Greg Cote’s Passer Rankings: Brees wins season championship, Tannehill finishes tenth

Saints quarterback Drew Brees Nam Y. Huh AP

The Saints’ Drew Brees wins the Miami Herald’s 2014 Passer Success System (PASS) season championship with 583.60 points, edging the Steelers’ Ben Roethlisberger by 4.50 points in the second-closest finish in the chart’s 17-year history. It is Brees’ fifth season title. The Dolphins’ Ryan Tannehill finishes in 10th place overall with a club-record 481.25 points. The Jets’ Geno Smith won Week 17 honors with 46.90 points. Our rankings are cumulative and 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 percent based, allowing players who miss half a season to still win a title. Our rankings place a premium on consistently productive passers who avoid injury or benching. The final season PASS Top 40 for 2014:

MIAMI HERALD FINAL 2014 PASS RANKINGS

Ranking	LW	WK17	Season
1. Drew Brees, NO	1	23.05	583.60
2. Ben Roethlisberger, PIT	2	33.85	579.10
3. Peyton Manning, DEN	3	23.65	561.35
4. Aaron Rodgers, GB	4	34.30	540.05
5. Matt Ryan, ATL	6	18.00	508.70
6. Andrew Luck, IND	7	22.00	508.05
7. Tom Brady, NE	5	4.00	502.45
8. Tony Romo, DAL	9	32.95	493.25
9. Philip Rivers, SD	8	14.55	486.30
10. Ryan Tannehill, MIA	10	22.95	481.25
11. Eli Manning, NYG	11	24.45	455.50
12. Joe Flacco, BAL	14	34.60	427.30
13. Jay Cutler, CHI	12	18.60	424.60
14. Matthew Stafford, DET	13	18.85	421.35
15. Russell Wilson, SEA	16	22.95	390.75
16. Alex Smith, KC	15	DNP	385.25
17. Andy Dalton, CIN	17	28.20	364.40
18. Kyle Orton, BUF	18	25.80	336.90
19. Colin Kaepernick, SF	19	25.20	334.45
20. Derek Carr, OAK	20	7.90	302.50
21. Teddy Bridgewater, MIN	21	24.45	297.95
22. Cam Newton, CAR	23	17.70	277.85
23. Ryan Fitzpatrick, HOU	22	DNP	263.15
24. Brian Hoyer, CLE	24	DNP	246.95
25. Mark Sanchez, PHI	26	32.60	240.90
26. Blake Bortles, JAC	25	0.85	227.35
27. Geno Smith, NYJ	30	46.90	212.25
28. Nick Foles, PHI	27	DNP	206.15
29. Austin Davis, STL	28	DNP	200.90
30. Carson Palmer, ARI	29	DNP	189.30
31. Robert Griffin III, WAS	34	26.80	163.70
32. Shaun Hill, STL	33	21.15	161.85
33. Josh McCown, TB	35	10.75	147.30
34. Drew Stanton, ARI	31	DNP	143.45
35. Kirk Cousins, WAS	32	DNP	142.50
36t. Mike Glennon, TB	36t	DNP	118.85
36t. Colt McCoy, WAS	36t	DNP	118.85
38. Charlie Whitehurst, TEN	38	2.60	111.30
39. Zach Mettenberger, TEN	39	DNP	108.60
40. Derek Anderson, CAR	40	DNP	93.05

▪ Last week’s best: Smith NYJ, 46.90 (20-25, 358, 3-0 in win). Season best: Roethlisberger PIT, 80.10. PASS record: Roethlisberger PIT, 80.10 (2014).

▪ Last week’s worst: Bortles JAC, 0.85 (14-33, 117, 0-0 in loss). Season worst: Dalton CIN, minus-17.70. PASS record: Tim Hasselbebck WAS, minus-23.20 (2003).

▪ Dolphins PASS record: Ryan Tannehill, 481.25 (2014). Previous best: Chad Pennington, 439.65 (2008).

▪ Season record: Manning DEN, 714.85 (2013).

▪ Career titles: 6—Manning IND/DEN; 5—Brees NO; 2—Warner STL; 1 each—Brady NE, Gannon OAK, Palmer CIN and Young SF.

▪ 2014 weekly titles: 3—Manning DEN; 2—Brees NO, Rivers SD and Roethlisberger PIT; 1 each—Brady NE, Cutler CHI, Fitzpatrick HOU, Luck IND, Ryan ATL, Smith NYJ, Stafford DET and Tannehill MIA.

▪ 2014 weeks leading: 6—Luck IND; 4—Manning DEN; 3—Brees NO and Roethlisberger PIT; 1—Ryan ATL.

YEARLY MIAMI HERALD PASS CHAMPIONS

Season	Player	Total
2014	Drew Brees, NO	583.60
2013	Peyton Manning, DEN	714.85
2012	Peyton Manning, DEN	593.35
2011	Drew Brees, NO	713.80
2010	Drew Brees, NO	557.00
2009	Drew Brees, NO	565.35
2008	Drew Brees, NO	535.45
2007	Tom Brady, NE	664.30
2006	Peyton Manning, IND	512.85
2005	Carson Palmer, CIN	487.80
2004	Peyton Manning, IND	579.85
2003	Peyton Manning, IND	522.35
2002	Rich Gannon, OAK	555.45
2001	Kurt Warner, STL	557.50
2000	Peyton Manning, IND	467.65
1999	Kurt Warner, STL	517.95
1998	Steve Young, SF	462.50

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