Week 15 Passing Stats: Rosen Hits The Floor

by Chase Stuart on December 18, 2018

The Atlanta Falcons have a terrible pass defense, but no matter: Josh Rosen was still the worst passer in the league in week 15. He finished with just 90 net passing yards on 28 dropbacks, and two interceptions dropped his ANY/A to an even 0.00. It has been a miserable year for Rosen and the Cardinals passing attack as a whole. What’s truly remarkable is that the Cardinals are now nearly below the Bills this year in ANY/A for the season.

Buffalo, as you may recall, was one of the worst passing teams in the history of the NFL through 6 weeks. And it didn’t get much better in weeks 7 through 9. But since then, the Bills have improved significantly under Josh Allen, while the Cardinals have fallen. Through 15 weeks, Buffalo is averaging 3.48 ANY/A, while the Cardinals are at 3.60 ANY/A (Buffalo is actually ahead in NY/A). It will be a tight race to the bottom! The graph below shows the game-by-game ANY/A for both Buffalo (in blue and red) and Arizona (in red and yellow). As you can see, the Bills have been the much better passing team over the last five games.

Below are the week 15 passing stats. On the positive side, the top 4 passers this week are the three first round picks from the 2017 Draft, and Mullens, a 2017 UDFA.

Rk	Quarterback	Tm	Opp	Result	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	ANY/A	VALUE
1	Mitchell Trubisky	CHI	GNB	W 24-17	28	235	2	0	1	3	9.38	119
2	Nick Mullens	SFO	SEA	W 26-23	29	275	1	0	3	18	8.66	108
3	Deshaun Watson	HOU	NYJ	W 29-22	28	294	2	0	6	55	8.21	100
4	Patrick Mahomes	KAN	LAR	L 28-29	34	243	2	0	2	9	7.61	84
5	Russell Wilson	SEA	SFO	L 23-26	31	237	2	0	3	20	7.56	78
6	Matthew Stafford	DET	BUF	L 13-14	29	208	1	0	0	0	7.86	75
7	Josh Allen	BUF	DET	W 14-13	26	204	1	0	1	9	7.96	73
8	Kirk Cousins	MIN	MIA	W 41-17	21	215	2	1	2	17	8.39	72
9	Christian McCaffrey	CAR	NOR	L 9-12	1	50	1	0	0	0	70	65
10	Nick Foles	PHI	LAR	W 30-23	31	270	0	1	0	0	7.26	62
11	Matt Ryan	ATL	ARI	W 40-14	36	231	2	0	2	11	6.84	60
12	Tom Brady	NWE	PIT	L 10-17	36	279	1	1	1	7	6.68	52
13	Sam Darnold	NYJ	HOU	L 22-29	38	253	2	0	3	25	6.54	52
14	Andrew Luck	IND	DAL	W 23-0	27	192	0	0	0	0	7.11	50
15	Mike Glennon	ARI	ATL	L 14-40	14	111	1	0	1	8	8.2	44
16	Derek Carr	OAK	CIN	L 16-30	38	263	1	0	5	34	5.79	23
17	Lamar Jackson	BAL	TAM	W 20-12	23	131	1	0	2	3	5.92	16
18	Philip Rivers	LAC	KAN	W 29-28	38	313	2	2	5	25	5.53	12
19	Josh Johnson	WAS	JAX	W 16-13	25	151	1	0	3	15	5.57	9
20	Derrick Henry	TEN	NYG	W 17-0	1	6	0	0	0	0	6	1
21	Baker Mayfield	CLE	DEN	W 17-16	31	188	2	1	2	13	5.15	-4
22	Johnny Hekker	LAR	PHI	L 23-30	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-5
23	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	NWE	W 17-10	34	235	2	2	2	17	4.67	-22
24	Jameis Winston	TAM	BAL	L 12-20	25	157	0	1	1	1	4.27	-26
25	Marcus Mariota	TEN	NYG	W 17-0	20	88	0	0	1	8	3.81	-31
26	Jared Goff	LAR	PHI	L 23-30	54	339	0	2	1	8	4.38	-49
27	Drew Brees	NOR	CAR	W 12-9	35	203	0	1	2	12	3.95	-49
28	Aaron Rodgers	GNB	CHI	L 17-24	42	274	0	1	5	39	4.04	-58
29	Eli Manning	NYG	TEN	L 0-17	44	229	0	1	3	16	3.57	-80
30	Jeff Driskel	CIN	OAK	W 30-16	33	130	1	1	1	7	2.88	-81
31	Dak Prescott	DAL	IND	L 0-23	39	206	0	1	3	26	3.21	-86
32	Case Keenum	DEN	KC	L 16-17	48	257	0	2	2	19	2.96	-115
33	Cam Newton	CAR	NOR	L 9-12	29	131	0	1	4	32	1.64	-120
34	Ryan Tannehill	MIA	MIN	L 17-41	24	108	0	0	9	71	1.12	-137
35	Cody Kessler	JAX	WAS	L 13-16	17	57	0	1	6	37	-1.09	-146
36	Josh Rosen	ARI	ATL	L 14-40	22	132	0	2	6	42	0	-147
	Total				1032	6895	30	22	88	607	5.27	0

And here are your year-to-date leaders. Mahomes has continued to extend his lead in ANY/A and Value, and Rivers has now surpassed Brees for the #2 spot.

Rk	Quarterback	Tm	Age	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	ANY/A	Value
1	Patrick Mahomes	KAN	23	516	4543	45	11	25	164	8.84	1357
2	Philip Rivers	LAC	37	447	3951	31	8	28	170	8.51	1032
3	Drew Brees	NOR	39	450	3666	31	5	15	108	8.5	1007
4	Matt Ryan	ATL	33	538	4307	30	6	40	287	7.53	688
5	Jared Goff	LAR	24	512	4273	27	13	30	193	7.44	601
6	Tom Brady	NWE	41	513	3979	24	9	19	132	7.37	552
7	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	36	580	4462	30	15	20	141	7.08	445
8	Ryan Fitzpatrick	TAM	36	246	2366	17	12	14	76	8.04	443
9	Russell Wilson	SEA	30	377	3025	31	6	42	295	7.35	426
10	Aaron Rodgers	GNB	35	537	3974	23	2	44	312	6.94	351
11	Andrew Luck	IND	29	557	3951	34	13	16	123	6.85	293
12	Deshaun Watson	HOU	23	430	3592	24	9	52	328	6.93	286
13	Carson Wentz	PHI	26	401	3074	21	7	31	202	6.89	240
14	Nick Mullens	SFO	23	203	1754	10	6	13	100	7.33	216
15	Kirk Cousins	MIN	30	545	3913	26	10	34	218	6.5	97
16	Baker Mayfield	CLE	23	407	3065	21	11	25	173	6.52	80
17	Mitchell Trubisky	CHI	24	379	2814	23	12	21	132	6.51	68
18	Derek Carr	OAK	27	495	3697	19	8	47	271	6.36	12
19	Ryan Tannehill	MIA	30	221	1686	16	6	28	230	6.05	-71
20	Cam Newton	CAR	29	471	3395	24	13	29	213	6.15	-90
21	Andy Dalton	CIN	31	365	2566	21	11	21	157	6.05	-111
22	Jameis Winston	TAM	24	295	2311	14	13	23	137	5.88	-146
23	Joe Flacco	BAL	33	379	2465	12	6	16	79	5.96	-146
24	Eli Manning	NYG	37	502	3689	18	9	46	355	6	-183
25	Alex Smith	WAS	34	328	2180	10	5	22	121	5.81	-183
26	Marcus Mariota	TEN	25	318	2418	11	8	40	228	5.73	-218
27	Dak Prescott	DAL	25	457	3337	17	8	51	319	5.9	-220
28	Blake Bortles	JAX	26	369	2572	13	10	27	149	5.64	-276
29	Matthew Stafford	DET	30	491	3395	19	11	37	242	5.75	-307
30	Case Keenum	DEN	30	501	3396	15	12	32	229	5.49	-450
31	Sam Darnold	NYJ	21	351	2357	14	15	24	154	4.82	-568
32	Josh Allen	BUF	22	253	1633	6	9	27	204	4.09	-630
33	Josh Rosen	ARI	21	336	2042	10	14	35	261	3.64	-999
	Lg Avg	0	0	15526	115022	746	373	1137	7598	6.33	0

Finally, here are the passing stats for all non-qualified passers.

Rk	Quarterback	Tm	Age	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	ANY/A	Value
NQ	Brock Osweiler	MIA	28	178	1247	6	4	17	130	5.42	-178
NQ	C.J. Beathard	SFO	25	169	1252	8	7	18	156	5.03	-244
NQ	Jeff Driskel	CIN	25	134	775	4	2	9	72	4.85	-213
NQ	Lamar Jackson	BAL	21	124	818	5	3	11	57	5.38	-129
NQ	Cody Kessler	JAX	25	114	603	2	2	17	128	3.24	-405
NQ	Nick Foles	PHI	29	113	721	1	2	5	26	5.3	-123
NQ	Josh McCown	NYJ	39	110	539	1	4	7	35	2.94	-397
NQ	Jimmy Garoppolo	SFO	27	89	718	5	3	13	97	5.75	-60
NQ	Tyrod Taylor	CLE	29	85	473	2	2	13	81	3.49	-279
NQ	Nathan Peterman	BUF	24	81	296	1	7	7	34	-0.38	-590
NQ	Sam Bradford	ARI	31	80	400	2	4	6	33	2.64	-318
NQ	Chase Daniel	CHI	32	76	515	3	2	9	40	5.24	-93
NQ	Derek Anderson	BUF	35	70	465	0	4	5	33	3.36	-223
NQ	Blaine Gabbert	TEN	29	61	360	2	2	4	33	4.26	-135
NQ	Colt McCoy	WAS	32	54	372	3	3	6	36	4.35	-119
NQ	Josh Johnson	WAS	32	41	346	2	1	3	15	7.41	47
NQ	Mark Sanchez	WAS	32	35	138	0	3	7	42	-0.93	-305
NQ	Matt Barkley	BUF	28	25	232	2	0	1	8	10.15	99
NQ	Mike Glennon	ARI	29	14	111	1	0	1	8	8.2	28
NQ	Joshua Dobbs	PIT	23	12	43	0	1	0	0	-0.17	-78
NQ	DeShone Kizer	GNB	22	7	55	0	1	2	21	-1.22	-68
NQ	Matt Schaub	ATL	37	7	20	0	0	0	0	2.86	-24
NQ	Matt Cassel	DET	36	6	14	0	1	0	0	-5.17	-69
NQ	Robert Griffin	BAL	28	6	21	0	0	0	0	3.5	-17
NQ	Taysom Hill	NOR	28	6	64	0	0	1	3	8.71	17
NQ	Kyle Lauletta	NYG	23	5	0	0	1	0	0	-9	-77
NQ	Jacoby Brissett	IND	25	4	2	0	0	0	0	0.5	-23
NQ	Taylor Heinicke	CAR	25	4	46	0	0	0	0	11.5	21
NQ	Johnny Hekker	LAR	28	4	19	0	0	0	0	4.75	-6
NQ	Geno Smith	LAC	28	4	8	0	0	0	0	2	-17
NQ	A.J. McCarron	OAK	28	3	8	0	0	1	7	0.25	-24
NQ	Odell Beckham	NYG	26	2	106	2	0	0	0	73	133
NQ	Julian Edelman	NWE	32	2	43	0	0	0	0	21.5	30
NQ	Derrick Henry	TEN	24	2	14	0	0	0	0	7	1
NQ	Nelson Agholor	PHI	25	1	15	0	0	0	0	15	9
NQ	Danny Amendola	MIA	33	1	28	1	0	0	0	48	42
NQ	Bryan Anger	TAM	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-6
NQ	Cole Beasley	DAL	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-6
NQ	Corey Bojorquez	BUF	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-6
NQ	Chris Boswell	PIT	27	1	2	1	0	0	0	22	16
NQ	Tyler Boyd	CIN	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-6
NQ	Teddy Bridgewater	NOR	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-6
NQ	Antonio Brown	PIT	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-6
NQ	Kevin Byard	TEN	25	1	66	1	0	0	0	86	80
NQ	Tarik Cohen	CHI	23	1	1	1	0	0	0	21	15
NQ	Logan Cooke	JAX	23	1	4	0	0	0	0	4	-2
NQ	Eric Ebron	IND	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-6
NQ	Bruce Ellington	2TM	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-6
NQ	Dontrell Hilliard	CLE	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	-45	-51
NQ	DeAndre Hopkins	HOU	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-6
NQ	Brian Hoyer	NWE	33	1	7	0	0	0	0	7	1
NQ	Darius Jennings	TEN	26	1	21	0	0	0	0	21	15
NQ	Zay Jones	BUF	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-6
NQ	Sam Koch	BAL	36	1	21	0	0	0	0	21	15
NQ	Jarvis Landry	CLE	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-6
NQ	Christian McCaffrey	CAR	22	1	50	1	0	0	0	70	64
NQ	Anthony Miller	CHI	24	1	8	0	0	0	0	8	2
NQ	Emmanuel Sanders	DEN	31	1	28	1	0	0	0	48	42
NQ	Mohamed Sanu	ATL	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-6
NQ	JK Scott	GNB	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-6
NQ	Logan Thomas	BUF	27	1	15	0	0	0	0	15	9
NQ	Colby Wadman	DEN	23	1	12	0	0	0	0	12	6
NQ	Albert Wilson	MIA	26	1	52	1	0	0	0	72	66

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