Thursday, October 08, 2015

Week 4 QB Rankings: Aaron Rodgers Is Near The Top

After the Pro Football Focus article that gave QB Aaron Rodgers a negative score for throwing for 5 TDs and 0 INTs against the Chiefs, I wanted to look at how quarterback performance matches up with a team's record. They can write about the plays that are expected or plays the other team should make, but a negative shouldn't be taken from a positive. I'm not big on intangibles, but they are part of the game and players have to make plays. Some do, some don't.

There are 6 teams without a loss after 4 games, and as you might expect, most of those teams' without a loss are getting great play from their quarterbacks.
Week 4 QBR 2015 QBR FO
2015 Losses 2014 Rk
1 Roethlisberger 91.3 2 72.1 6
2 Dalton 87.7 0 53.9 2
3 Rodgers 87.3 0 77.4 4
4 Brady 83.1 0 74.6 1
5 Ryan 81.4 0 71.0 5
6 Palmer 80.3 1 67.7 3
9 Bridgewater 65.1 2 56.9 29
15 Cutler 58.2 3 52.8 16
25 Stafford 50.3 4 53.5 19
The two exceptions are Carolina and Denver, who are winning despite mediocre QB play from Peyton Manning and Cam Newton. They're undefeated because of their great defenses and some help from the schedule makers.

The point is that Rodgers is just above or just below of three other undefeated QBs (Dalton, Brady, Ryan) which is right where he should be.

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