Throughout the 2016 NFL regular season, we’re ranking the league’s top 10 quarterbacks. Here’s how we view things after Week 14…
1. Tom Brady, Patriots: The NFL’s oldest passer continues to be its highest rated. He also ranks in the top three in terms of completion percentage, yards per attempt, touchdown-to-interception ratio and QBR. Considering the lack of support he’s had in New England, this is a no-brainer.
2. Aaron Rodgers, Packers: Considering all the problems the Packers have had on both sides of the ball, it’s just amazing Rodgers leads the NFL with 32 touchdown passes while possessing the league’s fourth-highest passer rating.
3. Matt Ryan, Falcons: He’s made a few careless mistakes, but the veteran is having a career year. His 9.2 yards-per-attempt average leads the NFL by a massive margin.
4. Matthew Stafford, Lions: His rate-based numbers are good, not excellent. But he gets a lot of credit for leading an NFL-record eight fourth-quarter comebacks.
5. Derek Carr, Raiders: Mr. Clutch ranks behind only Stafford with six fourth-quarter comebacks, but his rate-based numbers and an awful Week 14 performance hold him back a bit.
6. Kirk Cousins, Redskins: Only Ryan, Brady and Cousins have yards-per-attempt averages above 8.0. He goes deep a lot and is still the league’s sixth-highest-rated passer with a completion percentage of 67.5.
7. Dak Prescott, Cowboys: He’s really fallen off. Sure, he’s faced some tough defenses during his recent rut, but it’s become obvious the rookie’s numbers through November were greatly inflated by a conservative approach and the fact he had the best supporting cast in the league.
8. Ben Roethlisberger, Steelers: Big Ben is finally healthy and rolling with a healthy supporting cast, but his numbers are still lacking and he hasn’t been particularly consistent.
9. Marcus Mariota, Titans: The Tennessee sophomore was on fire before completing just six of 20 passes in a weird victory over Denver. He’s still the league’s seventh-highest-rated passer.
10. Drew Brees, Saints: The future Hall of Famer has been killing it under pressure and on deep passes, and really just in general, despite a lack of support in New Orleans. But he’s thrown zero touchdown passes and six interceptions the last two weeks.
