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Week 5 (2019) Passing Stats: Deshaun Watson Stars

Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson is pretty darn good when he isn’t being sacked. On Sunday against the Falcons, for just the second time in his career, Watson played a game without being sacked. And now both times, he has thrown 5 TDs in those games. He also has a 3-sack, 5 TD game, meaning he’s played more games where he’s thrown 5 TDs than he’s avoided any sacks.

Against Atlanta, the Texans punted on their opening drive. After that, Houston scored on its other 8 drives in the game, discarding end of half/game drives. And most of those drives were touchdowns, with all of them covering at least 59 yards. Houston went 10/13 on third down conversions, averaged nearly 9 yards per play, and looked dominant against an overmatched Falcons pass defense.

Watson stood out as by far the best passer of week 5, overshadowing strong performances from Russell Wilson and Teddy Bridgewater. On the other side of things, Luke Falk and Baker Mayfield turned in two of the sorriest performances you’ll witness this season. Both finished with negative ANY/A, and the Jets and Browns combined for only 11 passing first downs.

The full week 5 passing numbers below:

RkQuarterbackTmOppResultAttYdsTDIntSkYdsANY/AVALUE
1Deshaun WatsonHOUATLW 53-3233426500015.94323
2Russell WilsonSEALARW 30-2923268401614.25194
3Teddy BridgewaterNORTAMW 31-2434314410010.26140
4Kirk CousinsMINNYGW 28-10273062032710.63134
5Gardner MinshewJAXCARL 27-3444374202168.65115
6Jared GoffLARSEAL 29-304939511007.5568
7Andy DaltonCINARIL 23-263826220107.7462
8Dak PrescottDALGNBL 24-3444463233227.3657
9Kyler MurrayARICINW 26-233225300157.5245
10Tom BradyNWEWASW 33-742348314367.1144
11Patrick MahomesKANINDL 13-1939321104337.1643
12Matt RyanATLHOUL 32-5346330312146.935
13Derek CarrOAKCHIW 24-213222900007.1632
14Jimmy GaroppoloSFOCLEW 31-329181202106.8120
15Carson WentzPHINYJW 31-62918910186.716
16Odell BeckhamCLESFOL 3-3112000002014
17Devlin HodgesPITBALL 23-2696800007.5613
18Taysom HillNORTAMW 31-2411800001812
19Mason RudolphPITBALL 23-2620131101116.6711
20Alvin KamaraNORTAMW 31-241130000137
21Jameis WinstonTAMNORL 24-3127204206466-5
22Garrett GilbertCLESFOL 3-311000000-6
22Christian McCaffreyCARJAXW 34-271000000-6
22Jarrett StidhamNWEWASW 33-71000000-6
25Aaron RodgersGNBDALW 34-2434238002235.97-7
26Joe FlaccoDENLACW 20-1320182113235.83-8
27Marcus MariotaTENBUFL 7-1422183005335.56-16
28Josh AllenBUFTENW 14-732219214155.53-23
29Kyle AllenCARJAXW 34-2730181103215.45-23
30Jaylen SamuelsPITBALL 23-26240100-20.5-53
31Chase DanielCHIOAKL 21-2430231224374.24-65
32Jacoby BrissettINDKANW 19-132915101003.66-73
33Daniel JonesNYGMINL 10-2838182114352.9-137
34Colt McCoyWASNWEL 7-3327119016440.91-173
35Philip RiversLACDENL 13-204821102002.52-175
36Lamar JacksonBALPITW 26-2328161135220.73-179
37Baker MayfieldCLESFOL 3-312210002442-1.23-192
38Luke FalkNYJPHIL 6-312612002952-0.63-237
Total99173954324805816.160

As usual, the teams that won the passing battle won the game. But there were three notable outliers in week 5: the Steelers pass defense was great, but Pittsburgh still lost in overtime to Baltimore. Jacksonville won the passing battle against Carolina, but didn’t have Christian McCaffrey. And the Colts had a run-heavy and very efficient offense against the Chiefs, shutting down Kansas City enough times to steal the win.

What stands out to you?

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