Week 16 Passing Stats: Late Season Nick Foles Is Back

by Chase Stuart on December 25, 2018

Late season Nick Foles is back! The Eagles backup quarterback — and 2018 postseason hero — was your top passer in week 16. Foles set a franchise record with 471 passing yards, and averaged 9.94 ANY/A on 50 dropbacks.

The second-best quarterback of the week also wears green: it was Jets rookie Sam Darnold, who has been very good since returning from a foot injury. He threw for over 300 yards and 3 TDs in a losing effort against the Packers.

On the other side, Panthers fans don’t have to worry about a quarterback controversy. Backup Taylor Heinicke led the Panthers on a 14-play, 73 yard opening drive for a touchdown, but the team’s final 10 drives ended with 3 punts, 3 interceptions, 2 turnovers on down, 1 fumble, and 1 field goal. He finished with a 2.58 ANY/A on 55 dropbacks. More notably, Philip Rivers had one of the worst games of his career, gaining just 1.39 ANY/A on 41 dropbacks against the Ravens.

Rk	Quarterback	Tm	Opp	Result	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	ANY/A	VALUE
1	Nick Foles	PHI	HOU	W 32-30	49	471	4	1	1	9	9.94	168
2	Sam Darnold	NYJ	GNB	L 38-44	35	341	3	0	2	18	10.35	140
3	Matt Ryan	ATL	CAR	W 24-10	26	239	3	0	1	6	10.85	115
4	Russell Wilson	SEA	KAN	W 38-31	29	271	3	0	3	17	9.81	103
5	Kirk Cousins	MIN	DET	W 27-9	28	253	3	0	2	13	10	103
6	Baker Mayfield	CLE	CIN	W 26-18	37	284	3	0	0	0	9.3	101
7	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	NOR	L 28-31	50	380	3	0	3	16	8	75
8	Eli Manning	NYG	IND	L 27-28	33	309	1	1	0	0	8.61	67
9	Aaron Rodgers	GNB	NYJ	W 44-38	55	442	2	0	4	29	7.68	65
10	Drew Brees	NOR	PIT	W 31-28	39	326	1	0	2	13	8.12	63
11	Deshaun Watson	HOU	PHI	L 30-32	40	339	2	0	4	30	7.93	60
12	Lamar Jackson	BAL	LAC	W 22-10	22	204	1	0	3	2	8.88	58
13	Jarvis Landry	CLE	CIN	W 26-18	1	63	0	0	0	0	63	56
14	Patrick Mahomes	KAN	SEA	L 31-38	40	273	3	0	1	8	7.93	55
15	Larry Fitzgerald	ARI	LAR	L 9-31	1	32	1	0	0	0	52	45
16	Mitchell Trubisky	CHI	SFO	W 14-9	29	246	1	0	3	11	7.97	44
17	Jared Goff	LAR	ARI	W 31-9	24	216	1	0	2	24	8.15	41
18	Blaine Gabbert	TEN	WAS	W 25-16	11	101	1	0	1	4	9.75	38
19	Andrew Luck	IND	NYG	W 28-27	47	357	2	1	1	4	7.25	32
20	Mike Glennon	ARI	LAR	L 9-31	7	63	0	0	0	0	9	17
21	Kyle Allen	CAR	ATL	L 10-24	4	38	0	0	0	0	9.5	12
22	Jameis Winston	TAM	DAL	L 20-27	48	336	1	0	3	16	6.67	4
23	Jeff Driskel	CIN	CLE	L 18-26	19	133	2	0	3	26	6.68	2
24	Dak Prescott	DAL	TAM	W 27-20	25	161	1	0	1	9	6.62	1
25	Marcus Mariota	TEN	WAS	W 25-16	13	110	0	0	2	15	6.33	-4
26	Derrick Henry	TEN	WAS	W 25-16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-7
26	Brian Hoyer	NWE	BUF	W 24-12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-7
26	Nate Sudfeld	PHI	HOU	W 32-30	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-7
26	Dede Westbrook	JAX	MIA	W 17-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-7
30	Blake Bortles	JAX	MIA	W 17-7	6	39	0	0	1	6	4.71	-13
31	Derek Carr	OAK	DEN	W 27-14	26	167	0	0	1	8	5.89	-19
32	Matt Cassel	DET	MIN	L 9-27	11	45	0	0	1	13	2.67	-47
33	Taysom Hill	NOR	PIT	W 31-28	1	0	0	1	0	0	-45	-52
34	Cody Kessler	JAX	MIA	W 17-7	17	106	0	0	5	21	3.86	-60
35	Ryan Tannehill	MIA	JAX	L 7-17	22	146	1	1	3	25	3.84	-68
36	Nick Mullens	SFO	CHI	L 9-14	38	241	0	1	1	9	4.79	-70
37	Case Keenum	DEN	OAK	L 14-27	37	202	2	2	1	2	3.95	-100
38	Josh Johnson	WAS	TEN	L 16-25	23	153	1	2	2	22	2.44	-103
39	Josh Rosen	ARI	LAR	L 9-31	23	87	0	0	4	23	2.37	-114
40	Tom Brady	NWE	BUF	W 24-12	24	126	1	2	1	9	1.88	-117
41	Matthew Stafford	DET	MIN	L 9-27	32	116	0	0	2	11	3.09	-119
42	Josh Allen	BUF	NWE	L 12-24	41	217	1	2	0	0	3.59	-123
43	Philip Rivers	LAC	LAR	L 10-22	37	181	0	2	4	34	1.39	-213
44	Taylor Heinicke	CAR	KC	L 10-24	53	274	1	3	2	17	2.58	-220
	Total				1107	8088	49	19	70	470	6.58	0

And here are the season-to-date leaders in passing value. As you can see, Patrick Mahomes has only see his lead grow over the last few weeks. He is likely going to finish with over 5,000 passing yards and 50 TDs.

Rk	Quarterback	Tm	Age	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	ANY/A	Value
1	Patrick Mahomes*	KAN	23	556	4816	48	11	26	172	8.78	1411
2	Drew Brees*	NOR	39	489	3992	32	5	17	121	8.47	1071
3	Philip Rivers*	LAC	37	484	4132	31	10	32	204	7.94	820
4	Matt Ryan	ATL	33	564	4546	33	6	41	293	7.67	799
5	Jared Goff*	LAR	24	535	4489	28	12	33	223	7.55	677
6	Russell Wilson	SEA	30	406	3296	34	6	45	312	7.53	529
7	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	36	630	4842	33	15	23	157	7.15	521
8	Ryan Fitzpatrick	TAM	36	246	2366	17	12	14	76	8.04	438
9	Tom Brady*	NWE	41	537	4105	25	11	20	141	7.13	430
10	Aaron Rodgers*	GNB	35	592	4416	25	2	48	341	7.01	419
11	Deshaun Watson	HOU	23	470	3931	26	9	56	358	7.01	346
12	Andrew Luck	IND	29	604	4308	36	14	17	127	6.88	326
13	Carson Wentz	PHI	26	401	3074	21	7	31	202	6.89	232
14	Kirk Cousins	MIN	30	573	4166	29	10	36	231	6.67	196
15	Baker Mayfield	CLE	23	444	3349	24	11	25	173	6.74	181
16	Nick Mullens	SFO	23	241	1995	10	7	14	109	6.95	151
17	Mitchell Trubisky	CHI	24	408	3060	24	12	24	143	6.61	112
18	Derek Carr	OAK	27	521	3864	19	8	48	279	6.34	-10
19	Cam Newton	CAR	29	471	3395	24	13	29	213	6.15	-100
20	Eli Manning	NYG	37	535	3998	19	10	46	355	6.15	-118
21	Andy Dalton	CIN	31	365	2566	21	11	21	157	6.05	-118
22	Jameis Winston	TAM	24	343	2647	15	13	26	153	5.99	-135
23	Ryan Tannehill	MIA	30	243	1832	17	7	31	255	5.85	-139
24	Joe Flacco	BAL	33	379	2465	12	6	16	79	5.96	-154
25	Alex Smith	WAS	34	328	2180	10	5	22	121	5.81	-190
26	Dak Prescott	DAL	25	482	3498	18	8	52	328	5.94	-223
27	Marcus Mariota	TEN	25	331	2528	11	8	42	243	5.75	-225
28	Blake Bortles	JAX	26	375	2611	13	10	28	155	5.62	-294
29	Sam Darnold	NYJ	21	386	2698	17	15	26	172	5.32	-427
30	Matthew Stafford	DET	30	523	3511	19	11	39	253	5.59	-427
31	Case Keenum	DEN	30	538	3598	17	14	33	231	5.39	-551
32	Josh Allen	BUF	22	294	1850	7	11	27	204	4.02	-748
33	Josh Rosen	ARI	21	359	2129	10	14	39	284	3.56	-1114

Meanwhile, Josh Rosen is having a miserable year. In fact, it may be the worst season by any Cardinals quarterback since the merger. Arizona ranks dead last in the five major offensive categories: points, yards, first downs, yards per pass, and yards per rush.

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