Week 8 (2020) Passing Stats: Cowboys and Eagles Race To the Bottom

by Chase Stuart on November 5, 2020

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The two worst quarterback performances of week 8 happened on Sunday Night Football between the Eagles and the Cowboys. Philadelphia quarterback Carson Wentz was a disaster: he committed four turnovers and averaged 3.0 net yards per pass attempt. He averaged 0.1 ANY/A and that doesn’t even include the fumbles! And he won! That’s because Dallas was down to third string rookie quarterback Ben DiNucci, making his first NFL start. It did not go well: DiNucci averaged exactly 3.0 net yards per attempt on 44 dropbacks, and the Cowboys went 4/16 on third down. Against any other team, Wentz and the Eagles likely lose, but Philadelphia emerged with a win on Sunday.

Meanwhile, Patrick Mahomes did Patrick Mahomes things, while Nick Mullens was outstanding in garbage time: that may sound like an oxymoron, but he did come in and lead three straight 78+ yard touchdown drives to end the game. The table below shows the full week 8 Game Scripts:

Rk	Passer	Team	Opp	Result	Att	Yd	TD	INT	1D	Sk	Yd	FL	AdjY/DB	DB	VALUE
1	Patrick Mahomes	KAN	NYJ	W 35-9	42	416	5	0	19	0	0	0	15.29	42	299
2	Nick Mullens	SFO	SEA	L 27-37	25	238	2	0	12	0	0	0	14.72	25	164
3	Philip Rivers	IND	DET	W 41-21	33	262	3	0	15	2	15	0	11.86	35	129
4	Russell Wilson	SEA	SFO	W 37-27	37	261	4	0	16	2	12	0	11.21	39	119
5	Joe Burrow	CIN	TEN	W 31-20	37	249	2	0	16	0	0	0	11.22	37	113
6	Tom Brady	TAM	NYG	W 25-23	40	279	2	0	18	2	16	0	10.64	42	104
7	Kirk Cousins	MIN	GNB	W 28-22	14	160	1	0	6	1	9	0	14.40	15	94
8	Matt Ryan	ATL	CAR	W 25-17	30	281	0	1	14	2	11	0	10.97	32	90
9	Aaron Rodgers	GNB	MIN	L 22-28	41	291	3	0	17	1	0	1	10.17	42	84
10	Ryan Tannehill	TEN	CIN	L 20-31	30	233	2	1	13	1	10	0	10.23	31	64
11	Drew Brees	NOR	CHI	W 26-23	41	280	2	0	11	1	8	0	9.36	42	50
13	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	BAL	W 28-24	32	182	2	0	11	2	9	0	8.65	34	16
15	Josh Allen	BUF	NWE	W 24-21	18	154	0	1	7	1	5	0	8.79	19	12
16	Matthew Stafford	DET	IND	L 21-41	42	336	3	1	17	5	39	1	8.26	47	4
21	Teddy Bridgewater	CAR	ATL	L 17-25	23	176	1	1	9	3	22	0	7.73	26	-11
22	Justin Herbert	LAC	DEN	L 30-31	43	278	3	2	15	2	3	0	7.84	45	-14
23	Drew Lock	DEN	LAC	W 31-30	41	248	3	1	11	2	5	0	7.67	43	-21
25	Baker Mayfield	CLE	LVR	L 6-16	25	122	0	0	5	0	0	0	6.68	25	-37
26	Cam Newton	NWE	BUF	L 21-24	25	174	0	0	8	2	13	1	6.78	27	-37
27	Derek Carr	LVR	CLE	W 16-6	24	111	1	0	7	2	11	0	6.69	26	-38
28	Daniel Jones	NYG	TAM	L 23-25	41	256	2	2	16	3	18	0	7.14	44	-45
29	Sam Darnold	NYJ	KAN	L 9-35	30	133	0	0	8	1	5	0	6.45	31	-53
30	Nick Foles	CHI	NOR	L 23-26	41	272	2	1	12	5	39	0	6.91	46	-58
31	Tua Tagovailoa	MIA	LAR	W 28-17	22	93	1	0	5	1	3	1	4.17	23	-92
32	Jimmy Garoppolo	SFO	SEA	L 27-37	16	84	0	1	4	3	23	0	2.74	19	-103
33	Lamar Jackson	BAL	PIT	L 24-28	28	208	2	2	11	4	16	2	3.84	32	-138
34	Jared Goff	LAR	MIA	L 17-28	61	355	1	2	19	2	15	2	5.27	63	-182
35	Ben DiNucci	DAL	PHI	L 9-23	40	180	0	0	10	4	48	2	2.77	44	-237
36	Carson Wentz	PHI	DAL	W 23-9	27	123	2	2	8	4	29	2	-0.06	31	-255
	Total	Total	Total		962	6495	49	18	343	58	384	12	8.16	1020	0

The Chiefs/Jets game was the biggest mismatch of the week — surprise! — while the Cowboys/Eagles game was the only one where a team lost the passing efficiency battle but still won.

What stands out to you?

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