Greg Cote’s Passer Rankings: Ben Roethlisberger takes over first place
The Steelers’ Ben Roethlisberger wins a second straight weekly title to overtake first place in the Miami Herald’s Passer Success System (PASS) quarterback rankings, ending Andrew Luck’s six-week stranglehold on the season lead. Big Ben’s 53.00-point game followed the previous week’s all-time record of 80.10 points. He has never won a Herald season title; fifth place last year was his best finish. Meantime Dolphin Ryan Tannehill was third for the week to leap eight spots to No. 12. Because are rankings are cumulative, players on a bye week take a temporary hit that evens out over course of season. The Herald rankings use a simple formula unchanged since its 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 title. Our rankings are cumulative, placing a premium on passers who are consistently productive and avoid injury or benching. Find our updated season Top 20 in this space every Sunday:
MIAMI HERALD PASS RANKINGS
PLAYER | LW | WEEK 9 | SEASON |
1. Ben Roethlisberger, PIT | 2 | 53.00 | 346.50 |
2. Andrew Luck, IND | 1 | 38.70 | 342.25 |
3. Peyton Manning, DEN | 3 | 32.90 | 322.60 |
4. Tom Brady, NE | 6 | 43.65 | 306.60 |
5. Drew Brees, NO | 7 | 33.85 | 296.20 |
6. Philip Rivers, SD | 4 | -1.10 | 278.55 |
7. Aaron Rodgers, GB | 5 | BYE | 265.60 |
8. Joe Flacco, BAL | 12 | 33.15 | 248.60 |
9. Jay Cutler, CHI | 8 | BYE | 247.65 |
10. Tony Romo, DAL | 9 | DNP | 244.90 |
11. Matt Ryan, ATL | 10 | BYE | 237.30 |
12. Ryan Tannehill, MIA | 20 | 42.40 | 219.35 |
13. Matthew Stafford, DET | 11 | BYE | 219.30 |
14. Alex Smith, KC | 15 | 31.95 | 218.60 |
15. Eli Manning, NYG | 14 | 25.95 | 213.60 |
16. Colin Kaepernick, SF | 16 | 25.85 | 210.80 |
17. Nick Foles, PHI | 13 | 14.20 | 206.15 |
18. Andy Dalton, CIN | 19 | 23.65 | 201.20 |
19. Russell Wilson, SEA | 17 | 12.95 | 194.45 |
20. Austin Davis, STL | 18 | 9.25 | 189.10 |
(*) Week’s best: Roethlisberger, PIT, 53.00 (25-37, 340, 6-0 in win).
(*) Week’s worst: Cam Newton, CAR, minus-3.45 (10-28, 151, 0-1 in loss).
Note: Thursday night results included in following week’s chart.
This story was originally published November 8, 2014 at 5:42 PM.