	Alex Smith	WAS	SFO	W 23-15	19	57	0	1	4	1	5	0	2.15	20	-123
33	Nick Mullens	SFO	WAS	L 15-23	45	260	1	1	13	4	24	1	5.49	49	-138
34	Daniel Jones	NYG	ARI	L 7-26	21	127	0	0	6	6	52	1	2.93	27	-145
	Total	Total	Total		1095	7544	50	21	390	77	582	7	8.30	1172	0

There were some awful passing performances in week 14, mainly from Alex Smith, Nick Mullens, and Daniel Jones. Two of those games involved each other, as Washington faced San Francisco in a battle of terrible passing attacks; it was one of the worst passing games of the season involving actual starting quarterbacks. Washington won, thanks to two defensive touchdowns.

Below is the passing differential for all sixteen games in week 14. In the twelve games with the largest passing differential between the two teams, the team with the better passing attack won all twelve games. The three outliers games in week 14 were the Washington/San Francisco, Cleveland/Baltimore, and New Orleans/Philadelphia games. We’ve already discussed the 49ers game, where two defensive TDs turned the game. In Baltimore, once again Lamar Jackson as a runner proved to be the difference; he rushed 9 times for 124 yards and 7 first downs; the Browns also had one costly turnover, and missed a 39-yard field goal while the Ravens hit a game-winning 55-yard field goal.

Similarly, the Eagles won despite worse passing stats thanks to having two 100-yard rushers, including quarterback Jalen Hurts.

What stands out to you?

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