by Vincent Verhei

The Houston Texans entered the offseason in a bit of a weird spot. They were coming off their third straight nine-win season, their second straight AFC South championship, and their first playoff win since the 2012 season. But through it all, there had been a revolving door at quarterback, with four different starters in four years. A trade in March that sent Brock Osweiler to Cleveland guaranteed that the 2017 season would make it at least five in five. The Texans were on the verge of becoming serious Super Bowl contenders, but since they had to devote most of their resources each season to finding a new face at the game's most important position, it was hard to ever get past that point.

So it was time for a major move. The Texans made another trade with the Browns, sending the 25th pick of this year's draft and a 2018 first-rounder to Cleveland in exchange for the 12th pick, which they used to select Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson. There was no questioning Watson's success with the Tigers. He went 31-3 as their starting quarterback, including a 1-1 record in national title games. He won the Davey O'Brien and Manning Awards as the nation's top quarterback twice each, and also won the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award as the top senior quarterback in 2016. He also led the ACC in completions, yards, and passing touchdowns in 2015 and 2016, while adding another 21 touchdowns on the ground in those two years.

Still, there were questions. He threw bunches of interceptions, finishing second and first in the ACC in that category in his last two seasons at Clemson. He came out with a very modest projection in our 2017 QBASE forecast. There's also something to be said for the wisdom of the crowds. North Carolina's Mitchell Trubisky and Texas Tech's Patrick Mahomes were both off the boards when Houston drafted Watson. For that matter, Cleveland had their issues at quarterback, and they decided they'd rather have Houston's draft picks than Clemson's signal-caller. It's not as if the Bears, Chiefs, or Browns (or any of the other teams that passed on Watson) have never made mistakes, but if he had been a sure-fire quarterback prospect, there was no way he would have gotten out of the top five.

Watson got a chance to show what he could do in the preseason and hardly lit the world on fire, completing just 29-of-56 passes with no touchdowns, an interception, and five sacks. Houston coach Bill O'Brien felt that veteran Tom Savage was the safer choice at quarterback -- at least, he did for 30 minutes, until Savage was sacked six times (or, one less sack than completed passes) with two fumbles in the first half against Jacksonville. Watson took over from that point, and if anything played even worse than Savage in the second half. He was hardly any better in Week 2, though he did have a 49-yard touchdown run that was the difference in a 13-9 win over Cincinnati. In Week 3, Watson and the Texans nearly upset the Patriots in New England, but he did throw a bad interception in a game Houston lost by only three points.

After that game, it would have been perfectly fair to call Watson one of the NFL's worst quarterbacks through three weeks of the season. Of the 28 quarterbacks with at least 75 passes by then, he was 20th or worse in passing DVOA and DYAR, as well as completion percentage, yards per pass, and NFL passer rating.

But then it all came together in Week 4. Heading into that game at 1-2, the Texans could have hardly afforded a loss to the 2-1 Tennessee Titans, which would have left them two full games behind the division leaders. Fortunately for Houston fans, the Texans were never in danger of losing, scoring early and often against Tennessee and winning by a final score of 57-14. Watson's numbers were stellar, completing 25-of-34 passes for 283 yards with four touchdowns, one sack, and one interception. He also had four carries for 24 yards and another touchdown. That's a 74 percent completion rate and 8.3 yards per pass. In their first three games, the Titans defense had limited Derek Carr, Blake Bortles, and Russell Wilson to a 62 percent completion rate and 7.5 yards per pass.

Long story short: Deshaun Watson just had one of the best rookie games we have ever measured.

All Rookie QBs, 160-Plus-DYAR Games, Regular Season, 1989-2017 Year Player Team Total DYAR Pass DYAR Rush DYAR Comp Att Yds TD Int Sacks Runs Yds TD Wk Def 2016 Dak Prescott DAL 254 247 7 27 36 301 3 0 1 2 16 0 11 BAL 2012 Russell Wilson SEA 214 182 32 23 37 296 2 0 2 9 71 0 13 CHI 1999 Cade McNown CHI 211 200 11 27 36 301 4 2 2 6 39 0 15 DET 2012 Andrew Luck IND 206 205 1 30 48 433 2 0 1 1 5 0 9 MIA 1999 Jeff Garcia* SF 202 193 9 26 34 373 2 0 1 6 36 1 17 ATL 2013 Geno Smith NYJ 194 179 16 16 29 331 2 2 0 2 16 1 3 BUF 2017 Deshaun Watson** HOU 189 174 15 25 34 283 4 1 1 4 24 1 4 TEN 1998 Ryan Leaf SD 188 183 4 25 49 281 1 0 1 3 18 0 8 SEA 2014 Derek Carr OAK 185 189 -4 22 28 254 3 0 1 2 2 0 14 SF 2003 Byron Leftwich JAC 184 179 5 21 34 226 2 0 0 1 6 0 13 TB 2012 Brandon Weeden CLE 184 183 1 26 37 322 2 0 2 2 6 0 2 CIN 2008 Matt Ryan ATL 177 181 -4 22 30 301 1 0 0 1 1 0 6 CHI 1999 Jeff Garcia* SF 174 172 2 33 47 437 3 1 0 1 12 0 13 CIN 1998 Peyton Manning IND 169 169 0 17 26 210 3 0 0 0 0 0 15 CIN 1998 Charlie Batch DET 165 160 5 14 23 195 2 0 1 1 9 0 12 TB 1994 Heath Shuler WAS 165 149 16 16 27 287 1 1 1 2 38 0 15 ARI 1993 Rick Mirer SEA 160 146 14 25 40 282 1 0 2 3 15 1 5 SD 2004 Eli Manning NYG 160 152 8 16 23 182 2 1 0 2 18 0 15 PIT 1993 Drew Bledsoe NE 159 167 -7 27 43 329 4 1 0 4 28 0 18 MIA * 1999 was Jeff Garcia's rookie season in the NFL, but he had played five seasons with the Calgary Stampeders in the CFL.

** DYAR numbers subject to change as opponent adjustments fluctuate throughout the year.

(A quick aside: yes, Dak Prescott obliterated the single-game rookie record last year, and no, we did not mention this at the time. You'll have to forgive us for that. We were in the middle of a professional crisis, as the NFL suddenly changed their data feed format without warning, and we had to re-write our play-by-play parser on the fly in the middle of the season. This stopped us from doing much more than throwing numbers out there with little time for reflection. I was also going through something of a personal crisis, as my wife had just gone through major surgery and I needed time off to care for her. So we didn't realize the significance of Prescott's big game against Baltimore until … well, right now, honestly. So you can add "Best Single-Game Total DYAR" to the long, long list of records Prescott set in his debut season. But now our parser is working great -- hat tip to Abe vanderBent for his hard work -- my wife couldn't be healthier, and hopefully the next time a milestone like that falls, we'll be on the ball.)

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It's important to remember that opponent adjustments are fluid, and can and will change between now and the end of the year. Watson's game could move up or down the table (more likely down, given the way several games are tightly clustered just beneath him) before all is said and done. Prescott's record, however, is likely safe.

For that matter, most of Prescott's records are probably safe. Watson has already thrown four interceptions in four games -- or, as many as Prescott did in 16 games. Going into Monday Night Football, Watson ranked 15th in passing DYAR and 13th in DVOA. He also ranked fifth among quarterbacks in rushing DYAR.

So no, Watson does not look like he'll finish as the best rookie of all time, or be one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL in 2017. He could, however be the best quarterback in the AFC South. With Andrew Luck sidelined indefinitely and Blake Bortles being, well, Blake Bortles, it's a two-way race between Watson and Marcus Mariota (who is dealing with his own health issues and may not play in Week 5). That could be enough to clinch a third-straight division title. And after that, Houston will finally be able to build around a quarterback, rather than acquire one.

This is the first week our Quick Reads tables include opponent adjustments. They are currently set at 40 percent, and will gradually increase throughout the season.

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DYAR Opp 1. Deshaun Watson HOU 25/34 283 4 1 1 189 174 15 TEN Watson's first pass of the second quarter was a 16-yard touchdown to Will Fuller that put Houston ahead 21-0. Up to that point, he had gone 10-of-12 for 151 yards and a couple of scores, with every completion going for a first down. There were four starters this week who didn't throw for 10 first downs in an entire game. Watson finished with a league-high 21 passing first downs this week, two more than anyone else. Meanwhile, he had only five failed completions. (Drew Brees had the most failed completions this week with nine.) On third/fourth downs, he went 9-of-10 for 63 yards with seven conversions and one sack. 2. Cam Newton CAR 22/29 316 3 1 2 148 138 10 NE This comment will read a lot like Watson's, but Newton had a somewhat similar game. Newton's last pass of the first half was a 10-yard touchdown to Devin Funchess that put Carolina ahead 17-13. Up to that point, he had gone 11-of-13 for 189 yards with one interception and a couple of scores, with every completion going for a first down. He was perfect up the middle, going 5-of-5 for 74 yards, with every completion going for a first down. 3. Tom Brady NE 32/45 307 2 0 3 143 140 3 CAR Ordinarily in this space I give you, the reader, some granular data about each quarterback and his performance in that weekend's game. Today, I would like to discuss Brady in the big-picture sense. Going into Monday Night Football, Brady led the league with 555 passing DYAR, 140 more than the next-highest passer (Jared Goff). He's completing 67 percent of his passes for 9.0 yards per throw, with 10 touchdowns. There is another quarterback, though, who is completing 70 percent of his passes, for 9.4 yards per throw, with 11 touchdowns. That quarterback is named Whoever Is Facing The Patriots Defense. I mean, think about this: Brady has put up the best individual stats of any quarterback this season, but it's barely enough to keep up with the mistakes his own defense is making when he's on the sidelines. If that doesn't tell you what a mess the New England defense has been this year, I don't know what will. 4. Andy Dalton CIN 25/30 286 4 0 3 126 109 16 CLE Almost all of Dalton's value came in two stretches of football, though it may not have been obvious live because halftime broke up the first of those stretches. But from the 3:49 mark of the second quarter to the 13:53 mark of the third, he completed seven passes in a row for 137 total yards, with every completion going for a first down (including two scores). Then, near the end of the third, he followed a 9-yard DPI with three straight completions for 10, 11, and 16 yards, with each of those going for a first down (and one touchdown) too. Otherwise, though, he only threw for five first downs the rest of the game, going 12-of-17 for 72 yards with three sacks and a fumble. 5. Alex Smith KC 27/36 293 1 0 4 123 98 25 WAS 6. Jameis Winston TB 22/38 332 3 0 1 117 110 7 NYG Winston's first four passes: 12-yard gain on second-and-8; 6-yard touchdown; 12-yard gain on first-and-10; 58-yard touchdown to put the Bucs up 13-0. That was 80-plus DYAR right there on those four throws. It's a good thing he got off to that hot start though, because he struggled all day to keep drives alive. On third and fourth down, he went 5-of-10 for 82 yards with one sack and only three conversions. 7. Jared Goff LARM 21/36 255 2 0 1 96 96 0 DAL On the surface, it looks like Goff had a very good game against Dallas. Look deeper, and we see that he was outstanding over three-quarters of the field, then fell off a cliff. Inside the Dallas 25, Goff went 4-of-13 for 22 yards and just one first down (a 7-yard touchdown to Cooper Kupp). 8. Philip Rivers LACH 22/38 347 2 0 2 93 93 0 PHI Rivers was most effective throwing up the middle against Philadelphia: 7-of-10 for 167 yards, plus a 10-yard DPI on an 11th throw. Those completions included a 20-yard gain on third-and-14, a 50-yard gain on third-and-10, and a 75-yard touchdown to Tyrell Williams. 9. Russell Wilson SEA 21/26 295 2 2 3 86 74 12 IND Wilson's passing numbers on Seattle's first seven drives were deceptively good: 11-of-16 for 147 yards, but with two interceptions, two sacks (one for a safety), and only four first downs. Then he caught fire, completing each of his last 10 passes for 148 total yards and seven first downs (including two touchdowns), with one sack, as Seattle gained at least 74 yards and scored a touchdown on each of its last three drives. He had 106 DYAR in the fourth quarter, almost 30 more than any other quarterback this week (including overtimes). 10. Eli Manning NYG 30/49 288 2 0 0 83 71 13 TB Get this man a Slurpee. On passes that traveled 7 to 11 yards past the line of scrimmage, Manning went 12-of-15 for 123 yards. Anything shorter than that, he went 16-of-24 for just 102 yards (plus a 4-yard DPI); anything deeper, 2-of-10, 63 yards. 11. Aaron Rodgers GB 18/26 179 4 0 2 69 69 0 CHI Remember what we said about Jared Goff and how he just vanished over the last quarter of the field? Same goes for Rodgers, but at the other end. He had 11 first downs on the day, including four red zone touchdowns, but none inside his own 25. At that end of the field, he went 3-of-7 for 12 yards with two sacks. This was partly why Chicago's average field position after Justin Vogel's three punts was at the 30-yard line. 12. Kirk Cousins WAS 14/24 220 2 0 0 61 57 4 KC Rk Player Team CP/AT Yds TD INT Sacks Total

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DYAR Opp 13. Carson Wentz PHI 17/31 242 1 0 1 59 58 1 LACH Wentz struggled throwing to his receivers and tight ends, but reaped great rewards when throwing to his running backs: 5-of-7 for 65 yards and four first downs, two of them third-down conversions. Six of those passes were thrown to Wendell Smallwood, but LeGarrette Blount also had a 20-yard catch on second-and-12. 14. Drew Brees NO 29/40 270 2 0 1 55 51 5 MIA Some quarterbacks can catch defenses off guard by passing on first downs. Brees is apparently not one of those quarterbacks. On first downs against Miami, he went 8-of-13 for just 36 yards. Only two of those completions resulted in first downs, and one of those was a touchdown to Michael Thomas from the 3-yard line. 15. Dak Prescott DAL 20/35 252 3 1 2 51 47 4 LARM The Cowboys had six possessions in the second half. On one of them, Prescott picked up four completions for four first downs on four passes, capping off the drive with a 28-yard touchdown to James Hanna. He did not throw for a first down on any of the other five drives, going 5-of-16 for 27 yards and an interception. 16. Case Keenum MIN 16/30 219 0 0 2 51 51 0 DET As Aaron Rodgers was the anti-Jared Goff this week, Keenum was sort of the anti-Carson Wentz. On throws to his running backs, he went 3-of-7 for 16 yards and no first downs. That includes incomplete passes on three third-down throws. 17. Tyrod Taylor BUF 12/20 182 1 0 3 46 50 -4 ATL Taylor was another quarterback who struggled in his own end of the field this week. Inside the Buffalo 25, he went 4-of-9 for 57 yards with one first down and one sack. Anything outside of that, he picked up seven first downs in 12 dropbacks. 18. Ben Roethlisberger PIT 18/30 216 1 1 1 44 44 0 BAL In Week 1 and Week 3, we noted that the bulk of Roethlisberger's success came on throws to Antonio Brown. The shoe was on the other foot this week. On throws to Brown, Roethlisberger went 4-of-9 for 34 yards with one interception, two successful plays, and nary a first down to be seen. Now you know why Brown was so mad at that poor Gatorade bucket. 19. Kevin Hogan CLE 5/8 65 0 0 1 15 15 0 CIN There's really not a lot to say about Hogan's day, but how weird is it that Cody Kessler was 22nd in DVOA in 2016 -- better than Carson Wentz, Cam Newton, or Joe Flacco -- and now he has fallen down the depth chart behind not only DeShone Kizer, but Kevin Hogan as well? 20. Matt Ryan ATL 24/42 242 1 2 1 15 10 5 BUF Ryan's (and the Falcons') whole day was undone on the 15-yard stretch between the Atlanta 39-yard line and the Buffalo 47. Along those 45 frustrating feet, Ryan went 2-of-11 for 18 yards with two interceptions and a sack/fumble/touchdown. 21. Derek Carr OAK 10/17 143 1 0 2 14 14 0 DEN Nearly half of Carr's yardage came on a 64-yard touchdown to Johnny Holton. Otherwise, he had only four other first downs, and just one more successful play besides that. He converted only one third-down play, going 4-of-6 for 30 yards with one sack. 22. Marcus Mariota TEN 6/10 96 0 2 0 11 -20 31 HOU In a small sample size, this is about as streaky a day as you'll see. Mariota started out 1-of-4 for 6 yards with one interception and no first downs. Then he picked up first downs on five straight throws, gaining 90 total yards in the process. Then he threw an interception, and that was his last throw of the day. Rk Player Team CP/AT Yds TD INT Sacks Total

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DYAR Opp 23. Trevor Siemian DEN 16/26 179 1 0 4 -5 0 -4 OAK First quarter: 7-of-9, 115 yards, six first downs (including a touchdown), plus one 30-yard DPI and one sack. Rest of game: 9-of-17, 64 yards, four first downs, three sacks. 24. Carson Palmer ARI 33/51 357 2 1 6 -8 -9 1 SF At the end of regulation, Palmer had -75 passing DYAR. He would have ranked 32nd this week if the 49ers had won in regulation, or had scored a touchdown instead of a field goal on their one overtime drive. Instead, Palmer led a game-winning touchdown drive, going 6-of-7 for 77 yards and the game-winning score, plus an 8-yard DPI. That's 67 DYAR, which almost would have made the top 10 by itself. 25. EJ Manuel OAK 11/17 106 0 1 1 -9 -9 0 DEN Manuel hit a handful of big plays to get into Denver territory, but couldn't do much after that. On the Broncos' side of the 50, he went 3-of-9 for 21 yards with an interception. 26. Matthew Stafford DET 19/31 209 0 0 6 -19 -19 0 MIN Stafford only converted three third downs, all of them in the first quarter. On third downs, he went 4-of-9 for 65 yards with two sacks and a fumble. 27. Mike Glennon CHI 21/33 218 1 2 1 -41 -41 0 GB Perhaps Mitchell Trubisky can bring the deep ball back to the Chicago offense. Glennon threw six passes that traveled more than 15 yards past the line of scrimmage against Green Bay. Two were caught -- one by Kendall Wright for a 22-yard gain, the other by the Packers for an interception. 28. Brian Hoyer SF 24/49 234 0 1 3 -42 -45 3 ARI How to lead your offense to five field goals and no touchdowns: inside the Arizona 40, Hoyer went 9-of-15 for 52 yards and only two first downs, plus two sacks that lost 21 total yards. 29. Joe Flacco BAL 31/47 235 1 2 4 -65 -65 0 PIT In the first half, Flacco went 9-of-12 for only 49 yards with a sack. He had only one first down before halftime, and that came with Baltimore already down 19-0 late in the second quarter. 30. Josh McCown NYJ 22/30 224 0 1 5 -69 -69 0 JAC GABBERT WATCH: McCown's bad day this week basically cancels out his good game last week. Thanks mostly to his terrible Week 1 game, he now has -108 passing DYAR this year. That brings his career total to -1,439 DYAR, putting him back ahead of Ryan Leaf (-1,388 DYAR) for the second-worst career total since 1989, still way behind Blaine Gabbert (-1,928). There were only 34 -500-DYAR seasons from 1989 to 2016, so asking McCown to amass that total over the next 12 games might be a little ambitious. And if he does start to stink up the joint, he might get benched for Bryce Petty or Christian HackenBWAHAHAHA!!!! *Ahem* Sorry about that. As for this week, some of the turnovers in this game must be seen to be believed. Also, McCown is learning a lesson that will soon become valuable around the NFL: do not test Jalen Ramsey with throws to the right side. The Jaguars are allowing a league-low 5.1 yards per pass on balls thrown to the right. McCown went 8-of-12 on throws to his right, but for only 66 yards and three first downs. 31. Blake Bortles JAC 15/35 140 1 1 1 -70 -87 17 NYJ Did I mention that some of the turnovers in this game had to be seen to be believed? On third downs, Bortles went 5-of-12 for 34 yards, plus a 15-yard DPI, with only four conversions. 32. Jacoby Brissett IND 16/29 157 1 1 3 -80 -79 -1 SEA When the Colts got the ball for the first time in the second half, they trailed by an 18-15 margin in what was still a very winnable game. The next time Brissett completed a pass for a first down, the Colts were down by 21 points, and that was his only first down of the second half. In the third and fourth quarters, he went 2-of-9 for 15 yards, while losing 21 yards on a pair of sacks, one of which resulted in a fumble that the Seahawks recovered and returned for a touchdown. 33. DeShone Kizer CLE 16/34 118 0 1 1 -97 -92 -4 CIN Kizer had eight dropbacks between the 50-yard line and Cincinnati's end zone: One completion for zero yards; five incomplete passes; one interception; one sack for a 7-yard loss. Throwing to his right, he went 4-of-15 for 21 yards with no first downs and only two successful plays. 34. Jay Cutler MIA 20/28 164 0 1 4 -101 -101 1 NO Cutler's first third-down play resulted in a completion to Julius Thomas for a 23-yard gain on third-and-8. That was Cutler's last conversion on third or fourth down. After that, he went 2-of-5 for 8 yards with two sacks. The two completions were a zero-yard gain on third-and-20 and an 8-yard gain on third-and-25. 35. Matt Cassel TEN 4/10 21 0 2 2 -165 -165 0 HOU Cassel was paid more than $100,000 for this game.

Five Best Running Backs by DYAR (Total) Rk Player Team Runs Rush

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DYAR Opp 1. Todd Gurley LARM 23 121 0 7/8 94 1 62 24 38 DAL Five runs of 10 or more yards, seven first downs on the ground, only five runs for no gain or a loss. Gurley's receptions produced four more first downs, including a 53-yard touchdown and a 12-yard gain on third-and-5. 2. Lamar Miller HOU 19 75 1 4/5 56 1 53 21 32 TEN Though his longest run gained only 9 yards, Miller had five first downs on the ground and was hit for a loss just once. He had three first downs through the air, including a 32-yard gain on second-and-8 and a 14-yard gain on third-and-4. 3. Kareem Hunt KC 21 101 0 4/4 20 0 47 45 2 WAS Three gains of 10 or more yards, four first downs, 12 gains of 4 or more yards, and only four hits for no gain or a loss (all on first-and-10, so they weren't killers). 4. Alvin Kamara NO 5 25 0 10/10 71 1 42 15 27 MIA All of Kamara's runs gained at least 2 yards, two went for first downs, and one gained 12. Five of his catches produced first downs, and four of those gained 11 yards or more. 5. Ameer Abdullah DET 20 94 1 3/4 15 0 40 40 0 MIN A long run of 29 yards, another run for 12, and three short-yardage conversions, all while being hit for no gain or a loss just four times.

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DYAR Opp 1. Kareem Hunt KC 21 101 0 4/4 20 0 47 45 2 WAS 2. Ameer Abdullah DET 20 94 1 3/4 15 0 40 40 0 MIN 3. Dion Lewis NE 4 18 1 1/1 9 0 30 24 6 CAR All of Lewis' runs came on first down, three of them in goal-to-go situations. He gained at least 1 yard on all of them, and at least 4 yards on three of them. 4. Todd Gurley LARM 23 121 0 7/8 94 1 62 24 38 DAL 5. Le'Veon Bell PIT 35 144 2 4/6 42 0 9 24 -15 BAL Nine total first downs on the ground, including gains of 16, 17, and 21 yards, while being hit for no gain or a loss four times. But 18 of Bell's carries were worth negative DYAR, most of them ineffectual gains of 2 or 3 yards. That is why his rushing value is about the same as a guy who ran four times for 18 yards.

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DYAR Opp 1. Melvin Gordon LACH 10 22 0 1/3 7 0 -28 -13 -14 PHI Gordon did pick up first downs on runs of 11 and 12 yards, but his other eight carries had a net gain of -1 yard. Seven of them gained 1 yard or less. His one completion was a 7-yard gain on second-and-15.

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DYAR Opp 1. Mike Tolbert BUF 8 32 0 0/0 0 0 -18 -18 0 ATL No first downs and a long run of only 9 yards -- and that ended in a fumble.

Five Best Wide Receivers and Tight Ends by DYAR Rk Player Team Rec Att Yds Avg TD Total

DYAR Opp 1. DeAndre Hopkins HOU 10 12 107 10.7 1 59 TEN Only one of Hopkins' catches failed to pick up a first down, and that was a 5-yard gain on second-and-11. He converted two third downs and one fourth-down play. His DYAR accounts for a 13th target, a 13-yard gain on a DPI. 2. Kelvin Benjamin CAR 4 4 104 26.0 0 51 NE All of Benjamin's catches resulted in first downs, including a 43-yard gain on third-and-9 and a 39-yard gain on third-and-4. 3. Cooper Kupp LARM 5 7 60 12.0 1 46 DAL Four of Kupp's catches resulted in first downs; the fifth was a 10-yard gain on second-and-11. His DYAR accounts for an eighth target, a 25-yard DPI. 4. Tyler Kroft CIN 6 7 68 11.3 2 43 CLE All of Kroft's receptions resulted in first downs, including two third-down conversions. 5. Travis Kelce KC 7 8 111 15.9 1 42 WAS Kelce's DYAR totals include 6 DYAR rushing for his one carry, a 3-yard gain on third-and-2. Six of his catches produced first downs, including a 32-yard gain on third-and-14 and two gains of 20 yards.