Week 8 Passing Stats: Watson, Wilson, Newton Dominate

by Chase Stuart on October 30, 2018

The three best dual threat quarterbacks in the NFL right now are Cam Newton, Russell Wilson, and Deshaun Watson. You can make a good case that they were also the three best quarterbacks of week 8.

Watson was the most valuable passer of week 8, throwing for 5 TDs on just 20 dropbacks, with zero interceptions and zero sacks. Wilson was the second most valuable passer of the week, and became just the second player in the last three seasons to have a perfect passer rating while throwing at least three touchdown passes. And Newton led all quarterbacks with 52 rushing yards and a touchdown, led the Panthers to 36 points on 7 scores on 10 drives, and did not take a sack or an interception.

The full week 8 passing stats below. The average ANY/A this week was 6.98; as always, Value is calculated as the difference between each passer’s ANY/A and the weekly average, multiplied by that passer’s number of dropbacks.

Rk	Quarterback	Tm	Opp	Result	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	ANY/A	VALUE
1	Deshaun Watson	HOU	MIA	W 42-23	20	239	5	0	0	0	16.95	199
2	Russell Wilson	SEA	DET	W 28-14	17	248	3	0	2	11	15.63	164
3	Ryan Fitzpatrick	TAM	CIN	L 34-37	15	194	2	0	1	0	14.63	122
4	Derek Carr	OAK	IND	L 28-42	28	244	3	0	0	0	10.86	109
5	Andrew Luck	IND	OAK	W 42-28	31	239	3	0	0	0	9.65	83
6	Patrick Mahomes	KAN	DEN	W 30-23	34	303	4	1	2	12	9.06	75
7	Cam Newton	CAR	BAL	W 36-21	29	219	2	0	0	0	8.93	57
8	Andy Dalton	CIN	TAM	W 37-34	34	280	2	0	2	16	8.44	53
9	Jared Goff	LAR	GNB	W 29-27	35	295	3	0	5	26	8.23	50
10	Aaron Rodgers	GNB	LAR	L 27-29	30	286	1	0	3	33	8.27	43
11	Danny Amendola	MIA	HOU	L 23-42	1	28	1	0	0	0	48	41
12	Carson Wentz	PHI	JAX	W 24-18	30	286	3	1	4	24	8.15	40
13	Mitch Trubisky	CHI	NYJ	W 24-10	29	220	2	0	2	4	8.26	40
14	Taysom Hill	NOR	MIN	W 30-20	1	44	0	0	0	0	44	37
15	Lamar Jackson	BAL	CAR	L 21-36	5	46	1	0	0	0	13.2	31
16	Kirk Cousins	MIN	NOR	L 20-30	41	359	2	1	4	21	7.4	19
17	Nathan Peterman	BUF	NWE	L 6-25	2	23	0	0	0	0	11.5	9
18	Taylor Heinicke	CAR	BAL	W 36-21	1	13	0	0	0	0	13	6
19	Johnny Hekker	LAR	GNB	W 29-27	1	12	0	0	0	0	12	5
20	Matthew Stafford	DET	SEA	L 14-28	40	310	2	1	3	13	6.79	-8
21	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	CLE	W 33-18	36	257	2	1	1	4	6.7	-10
22	Tom Brady	NWE	BUF	W 25-6	45	324	0	0	2	13	6.62	-17
23	Alex Smith	WAS	NYG	W 20-13	32	178	1	0	0	0	6.19	-25
24	Blake Bortles	JAX	PHI	L 18-24	41	286	1	0	4	21	6.33	-29
25	Sam Darnold	NYJ	CHI	L 10-24	29	153	1	0	1	3	5.67	-39
26	C.J. Beathard	SFO	ARI	L 15-18	28	190	1	0	4	30	5.63	-43
27	Case Keenum	DEN	KAN	L 23-30	34	262	2	1	5	40	5.56	-55
28	Drew Brees	NOR	MIN	W 30-20	23	120	1	1	0	0	4.13	-66
29	Josh Rosen	ARI	SFO	W 18-15	40	252	2	1	3	19	5.3	-72
30	Derek Anderson	BUF	NWE	L 6-25	39	290	0	1	3	26	5.21	-74
31	Brock Osweiler	MIA	HOU	L 23-42	37	241	0	1	2	15	4.64	-91
32	Baker Mayfield	CLE	PIT	L 18-33	36	180	2	1	2	17	4.16	-107
33	Joe Flacco	BAL	CAR	L 21-36	39	192	1	2	2	14	2.63	-178
34	Eli Manning	NYG	WAS	L 13-20	47	316	1	2	7	50	3.63	-181
35	Jameis Winston	TAM	CIN	L 34-37	35	276	1	4	5	20	2.4	-183

And here is the updated year-to-date passing value numbers:

Rk	Quarterback	Tm	Age	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	ANY/A	Value
1	Patrick Mahomes	KAN	23	285	2526	26	6	10	43	9.26	811
2	Jared Goff	LAR	24	253	2425	17	5	17	103	9.03	677
3	Philip Rivers	LAC	37	220	2008	17	3	9	61	9.4	660
4	Matt Ryan	ATL	33	263	2335	15	2	20	131	8.53	570
5	Ryan Fitzpatrick	TAM	36	144	1550	13	5	8	37	10.18	557
6	Drew Brees	NOR	39	243	1990	14	1	9	71	8.55	512
7	Aaron Rodgers	GNB	35	284	2283	13	1	22	160	7.64	344
8	Russell Wilson	SEA	30	182	1556	16	4	21	136	7.68	237
9	Carson Wentz	PHI	26	225	1788	13	2	21	146	7.37	209
10	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	36	297	2290	14	7	10	63	7.14	191
11	Deshaun Watson	HOU	23	261	2176	15	7	26	128	7.08	163
12	Kirk Cousins	MIN	30	341	2521	16	4	23	132	6.95	157
13	Tom Brady	NWE	41	295	2200	16	7	11	67	6.99	144
14	Matthew Stafford	DET	30	253	1912	14	6	13	80	6.92	109
15	Mitch Trubisky	CHI	24	240	1814	15	6	16	98	6.82	78
16	Cam Newton	CAR	29	238	1646	13	4	10	65	6.7	45
17	Brock Osweiler	MIA	28	117	895	6	3	6	39	6.84	39
18	Alex Smith	WAS	34	228	1561	8	2	13	72	6.47	-12
19	Derek Carr	OAK	27	261	2027	10	8	17	97	6.37	-42
20	Andy Dalton	CIN	31	292	2102	17	8	16	129	6.34	-54
21	Andrew Luck	IND	29	342	2187	23	8	10	76	6.28	-83
22	Ryan Tannehill	MIA	30	129	972	8	5	11	98	5.78	-103
23	Joe Flacco	BAL	33	342	2259	12	6	14	65	6.08	-156
24	Eli Manning	NYG	37	315	2377	8	6	31	231	5.88	-219
25	Dak Prescott	DAL	25	206	1417	8	4	23	135	5.51	-230
26	Blake Bortles	JAX	26	290	2021	10	8	18	89	5.75	-235
27	Jameis Winston	TAM	24	148	1181	6	10	13	60	4.91	-258
28	C.J. Beathard	SFO	25	169	1252	8	7	18	156	5.03	-278
29	Case Keenum	DEN	30	288	2110	10	10	22	157	5.49	-317
30	Marcus Mariota	TEN	25	150	1030	3	5	19	110	4.47	-346
31	Baker Mayfield	CLE	23	223	1471	8	6	20	132	5.06	-355
32	Sam Darnold	NYJ	21	250	1705	11	10	17	102	5.14	-367
33	Josh Rosen	ARI	21	169	1072	5	6	16	113	4.26	-417
34	Josh Allen	BUF	22	139	832	2	5	21	167	3	-563
	Lg Avg	0	0	8647	65037	429	209	606	3913	6.52	0

Ryan Fitzpatrick is now up to 5th in Value added on the season, despite only taking about half of his team’s dropbacks.

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