Cote: Love wins Week 8, Tua climbs, and new No. 1 overall in Herald NFL QB rank
PATRIOTS’ MAYE RISES TO NO. 1 OVERALL FOR SEASON, PACKERS’ LOVE WINS WEEK 8 TITLE AND DOLPHINS’ TAGOVAILOA CLIMBS CHART IN MIAMI HERALD’S LATEST NFL QUARTERBACK RANKINGS: The 28th season of the Herald’s Passer Success System (PASS) rankings saw Green Bay’s Jordan Love earn Week 8 honors with a 53.00-point game, third best of the season, to become the eighth different weekly winner. Miami’s Tua Tagovailoa climbs four spots to 16th off a 41.25-point game that ranked third for the week. But the biggest news: New England’s Drake Maye is the new No. 1 overall for the season — ending the four-week reign of Dallas’ Dak Prescott. Our ratings system is cumulative, not percentile-based, rewarding players who are consistently productive and avoid injury or benching. Bye weeks (there were a season-high six last week) negatively impact affected players but even out over the course of the season. Our formula factors accuracy, passing yardage, touchdown/interception ratio and team result. These are passer ratings per se and do not include a QB’s running statistics. The 2025 top 20 (plus other Dolphins) entering Week 9:
Rk LW Player, Team W8 Season
1. 2. Drake Maye, NE 37.10 281.30
2. 1. Dak Prescott, DAL 10.40 271.95
3. 6. Daniel Jones, IND 40.60 271.10
4. 5. Justin Herbert, LAC 33.35 265.00
5. 7. Patrick Mahomes, KC 38.95 264.95
6. 3. Jared Goff, DET BYE 243.55
7. 9. Jalen Hurts, PHI 35.95 242.85
8. 4. Matthew Stafford, LAR BYE 241.30
9. 12. Jordan Love, GB 53.00 239.40
10. 8. Baker Mayfield, TB 18.60 233.95
11. 11. Bo Nix, DEN 35.35 223.15
12. 10. Sam Darnold, SEA BYE 206.70
13. 14. Aaron Rodgers, PIT 28.95 203.45
14. 13. Josh Allen, BUF 21.15 198.00
15. 19. C.J. Stroud, HOU 44.90 192.15
16. 20. Tua Tagovailoa, MIA 41.25 187.90
17. 15. Spencer Rattler, NO 12.80 185.30
18. 16. Mac Jones, SF 18.65 180.85
19. 21. Caleb Williams, CHI 23.25 169.80
20. 23. Joe Flacco, CLE-CIN 25.15 160.95
47. 44. Quinn Ewers DNP 4.65
48. 47. Zach Wilson, MIA 1.00 4.60
Bubble: Trevor Lawrence, JAC, 158.00.
Dropouts: Lawrence, JAC, 17th to 21st; and Bryce Young, CAR, 18-22.
Week 8 best: Love, GB, 53.00 (29-37, 360, 3-0 in win).
Week 8 worst (min. 10 attempts): Tyler Shough, NO, 7.40 (17-30, 128, 0-1 in loss).
