Quarterbacks

Rk Player Team CP/AT Yds TD INT Sacks Total

DYAR Pass

DYAR Rush

DYAR Opp

1. Alex Smith KC 29/37 324 3 0 1 217 214 3 HOU

Fun with small sample sizes: we split the field into five 20-yard zones: deep, back, mid, front, and red. Smith was in the top three in the back, mid, and red zones this week, and threw just one pass in the deep. But he was in the bottom five in the front zone, going 2-of-6 for 9 yards, with one of those completions a 4-yard gain on third-and-6.

2. Deshaun Watson HOU 16/29 261 5 0 3 186 178 8 KC

To be sure, there was some garbage-time padding in these stats. About one-third of Watson's total DYAR came on Houston's last drive, a drive on which Watson went 4-of-5 for 75 yards, including a touchdown on the last play of the game that still left Houston down by 12 points. Watson led the league in second-half DYAR, but every pass he threw after halftime came with Houston trailing by at least 12 points.

3. Cam Newton CAR 26/33 355 3 0 3 135 148 -12 DET

Most of Newton's value came on midrange and longer throws. On passes that traveled at least 10 yards past the line of scrimmage, he went 9-of-11 for 248 yards.

4. Carson Wentz PHI 21/30 304 4 1 1 131 132 -1 ARI

Wentz's last three passes of the first quarter each resulted in a touchdown, on gains of 15, 11, and 59 yards. On third downs, he went 11-of-12 for 225 yards and nine conversions, plus a 16-yard DPI on a 13th throw.

5. Kevin Hogan CLE 16/19 194 2 1 0 96 87 9 NYJ

Hogan Hulked up at the end of this game. He went 4-for-4 for for 80 yards on his last drive, including a touchdown that pulled the Browns to within 17-13 at the two-minute warning. Unfortunately the Jets recovered the ensuing onside kick, denying Hogan the chance at a miracle comeback, and denying the rest of us the chance to make "Kev-a-mania" jokes until the end of time.

6. Case Keenum MIN 17/21 140 1 0 0 95 85 11 CHI

Not a lot of explosive plays here -- Keenum averaged just 8.2 yards per completion, with a long play of only 19 yards -- but that doesn't mean he was loading up on empty-calorie completions. Seven went for first downs, and seven others still qualified as successful plays. Even two of his failed completions -- gains of 4 and 3 yards on first-and-10 -- weren't terrible plays. His only clearly failed completion was a 6-yard gain on third-and-20.

7. Brian Hoyer SF 30/46 353 2 0 2 83 95 -12 IND

About half of Hoyer's value came on San Francisco's first drive. He completed each of his frist seven passes, gaining 73 yards in the process -- at one point there he picked up first downs on five straight throws -- but then threw incomplete on third-and-4 in the red zone. Two of his biggest throws came on fourth down -- a 19-yard completion to George Kittle on fourth-and-1 on San Francisco's last drive in regulation, and then a game-tying touchdown to Kittle on fourth-and-goal from the 5 with 20 seconds to go.

8. Dak Prescott DAL 25/36 251 3 1 1 74 55 19 GB

Prescott threw touchdowns on each of Dallas' first three drives, going 12-of-15 for 143 yards. The rest of the game, he went 13-of-21 for 108 yards with an interception and a sack-fumble.

9. Aaron Rodgers GB 19/29 221 3 0 4 68 63 4 DAL

Beyond the four sacks, the biggest thing holding Rodgers back was his performance on very short passes. On throws that traveled within 5 yards of the line of scrimmage, he went 8-of-14 for 55 yards. Anything deeper than that, he went 11-of-15 for 166 yards, with every completion picking up a first down.

10. EJ Manuel OAK 13/26 159 1 0 3 62 58 4 BAL

When Oakland's first drive of the fourth quarter began, they only trailed 27-17 and certainly had a chance to win. Manuel only picked up one first down the rest of the way, going 3-of-8 for 25 yards, plus one sack.

11. Andy Dalton CIN 22/36 328 1 2 1 54 53 2 BUF

A.J. Green's 77-yard touchdown was caught 35 yards downfield, but also included 42 yards after the catch. That was a theme for Dalton this week. Green caught another pass 17 yards downfield and then added 30 more after the catch, while Gio Bernard caught a ball 3 yards behind the line of scrimmage and turned it into an 18-yard gain. That's 90 yards after the catch on those three plays alone. Dalton's average completion produced 6.9 yards after the catch this week, second only to the 7.1 of Cam Newton.

12. Joe Flacco BAL 19/26 222 0 0 0 46 46 0 OAK

Flacco's third-down numbers were pretty mundane, but his first- and second-down numbers are ridiculous: 12-of-17 for 148 yards. That sounds pretty good, but that includes one completion for 54 yards, another for 52, and only one other that picked up a first down. His mean gain on those 17 plays was 8.7 yards, but his median gain was 1.

Rk Player Team CP/AT Yds TD INT Sacks Total

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DYAR Rush

DYAR Opp

13. Carson Palmer ARI 28/44 291 1 0 2 40 40 0 PHI

Palmer did not have a successful play until the Cardinals were down by 21 points in the second quarter. In the first quarter, he went 3-of-8 for 13 yards with a sack. That includes a 6-yard gain on third-and-16 and a 5-yard gain on third-and-13.

14. Jameis Winston TB 26/45 334 1 0 2 32 32 0 NE

Winston threw a ton of passes up the middle against New England, going 8-of-13 for 124 yards.

15. Matthew Stafford DET 23/35 229 2 0 6 11 11 0 CAR

Stafford converted his first third-down play with an 8-yard gain on third-and-1. And he converted each of his last three third-down plays: a 4-yard gain on third-and-4, a 25-yard gain on third-and-2, and a 20-yard touchdown on third-and-10. He failed to convert a single third down in between, going 0-for-5 with a pair of sacks.

16. Jacoby Brissett IND 22/34 314 0 1 4 -1 -8 7 SF

Red zone passing: 1-of-4 for 9 yards, no touchdowns, one interception, two sacks.

17. Philip Rivers LACH 22/44 258 3 1 0 -10 2 -12 NYG

The magic passing window for Rivers came 12 to 25 yards beyond the line of scrimmage. On throws of that distance, he went 6-of-7 for 104 yards, with each of those completions picking up a first down. (We won't mention that the seventh pass was intercepted.)

18. Tom Brady NE 30/40 303 1 1 3 -12 -6 -6 TB

With Rob Gronkowski sidelined, Brady threw just one pass to a tight end, an incompletion on third-and-4 to undrafted rookie Jacob Hollister out of Wyoming. When I saw that, I figured Dwayne Allen had to be hurt too, but no -- he has played in all five games for New England, starting three, and been on the field for more than 40 percent of the team's offensive snaps. That includes 50 snaps this week against the Buccaneers. And in all that playing time, he has yet to catch a single pass, and has only been thrown at six times. This is a guy who put up a 35-406-6 statline last year. I know New England has a lot of weapons on offense, but man, this is weird.

19. Russell Wilson SEA 24/36 198 1 1 3 -27 -18 -9 LARM

Wilson's first pass of the second half was a 21-yard gain on second-and-7. That was his last time he passed for a first down the entire game. After that pass, he went 4-of-9 for 22 yards. His last three passes were failed attempts to convert on third-and-7, third-and-2, and third-and-6.

20. Josh McCown NYJ 23/30 194 2 1 3 -31 -31 0 CLE

GABBERT WATCH UPDATE: McCown is now at -119 DYAR for the season and -1,450 for his career, still well short of Blaine Gabbert's career mark of -1,928. We're a third of the way through the year now, and it's looking like Gabbert's record is safe unless he hits the field for Arizona and plays well. For this week, McCown only threw seven passes on Cleveland's side of the 50, but he made them count. All seven passes were completed, six went for first downs, two went for touchdowns, and they gained 65 total yards.

21. Blake Bortles JAC 8/14 95 0 1 2 -35 -38 3 PIT

Bortles did not throw a single pass in the red zone. He threw only one pass in the front zone (the area between Pittsburgh's 20- and 40-yard lines), an incompletion on third-and-8. He had five other plays on Pittsburgh's side of the 50: completons for gains of 3 and 18 yards; one incomplete pass; one interception; and one sack. With about eight minutes left in the third quarter, he threw incomplete on second-and-7 and then was sacked on third-and-7. He did not have another dropback for the final 20-plus minutes of the game.

22. Tyrod Taylor BUF 20/37 166 1 1 6 -50 -50 0 CIN

The Bengals scored a go-ahead touchdown to take a 17-13 lead on the first play of the fourth quarter. The Bills had three drives after that, each down by exactly four points. Taylor didn't pick up a single first down on those three drives, going 4-of-7 for 18 yards with an interception and three sacks.

Rk Player Team CP/AT Yds TD INT Sacks Total

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DYAR Rush

DYAR Opp

23. Jared Goff LARM 22/46 288 0 2 2 -51 -57 7 SEA

Goff moved the Rams up and down the field most of the day, but played about as badly as possible in scoring range. Inside Seattle's 25-yard line, he went 1-of-10 for 2 yards with one interception and a sack.

24. Eli Manning NYG 21/36 225 2 1 5 -57 -57 0 LACH

Manning had 14 third-down dropbacks against Los Angeles, and the results are kind of hard to believe: 5-of-9 for 63 yards and four conversions, including a 29-yard touchdown. He also had an interception and five sacks, with two fumbles.

25. Mitchell Trubisky CHI 12/25 128 1 1 1 -67 -73 6 MIN

Trubisky's first two throws both resulted in first downs, but then he had only four more the rest of the game, including one in the third quarter and one more in the fourth.

26. Ben Roethlisberger PIT 33/54 312 0 5 2 -68 -63 -5 JAC

Well, the five interceptions were a problem, but let's not overlook how little success Roethlisberger had in scoring range. Inside the Jacksonville 40, he went 5-of-12 for 24 yards and no touchdowns. And yes, one of those 12 passes was intercepted.

27. Matt Cassel TEN 21/32 141 1 0 6 -72 -72 0 MIA

Third downs: 6-of-10, 32 yards, two conversions, three sacks.

28. Sam Bradford MIN 5/11 36 0 0 4 -91 -91 0 CHI

Bradford's first seven plays each resulted in no gain or a loss, including a completion for a 5-yard loss and a sack for a safety. He had five completions for 36 yards and lost 35 yards on four sacks. Yes, that's a net gain of 1 yard on 15 dropbacks.

29. Jay Cutler MIA 12/26 92 1 1 1 -93 -97 5 TEN

Five of Cutler's seven first downs came in the fourth quarter. By the end of the third quarter, he had gone 7-of-19 for 33 yards (yes) with an interception. He threw five passes that traveled at least 13 yards past the line of scrimmage. None were completed; one was intercepted.

30. DeShone Kizer CLE 8/17 87 0 1 1 -112 -113 1 NYJ