Big Ben chimes in with Week 10 title, Ryan lead shrinks
Pittsburgh’s Ben Roethlisberger wins Week 10 with a 57.40-point performance, but the bigger news is Matt Ryan’s shrinking overall season lead in the Miami Herald’s Passer Success System (PASS) NFL quarterback rankings. Drew Brees now trails by fewer than five total points and almost certainly will take over first place, with Ryan on a bye this week. Our rankings are cumulative, so players on a bye take a temporary hit that evens out over course of season. The Dolphins’ Ryan Tannehill inches up one spot, to 21st overall. Our rankings use a simple formula unchanged since their inception in 1998, factoring accuracy, yardage, TD/interception ratio and team result. Most rating systems including the NFL’s and ESPN’s are complicated and percentile-based, allowing players who miss half a season to still win a season title. These rankings place a premium on consistently productive QBs who who avoid injury or benching. Watch for our updated Top 20 chart in this space each Sunday.
Player | LW | WK10 | Season |
1. Matt Ryan, ATL | 1 | 16.35 | 375.35 |
2. Drew Brees, NO | 2 | 31.15 | 370.60 |
3. Derek Carr, OAK | 3 | BYE | 316.25 |
4. Kirk Cousins, WAS | 6 | 35.10 | 304.30 |
5. Matthew Stafford, DET | 4 | BYE | 292.65 |
6. Dak Prescott, DAL | 10 | 38.95 | 286.95 |
7. Aaron Rodgers, GB | 8 | 29.55 | 282.50 |
8. Philip Rivers, SD | 7 | 15.30 | 280.50 |
9. Russell Wilson, SEA | 12 | 44.40 | 279.95 |
10. Marcus Mariota, TEN | 13 | 43.75 | 277.10 |
11. Andrew Luck, IND | 5 | BYE | 273.25 |
12. Ben Roethlisberger, PIT | 15 | 57.40 | 269.85 |
13. Eli Manning, NYG | 11 | 32.00 | 269.05 |
14. Andy Dalton, CIN | 9 | 13.20 | 264.15 |
15. Sam Bradford, MIN | 14 | 40.35 | 259.10 |
16. Joe Flacco, BAL | 18 | 41.80 | 239.70 |
17. Carson Wentz, PHI | 16 | 30.55 | 236.05 |
18. Carson Palmer, ARI | 17 | 31.80 | 232.90 |
19. Jameis Winston, TB | 20 | 36.60 | 232.45 |
20. Blake Bortles, JAC | 21 | 31.25 | 222.05 |
21. Ryan Tannehill, MIA | 22 | 33.00 | 220.95 |
Bubble: Tannehill, MIA, 220.95. Dropout: Alex Smith, KC (19th to 22nd). Week’s best: Roethlisberger, PIT, 57.40 (37-46, 408, 3-0 in loss). Week’s worst: Josh McCown, CLE, minus-4.05 (6-13, 39, 0-2 in loss).
Thursday results included in following week’s chart.