CHFF Super Study: Which QBs Decline After Seven Games?

By Scott Kacsmar
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As the calendar turns to November, the NFL season goes through its own set of changes. Teams have more tape to study as they try to figure out tendencies, and the weather becomes a bigger factor. While the running game is considered to remain static, it’s the passing game that figures to take the hardest hit as defenses learn more as the air cools and winds strengthen.
 
Does the quarterback that looked so flawless in September and October under good conditions suddenly start seeing his completion percentage and yards per attempt dip as he attempts to handle these changes? Does the battle of attrition with injuries begin to take its toll on an offense’s production and efficiency? Does the dome quarterback really have that significant of an advantage over his outdoor peers?
 
There would be a lot more data required to answer all of these questions, but what we are going to look at is how quarterbacks have performed historically in the 16-game, Blount-rule passing era (that’s since 1978 in case you didn’t know) when they reached the point of the season we are entering now, relative to their early-season performance.
 
Consistency by itself does not equal greatness. Kyle Boller is great at always being bad. Only being consistently great equals greatness. Which players are able to maintain the same level of play all throughout out the season? Who actually gets better? Who gets worse? This is more about comparing the quarterback to himself (and, as always, his teammates) than to other players.
 

The Motivation

Earlier this week we looked at Eli Manning’s great start to the 2011 season, and noted that we have seen strong starts by Mr. October before, only to see him struggle once the season shifted to November and beyond.
 
It was worth exploring whether or not this is exclusive to a quarterback like Manning, or if most quarterbacks see their passing stats decline for reasons stated earlier. Eli plays most of his games outdoors, and plays his home games in the sometimes windy (New) Meadowlands, so perhaps he’s just at a disadvantage.
 
If not, then Eli has simply not been a quarterback’s that maintained or improved his level of play in the second half of the season, which is exactly why he struggles to find his name in the conversation of elite quarterbacks.
 
Onto the number crunching.
 

The Methodology

 
We used the Play Index at pro-football-reference.com to look at each quarterback’s seasons in two splits: his team’s first 7 games, and then his team’s last 9 games.
 
Why not use a perfect 8/8 split? It’s the 7^th game that often concludes the month of October, and that’s exactly where we are in the season. Every team has completed at least 7 games in 2011.
 
Deciding which quarterbacks to use was difficult, as someone like Matthew Stafford just completed his only real early season split in three years, and he missed practically the entire second half of 2010. There’s also the problem of rookies that start late in the season (that’s what Eli Manning did in 2004) and may have bad numbers that season, with no bad early-season numbers to balance it out.
 
On the reverse side, someone like Ryan Fitzpatrick has rarely ever played a lot of games at the start of the season. He has this year, and is having the best stretch of his career, which slants the numbers because the early-to-late ratio of games is too low.
 
In a perfect world, many quarterbacks would start all 16 games in multiple seasons, keeping the exact 7:9 ratio to examine, but only Peyton Manning has done that.
 
Games played include all game appearances (not just games started). Keep that in mind when looking at the team record. Games started would definitely have to be factored in for the true record, as players such as Matt Cassel can come in late for an easy New England win and get credited for Tom Brady’s win. Since this is more about passing performance rather than team record, take such records for quarterbacks that had a lot of non-starter appearances with a grain of salt.
 
All stats used are from the regular season only.
 
Quick Math Reminder: With a stat like passer rating, the higher your rating the harder it is to maintain. Even if two quarterbacks had the same number of attempts, but one had a rating of 105.0 and the other had a rating of 70.0, an interception on each passer’s next attempt would decrease the 105.0 rating by a larger number than the 70.0 rating. It may not be a huge difference, but these things can add up in a hurry. A five-point drop from 70.0 compared to 105.0 does not require the same amount of bad plays.
 

Eli vs. the Active Quarterbacks

There were 33 active quarterbacks used, which includes starters from all tiers, and some backups. Eighteen of the quarterbacks are active starters as of right now. That’s actually a good representation of today’s quarterbacks when you consider the starters that are rookies/second-year players (Newton, Dalton, Ponder, Gabbert, Tebow, McCoy, Bradford) or limited experience veterans (Kolb, Jackson, Moore, Painter, Beck).
 
Some players stretch the idea of what active means (Delhomme, Pennington, Garrard), but they’re still included.
 
Consideration was taken to not include 2011 in the stats since we’re just really getting into the last 9 games, but since every quarterback is in at least his third season, we kept it in.
 
You can look at a full table of active passers for the first 7 (F7) games here, and for the last 9 (L9) games here.
 

Active	Comp. %			YPA			Passer Rating			Win%
Quarterbacks	F7	L9	Diff	F7	L9	Diff	F7	L9	Diff	F7	L9	Diff
Ryan Fitzpatrick	61.8	57.8	-3.97	6.58	6.12	-0.46	87.0	70.6	-16.40	0.444	0.450	0.006
Eli Manning	60.5	56.8	-3.73	7.47	6.50	-0.98	89.5	75.4	-14.10	0.720	0.475	-0.245
David Carr	60.8	58.7	-2.07	7.02	5.80	-1.23	81.9	68.6	-13.30	0.404	0.283	-0.122
Kyle Orton	60.3	55.8	-4.50	6.83	6.20	-0.63	85.5	72.8	-12.70	0.515	0.471	-0.045
Aaron Rodgers	66.7	64.0	-2.63	8.53	7.79	-0.75	106.0	97.9	-8.10	0.667	0.548	-0.118
Charlie Batch	57.1	55.1	-2.03	6.98	6.78	-0.20	81.0	74.2	-6.80	0.556	0.432	-0.123
Alex Smith	58.3	57.1	-1.14	6.37	6.21	-0.16	77.9	71.4	-6.50	0.344	0.483	0.139
BenRoethlisberger	64.5	62.2	-2.34	8.25	7.87	-0.38	96.1	90.1	-6.00	0.673	0.724	0.051
Matt Schaub	64.3	64.3	-0.06	7.92	7.76	-0.16	94.7	89.1	-5.60	0.571	0.360	-0.211
Mark Sanchez	53.9	55.8	1.85	6.53	6.71	0.18	75.3	69.7	-5.60	0.619	0.563	-0.057
Michael Vick	58.1	54.6	-3.50	7.33	6.82	-0.50	84.1	79.1	-5.00	0.609	0.534	-0.075
Rex Grossman	56.8	52.5	-4.38	6.97	6.08	-0.89	72.4	68.8	-3.60	0.667	0.519	-0.148
Jon Kitna	61.5	59.6	-1.96	6.78	6.65	-0.13	79.5	76.2	-3.30	0.407	0.388	-0.019
Byron Leftwich	59.1	57.2	-1.86	6.74	6.42	-0.32	80.9	77.8	-3.10	0.429	0.583	0.155
Peyton Manning	64.9	65.0	0.14	7.79	7.46	-0.33	96.6	93.5	-3.10	0.714	0.650	-0.065
Jason Campbell	61.8	60.1	-1.73	6.95	6.64	-0.31	84.3	81.6	-2.70	0.563	0.359	-0.204
Jay Cutler	62.9	60.0	-2.88	7.49	7.03	-0.45	85.5	83.3	-2.20	0.529	0.488	-0.042
Tom Brady	64.1	63.6	-0.54	7.50	7.40	-0.10	96.8	94.7	-2.10	0.729	0.793	0.064
Donovan McNabb	59.0	58.9	-0.10	6.94	6.93	-0.01	86.5	84.6	-1.90	0.571	0.611	0.040
Chad Pennington	66.8	65.4	-1.44	7.45	7.02	-0.43	91.0	89.5	-1.50	0.381	0.596	0.215
Derek Anderson	51.5	53.8	2.32	6.42	6.32	-0.10	69.4	68.3	-1.10	0.407	0.375	-0.032
Tony Romo	63.7	64.2	0.52	8.08	7.94	-0.14	95.2	94.5	-0.70	0.574	0.628	0.053
David Garrard	63.9	60.5	-3.45	6.89	7.08	0.18	86.0	85.7	-0.30	0.531	0.500	-0.031
Mark Brunell	59.3	59.7	0.41	6.72	7.11	0.39	83.5	84.5	1.00	0.444	0.610	0.165
Philip Rivers	63.7	63.9	0.21	8.19	7.83	-0.36	94.7	96.5	1.80	0.512	0.816	0.305
Drew Brees	66.0	65.2	-0.85	7.34	7.38	0.04	90.8	93.7	2.90	0.586	0.566	-0.020
Kerry Collins	56.0	55.4	-0.62	6.46	6.59	0.14	71.8	75.3	3.50	0.438	0.459	0.021
Carson Palmer	61.6	64.0	2.40	6.88	7.21	0.33	84.3	88.4	4.10	0.426	0.510	0.084
Matt Cassel	60.5	58.4	-2.09	6.39	6.92	0.53	80.3	85.3	5.00	0.606	0.600	-0.006
Jake Delhomme	58.7	59.9	1.16	6.93	7.36	0.43	78.5	83.7	5.20	0.553	0.630	0.076
Matt Hasselbeck	58.4	61.8	3.35	6.72	7.10	0.38	79.7	85.0	5.30	0.543	0.531	-0.012
Matt Ryan	60.0	61.9	1.86	6.89	6.86	-0.03	83.0	89.3	6.30	0.607	0.800	0.193
Joe Flacco	60.2	61.4	1.26	6.89	7.43	0.54	82.0	91.0	9.00	0.643	0.704	0.061

 
 
Eli Manning does in fact suffer the second largest decline in passer rating (-14.10) in the last 9 games of the season. Depending on what Eli and Ryan Fitzpatrick (-16.40) do the rest of this season, Eli could end up with the largest decline. Joe Flacco (+9.00) actually has the best increase in the last 9 games. David Garrard (-0.30) is the most consistent, as defined by the closest difference to 0 in the splits.
 
Eli’s completion percentage is the fourth biggest decline (-3.73%). Kyle Orton has the worst decline (-4.50%), while Matt Hasselbeck has the best increase (3.35%). Matt Schaub (-.06%) is the most consistent.
 
For yards per attempt (YPA), Eli has the second worst decline (-0.98); almost a full yard. Only David Carr (-1.23), Eli’s backup, is worse. Part of how Joe Flacco increases his passer rating is because of his +0.54 boost in YPA. Believe it or not, Donovan McNabb is the most consistent YPA performer (-0.01).
 
Don’t let a San Diego fan miss these kind words: Eli also has the biggest decline in win % (-.245). Eli has started the first 7 games with a 36-14 (.720) record, which is second to only Tom Brady (.729). But he’s finished just 29-32 (.475) in the last 9 games.
 
Who has the best increase in win %? Philip Rivers. He goes from 22-21 in the first 7 games of the season, to a ridiculous 40-9 in the final 9 games. Fitzpatrick (+0.006) is the most consistent winner (or loser, given his record).
 
Among active quarterbacks, there’s no denying Eli’s second half slumps are a real problem. Why they happen is for another debate, but the Cold, Hard Football Facts show that he is not living up to expectations and will need to correct this.
 

Inactive 1978-2010 Quarterbacks

How about looking at a group of quarterbacks that have more complete career data? We looked at 67 quarterbacks (giving this study 100 total, which was not intentional) from 1978-2010 that threw at least 1,000 passes throughout their career in the first 7 games of the season. Only regular seasons from 1978 to 2010 were included.
 

1978-2010	Comp. %			YPA			Passer Rating			Win%
Quarterbacks	F7	L9	Diff	F7	L9	Diff	F7	L9	Diff	F7	L9	Diff
Joe Ferguson	57.5	50.6	-6.87	7.06	6.17	-0.89	80.8	60.0	-20.80	0.472	0.371	-0.100
Ron Jaworski	56.9	51.1	-5.83	7.12	6.76	-0.37	80.7	69.9	-10.80	0.576	0.454	-0.122
Brian Griese	62.9	62.4	-0.55	7.15	6.72	-0.43	87.4	77.1	-10.30	0.660	0.465	-0.195
Vinny Testaverde	57.6	55.6	-1.94	7.12	6.71	-0.41	80.4	70.3	-10.10	0.473	0.378	-0.095
Chris Miller	56.6	52.8	-3.74	7.05	6.34	-0.71	79.9	70.3	-9.60	0.391	0.346	-0.045
Jeff Hostetler	60.5	56.2	-4.27	7.30	6.82	-0.48	85.2	76.9	-8.30	0.612	0.640	0.028
Rodney Peete	58.7	55.4	-3.34	7.25	6.58	-0.67	76.8	68.6	-8.20	0.556	0.500	-0.056
Bobby Hebert	60.8	57.7	-3.12	7.28	6.73	-0.55	82.8	74.8	-8.00	0.563	0.537	-0.025
Richard Todd	56.7	54.5	-2.20	7.32	6.76	-0.56	74.4	66.6	-7.80	0.446	0.489	0.044
Drew Bledsoe	57.2	57.1	-0.07	6.89	6.42	-0.46	81.2	73.4	-7.80	0.483	0.524	0.041
Danny White	62.5	57.1	-5.44	7.53	7.35	-0.18	85.5	78.5	-7.00	0.731	0.600	-0.131
Tommy Kramer	56.2	54.1	-2.10	7.03	6.50	-0.52	76.0	69.1	-6.90	0.569	0.418	-0.151
Steve Grogan	53.9	51.9	-1.97	8.02	7.37	-0.66	75.4	68.8	-6.60	0.600	0.472	-0.128
Brad Johnson	62.2	61.2	-0.94	6.96	6.51	-0.45	85.9	79.7	-6.20	0.618	0.580	-0.039
Steve Bartkowski	57.7	57.5	-0.26	7.22	7.02	-0.21	82.7	77.0	-5.70	0.466	0.511	0.045
Aaron Brooks	56.7	56.3	-0.33	6.78	6.87	0.09	81.7	76.4	-5.30	0.500	0.382	-0.118
Jim Harbaugh	60.1	57.8	-2.21	6.95	6.52	-0.43	80.4	75.3	-5.10	0.474	0.444	-0.029
Joe Montana	64.1	62.5	-1.65	7.74	7.34	-0.39	95.0	90.0	-5.00	0.679	0.717	0.038
Neil O'Donnell	59.4	56.1	-3.32	6.98	6.45	-0.53	84.2	79.3	-4.90	0.508	0.613	0.104
Elvis Grbac	57.8	60.3	2.48	6.83	6.88	0.05	82.3	77.5	-4.80	0.667	0.571	-0.095
Dan Fouts	62.0	58.4	-3.57	7.98	7.72	-0.26	86.2	82.0	-4.20	0.538	0.591	0.052
Marc Bulger	61.7	62.5	0.79	7.29	7.11	-0.19	86.3	82.8	-3.50	0.422	0.431	0.009
Scott Mitchell	55.0	55.9	0.88	6.57	6.81	0.23	76.9	73.6	-3.30	0.500	0.450	-0.050
Jim McMahon	59.7	55.9	-3.80	7.28	6.78	-0.49	79.4	76.7	-2.70	0.635	0.759	0.124
Phil Simms	55.8	55.1	-0.64	7.29	7.12	-0.16	79.9	77.2	-2.70	0.579	0.591	0.012
Chris Chandler	57.4	58.7	1.36	7.13	7.10	-0.03	80.6	77.9	-2.70	0.333	0.455	0.121
Kurt Warner	67.2	64.0	-3.20	8.01	7.89	-0.11	95.0	92.5	-2.50	0.576	0.576	-0.001
Lynn Dickey	59.5	55.9	-3.63	7.97	7.72	-0.24	79.4	77.0	-2.40	0.405	0.500	0.095
Dan Marino	59.7	59.2	-0.45	7.47	7.25	-0.22	87.8	85.4	-2.40	0.673	0.558	-0.115
Jeff Garcia	62.6	60.8	-1.77	7.08	6.85	-0.23	88.8	86.6	-2.20	0.518	0.464	-0.054
RandallCunningham	57.8	55.5	-2.33	7.19	6.80	-0.40	82.6	80.4	-2.20	0.566	0.604	0.038
Jay Schroeder	50.3	51.1	0.79	7.30	7.04	-0.25	72.8	70.9	-1.90	0.563	0.591	0.028
Brett Favre	62.0	61.9	-0.16	7.05	7.08	0.03	87.0	85.2	-1.80	0.576	0.659	0.083
Rich Gannon	61.2	59.5	-1.64	6.96	6.74	-0.21	85.7	84.0	-1.70	0.569	0.563	-0.006
Joey Harrington	56.8	55.6	-1.17	6.01	5.61	-0.40	69.9	69.0	-0.90	0.297	0.356	0.058
Ken O'Brien	59.4	58.0	-1.39	7.15	6.84	-0.31	80.8	80.2	-0.60	0.441	0.453	0.012
Steve Young	64.9	63.8	-1.14	8.04	7.94	-0.11	97.1	96.5	-0.60	0.696	0.677	-0.019
John Elway	56.5	57.1	0.60	7.04	7.15	0.11	80.1	79.7	-0.40	0.681	0.605	-0.076
Troy Aikman	60.6	62.2	1.58	7.14	6.87	-0.27	81.8	81.5	-0.30	0.622	0.527	-0.094
Jim Kelly	60.8	59.6	-1.23	7.61	7.27	-0.34	84.5	84.3	-0.20	0.686	0.589	-0.097
Jim Everett	57.5	57.9	0.45	6.98	7.15	0.17	78.7	78.5	-0.20	0.366	0.437	0.071
Jeff George	60.5	56.2	-4.27	7.02	6.92	-0.10	79.7	80.9	1.20	0.404	0.333	-0.071
Daunte Culpepper	63.7	62.4	-1.30	7.53	7.57	0.05	87.2	88.4	1.20	0.509	0.308	-0.202
Steve McNair	60.8	59.7	-1.07	6.81	6.95	0.14	82.0	83.3	1.30	0.559	0.606	0.048
Joe Theismann	58.2	57.3	-0.93	7.11	7.05	-0.06	78.4	80.5	2.10	0.589	0.638	0.049
Warren Moon	58.9	58.1	-0.82	7.14	7.30	0.16	79.7	81.9	2.20	0.521	0.491	-0.030
Boomer Esiason	57.4	56.8	-0.52	7.35	7.24	-0.11	79.6	82.1	2.50	0.430	0.481	0.051
Neil Lomax	56.7	58.3	1.63	7.28	7.17	-0.11	81.3	83.8	2.50	0.388	0.508	0.121
Jeff Blake	56.9	56.0	-0.94	6.45	6.86	0.41	76.5	79.1	2.60	0.250	0.423	0.173
Erik Kramer	56.9	57.7	0.80	6.57	6.78	0.21	75.3	78.1	2.80	0.395	0.513	0.117
Bernie Kosar	60.0	58.7	-1.24	6.61	7.14	0.54	80.2	83.0	2.80	0.481	0.521	0.040
Rick Mirer	55.4	51.0	-4.40	5.98	5.73	-0.25	61.8	65.4	3.60	0.297	0.381	0.084
Trent Dilfer	56.2	54.8	-1.43	6.37	6.56	0.19	68.3	71.9	3.60	0.424	0.559	0.135
Dave Krieg	58.3	58.5	0.21	7.10	7.23	0.12	79.1	82.8	3.70	0.521	0.556	0.035
Gus Frerotte	54.1	55.2	1.03	6.86	6.85	0.00	72.1	76.0	3.90	0.500	0.508	0.008
Steve Beuerlein	56.6	57.2	0.60	7.12	7.30	0.18	77.9	82.0	4.10	0.392	0.553	0.160
Steve DeBerg	57.3	57.1	-0.27	6.78	6.84	0.06	71.9	76.5	4.60	0.360	0.423	0.063
Jim Zorn	56.0	54.3	-1.73	6.69	7.04	0.36	69.6	74.2	4.60	0.435	0.511	0.076
Trent Green	60.0	61.0	0.93	7.51	7.69	0.18	83.2	88.0	4.80	0.380	0.571	0.191
Ken Stabler	58.1	61.5	3.48	6.78	7.13	0.35	66.8	71.6	4.80	0.545	0.500	-0.045
Doug Williams	47.1	51.5	4.39	6.38	7.12	0.75	66.4	72.0	5.60	0.526	0.510	-0.015
Kordell Stewart	56.3	55.4	-0.84	5.85	6.56	0.70	67.3	73.2	5.90	0.600	0.577	-0.023
Jake Plummer	56.9	57.3	0.44	6.28	7.07	0.79	70.8	77.5	6.70	0.525	0.488	-0.037
Brian Sipe	55.6	57.7	2.08	6.84	7.30	0.45	73.8	80.6	6.80	0.512	0.500	-0.012
Stan Humphries	56.0	57.7	1.72	6.67	6.99	0.32	71.8	79.7	7.90	0.535	0.644	0.110
Ken Anderson	61.6	61.6	-0.03	7.15	7.63	0.49	77.8	85.9	8.10	0.357	0.528	0.171
Tony Banks	52.4	55.6	3.22	5.96	6.91	0.94	66.2	77.0	10.80	0.342	0.500	0.158

 
 
Passer Rating
Worst Decline: Joe Ferguson (-20.80)
Best Increase: Tony Banks (+10.80)
Most Consistent: Jim Kelly (-0.20)
 
Completion Percentage
Worst Decline: Joe Ferguson (-6.87%)
Best Increase: Doug Williams (4.39%)
Most Consistent: Ken Anderson (-0.03%)
 
Yards per Attempt
Worst Decline: Joe Ferguson (-0.89)
Best Increase: Tony Banks (+0.94)
Most Consistent: Gus Frerotte (0.00)
 
Win %
Worst Decline: Daunte Culpepper (-.202)
Best Increase: Trent Green (+.191)
Most Consistent: Kurt Warner (-0.001)
 

Comparing the Two Lists

The following is a key comparison between the averages of the two lists. Not included above were touchdown pass percentage (TD%) and interception percentage (INT%). They are included here.
 

Averages	Active	1978-2010
F7 Comp. %	60.8	58.4
L9 Comp. %	59.8	57.4
F7 YPA	7.13	7.05
L9 YPA	6.95	6.96
F7 PR	85.2	79.5
L9 PR	82.7	78.2
F7 INT%	2.89	3.50
L9 INT%	2.90	3.50
F7 TD%	4.43	4.18
L9 TD%	4.17	4.15
Comp. % DIFF	-0.98	-0.99
YPA DIFF	-0.18	-0.08
PR DIFF	-2.47	-1.31
INT% DIFF	0.01	-0.01
TD% DIFF	-0.26	-0.03

 
Interception numbers were surprisingly consistent among both groups and each split. The active TD% is down, which can explain the larger decrease in passer rating. Amazingly, both groups saw about a 1% drop in completion percentage in the last 9 games. YPA was only about a tenth lower for the actives.
 

Conclusion

Generally speaking, numbers do decline on average in the last 9 games of the season. However, interceptions and touchdowns are fairly constant, and the declines in key efficiency stats such as YPA, completion percentage and passer rating are not by a significant number. The 1% difference in completion percentage can be fixed by just 2-3 more completions (total). That's it.
 
There are some very interesting names to come out of the lists of best and worst declines. While it’s good to see old quarterbacks remain very consistent at passer rating, such as Elway, Young, Kelly and Aikman, you also see Joey Harrington and Jeff George right in the mix.
 
What would a fan want out of their quarterback? Is it better to improve as the season goes along, or would you rather have the player that is fairly consistent all year round?
 
As for Eli, make note that Phil Simms kept his numbers consistent. Kerry Collins, when he was with the Giants (1999-2003), saw his numbers improve in the last 9 games of the season. Mark Sanchez plays in the same stadium and he sees a slight increase as well in the last 9 games. There’s not any noticeable New York effect.
 
The only quarterbacks to see the kind of statistical declines like Eli are Joe Ferguson and Ryan Fitzpatrick. They both played for Buffalo. However, Jim Kelly was a very consistent quarterback for the Bills. Fitzpatrick is an odd case, who may very well rewrite his history with his new semi-franchise quarterback contract.
 
Earlier this week Eli’s second-half declines seemed interesting. Now after further review, they look historically bad. With such a difficult schedule coming up, one wouldn’t necessarily fault Eli for some regression this season. But at some point, if you want to be a great player, you need to back it up beyond the month of October. Manning has a Super Bowl ring, but that’s also the only season where he has won a playoff game. To be in the elite class, consistently elite performance is required.
 
To this point everything we’ve shown you has been career cumulative stats. We’ll leave you with a look at Eli’s individual seasons compared to the usual top quarterbacks in the game today. This time red indicates the last 9 games of that season. Non-starter seasons excluded.
 

Eli Manning

Year	Record	Comp.	Attempts	Pct.	Yards	YPA	TD	INT	Rating
2005	5-2	115	225	51.11	1560	6.93	13	5	83.6
2005	6-3	179	332	53.92	2202	6.63	11	12	70.6
2006	5-2	143	233	61.37	1672	7.18	14	8	88.9
2006	3-6	158	289	54.67	1572	5.44	10	10	67.4
2007	5-2	137	227	60.35	1525	6.72	13	9	82.9
2007	5-4	160	302	52.98	1811	6.00	10	11	67.1
2008	6-1	137	223	61.43	1588	7.12	9	4	88.9
2008	6-3	152	256	59.38	1650	6.45	12	6	84.3
2009	5-2	120	203	59.11	1633	8.04	12	6	92.3
2009	3-6	197	306	64.38	2388	7.80	15	8	93.7
2010	5-2	157	239	65.69	1785	7.47	14	11	88.3
2010	5-4	182	300	60.67	2217	7.39	17	14	82.9
2011	5-2	156	241	64.73	2127	8.83	13	5	102.1

 

Philip Rivers

Year	Record	Comp.	Attempts	Pct.	Yards	YPA	TD	INT	Rating
2006	5-2	139	210	66.19	1536	7.31	10	3	97.6
2006	9-0	145	250	58.00	1852	7.41	12	6	87.3
2007	4-3	123	189	65.08	1442	7.63	10	7	90.3
2007	7-2	154	271	56.83	1710	6.31	11	8	77.0
2008	3-4	124	194	63.92	1697	8.75	16	5	108.5
2008	5-4	188	284	66.20	2312	8.14	18	6	103.5
2009	4-3	142	238	59.66	2036	8.55	11	4	95.9
2009	9-0	175	248	70.56	2218	8.94	17	5	112.6
2010	2-5	171	270	63.33	2344	8.68	13	6	97.8
2010	7-2	186	271	68.63	2366	8.73	17	7	105.8
2011	4-3	167	259	64.48	2084	8.05	7	11	80.7

 

Peyton Manning

Year	Record	Comp.	Attempts	Pct.	Yards	YPA	TD	INT	Rating
1998	1-6	131	240	54.58	1595	6.65	9	14	63.5
1998	2-7	195	335	58.21	2144	6.40	17	14	76.8
1999	5-2	145	243	59.67	1992	8.20	14	8	91.5
1999	8-1	186	290	64.14	2143	7.39	12	7	90.1
2000	5-2	161	247	65.18	2150	8.70	15	7	101.1
2000	5-4	196	324	60.49	2263	6.98	18	8	89.8
2001	4-3	149	227	65.64	1824	8.04	13	9	92.8
2001	2-7	194	320	60.63	2307	7.21	13	14	78.0
2002	4-3	170	258	65.89	1798	6.97	12	10	85.4
2002	6-3	222	333	66.67	2402	7.21	15	9	91.4
2003	6-1	161	233	69.10	1862	7.99	15	5	105.5
2003	6-3	218	333	65.47	2405	7.22	14	5	94.5
2004	4-3	156	240	65.00	2161	9.00	22	4	117.4
2004	8-1	180	257	70.04	2396	9.32	27	6	124.6
2005	7-0	139	204	68.14	1551	7.60	11	5	98.3
2005	7-2	166	249	66.67	2196	8.82	17	5	108.8
2006	7-0	163	245	66.53	1965	8.02	15	2	108.0
2006	5-4	199	312	63.78	2432	7.79	16	7	95.5
2007	7-0	152	232	65.52	1833	7.90	13	3	102.9
2007	6-3	185	283	65.37	2207	7.80	18	11	94.1
2008	3-4	162	265	61.13	1754	6.62	10	9	79.0
2008	9-0	209	290	72.07	2248	7.75	17	3	109.7
2009	7-0	187	263	71.10	2227	8.47	15	4	109.3
2009	7-2	206	308	66.88	2273	7.38	18	12	91.8
2010	5-2	197	299	65.89	2184	7.30	15	2	101.4
2010	5-4	253	380	66.58	2516	6.62	18	15	84.5

 

Aaron Rodgers

Year	Record	Comp.	Attempts	Pct.	Yards	YPA	TD	INT	Rating
2008	4-3	145	221	65.61	1668	7.55	12	4	98.8
2008	2-7	196	315	62.22	2370	7.52	16	9	90.3
2009	4-3	147	225	65.33	1989	8.84	14	2	110.4
2009	7-2	203	316	64.24	2445	7.74	16	5	98.1
2010	4-3	150	235	63.83	1841	7.83	12	9	89.0
2010	6-2	162	240	67.50	2081	8.67	16	2	113.2
2011	7-0	171	239	71.55	2372	9.92	20	3	125.7

 

Tom Brady

Year	Record	Comp.	Attempts	Pct.	Yards	YPA	TD	INT	Rating
2001	3-3	104	169	61.54	1069	6.33	7	4	83.7
2001	8-1	160	244	65.57	1774	7.27	11	8	88.4
2002	3-4	185	289	64.01	1879	6.50	15	9	86.8
2002	6-3	188	312	60.26	1885	6.04	13	5	84.7
2003	5-2	133	221	60.18	1462	6.62	8	7	78.7
2003	9-0	184	306	60.13	2158	7.05	15	5	91.1
2004	6-1	129	215	60.00	1660	7.72	13	7	90.8
2004	8-1	159	259	61.39	2032	7.85	15	7	94.0
2005	4-3	157	249	63.05	2020	8.11	9	4	93.8
2005	6-3	177	281	62.99	2090	7.44	17	10	90.9
2006	6-1	135	232	58.19	1598	6.89	14	4	92.2
2006	6-3	184	284	64.79	1931	6.80	10	8	84.4
2007	7-0	169	229	73.80	2125	9.28	27	2	137.9
2007	9-0	229	349	65.62	2681	7.68	23	6	103.6
2009	5-2	179	273	65.57	2032	7.44	15	4	99.9
2009	5-4	192	292	65.75	2366	8.10	13	9	92.6
2010	6-1	147	225	65.33	1602	7.12	12	4	96.6
2010	8-1	177	267	66.29	2298	8.61	24	0	123.2
2011	5-2	184	272	67.65	2361	8.68	18	8	104.4

 

Ben Roethlisberger

Year	Record	Comp.	Attempts	Pct.	Yards	YPA	TD	INT	Rating
2004	5-1	96	137	70.07	1133	8.27	9	4	104.7
2004	8-0	100	158	63.29	1488	9.42	8	7	92.5
2005	5-1	79	130	60.77	1183	9.10	11	2	112.4
2005	4-2	89	138	64.49	1202	8.71	6	7	85.5
2006	1-5	112	180	62.22	1346	7.48	6	11	70.7
2006	6-3	168	289	58.13	2167	7.50	12	12	78.3
2007	5-2	124	192	64.58	1533	7.98	15	6	102.2
2007	5-3	140	212	66.04	1621	7.65	17	5	105.9
2008	5-2	109	181	60.22	1352	7.47	10	7	85.7
2008	7-2	172	288	59.72	1949	6.77	7	8	76.6
2009	5-2	164	233	70.39	2062	8.85	11	6	102.6
2009	4-4	173	273	63.37	2266	8.30	15	6	98.6
2010	2-1	52	82	63.41	754	9.20	5	2	103.4
2010	7-2	188	307	61.24	2446	7.97	12	3	95.3
2011	5-2	147	234	62.82	1937	8.28	12	6	95.3
2011	1-0	36	50	72.00	365	7.30	2	1	97.5

 

Drew Brees

Year	Record	Comp.	Attempts	Pct.	Yards	YPA	TD	INT	Rating
2002	6-1	127	204	62.25	1332	6.53	9	6	83.6
2002	2-7	193	322	59.94	1952	6.06	8	10	72.6
2003	1-6	139	239	58.16	1401	5.86	7	11	65.6
2003	1-3	66	117	56.41	707	6.04	4	4	71.4
2004	4-3	116	181	64.09	1316	7.27	9	3	95.5
2004	7-1	146	219	66.67	1843	8.42	18	4	112.5
2005	3-4	128	199	64.32	1505	7.56	10	6	91.4
2005	6-3	195	301	64.78	2071	6.88	14	9	87.8
2006	5-2	162	252	64.29	1892	7.51	11	7	89.9
2006	5-4	194	302	64.24	2526	8.36	15	4	101.5
2007	3-4	190	286	66.43	1730	6.05	9	10	78.6
2007	4-5	250	366	68.31	2693	7.36	19	8	97.9
2008	3-4	180	263	68.44	2224	8.46	12	7	98.5
2008	5-4	233	372	62.63	2845	7.65	22	10	94.7
2009	7-0	157	230	68.26	2006	8.72	16	6	107.6
2009	6-2	206	284	72.54	2382	8.39	18	5	111.3
2010	4-3	200	287	69.69	2029	7.07	14	10	91.4
2010	7-2	248	371	66.85	2591	6.98	19	12	90.5
2011	5-2	212	299	70.90	2477	8.28	18	8	104.6
2011	0-1	30	44	68.18	269	6.11	1	2	73.0

 

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