Writers of Pro Football Prospectus 2008

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QUARTERBACKS 2008

Regular season totals, through Week 13

Revised as of 12/2/2008

Quarterbacks are ranked according to DYAR, or Defense-adjusted Yards Above Replacement. This gives the value of the quarterback's performance compared to replacement level, adjusted for situation and opponent and then translated into yardage. DYAR (and its cousin, YAR, which isn't adjusted based on opponent) is further explained here.

The other statistic given is DVOA, or Defense-adjusted Value Over Average. This number represents value, per play, over an average quarterback in the same game situations. The more positive the DVOA rating, the better the player's performance. Negative DVOA represents below-average offense. DVOA (and its cousin, VOA, which isn't adjusted based on opponent) is further explained here.

The simple version: DYAR means a quarterback with more total value. DVOA means a quarterback with more value per play.

Effective Yards (EYds), listed in red, translate DVOA into a yards per attempt figure. This provides an easy comparison: in general, players with more Effective Yards than standard yards played better than standard stats would otherwise indicate, while players with fewer EYds than standard yards played worse than standard stats would otherwise indicate. EYds are not the best way to measure total value because they are more dependent on usage than DYAR.

Passes total includes sacks and aborted snaps. Both count against a quarterback's value. Fumbles count the same whether lost to the defense or retained by the offense.

PASSING: Minimum 78 passes, 43 players ranked

Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Passes Yards EYds TD FK FL INT C%
13-K.Warner ARI 1,452 1 1,352 1 28.2% 5 29.3% 498 3,675 4,670 24 3 6 9 69.2%
9-D.Brees NO 1,436 2 1,245 2 33.8% 2 28.1% 483 3,788 4,507 24 3 1 13 66.6%
6-J.Cutler DEN 1,107 3 1,238 3 26.3% 6 29.5% 456 3,393 3,965 21 1 0 13 61.5%
18-P.Manning IND 1,046 4 978 6 25.8% 7 21.5% 460 2,920 3,834 19 0 0 11 63.4%
2-M.Ryan ATL 998 5 917 8 38.0% 1 32.7% 348 2,626 3,043 13 0 1 6 61.3%
17-P.Rivers SD 982 6 1,066 4 28.9% 4 32.4% 382 2,921 3,308 23 1 3 10 65.2%
10-E.Manning NYG 917 7 923 7 24.5% 8 25.0% 392 2,588 3,306 19 1 2 8 62.3%
10-C.Pennington MIA 845 8 1,031 5 23.7% 9 31.1% 385 2,805 3,114 11 2 0 6 65.6%
9-T.Romo DAL 827 9 880 9 32.2% 3 34.1% 313 2,484 2,691 21 3 2 8 64.6%
5-D.McNabb PHI 786 10 746 10 12.1% 12 13.6% 459 2,942 3,501 19 0 3 10 60.1%
12-A.Rodgers GB 776 11 682 11 17.8% 10 14.1% 430 2,729 3,231 20 4 3 10 64.7%
17-J.Campbell WAS 587 12 547 16 10.1% 15 10.3% 408 2,379 2,854 10 4 1 3 64.3%
9-D.Garrard JAC 568 13 547 15 9.5% 17 8.5% 435 2,625 3,016 10 3 3 8 63.9%
5-K.Collins TEN 556 14 596 13 16.5% 11 15.7% 340 2,113 2,539 9 4 1 4 58.7%
17-J.Delhomme CAR 502 15 470 17 12.0% 13 9.5% 350 2,354 2,519 12 1 3 9 57.9%
Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Passes Yards EYds TD FK FL INT C%
4-B.Favre NYJ 435 16 657 12 4.7% 20 12.2% 421 2,644 2,857 20 5 2 14 69.3%
18-K.Orton CHI 378 17 271 21 5.1% 19 0.7% 349 2,061 2,356 13 1 3 7 59.4%
7-J.Garcia TB 375 18 552 14 10.1% 16 18.9% 284 1,809 1,991 8 2 2 3 68.2%
8-M.Schaub HOU 348 19 326 20 10.7% 14 9.0% 245 1,722 1,778 10 3 3 8 68.8%
5-J.Flacco BAL 304 20 261 22 4.4% 21 1.0% 357 2,128 2,150 12 4 1 9 61.4%
16-M.Cassel NE 290 21 361 19 -4.6% 28 1.3% 438 2,617 2,751 13 3 4 10 65.2%
5-T.Edwards BUF 256 22 444 18 -0.4% 22 8.8% 346 2,280 2,142 10 2 3 10 66.3%
12-G.Frerotte MIN 191 23 105 26 -4.0% 27 -6.0% 326 2,071 1,909 12 3 1 13 59.0%
18-S.Rosenfels HOU 175 24 161 25 7.5% 18 2.0% 183 1,392 1,231 6 1 1 10 67.4%
13-S.Hill SF 103 25 180 23 -3.8% 26 6.7% 153 1,005 957 8 4 1 3 60.9%
15-S.Wallace SEA 88 26 12 30 -1.7% 24 -9.7% 130 634 761 5 0 1 1 53.8%
6-D.Orlovsky DET 86 27 59 28 -3.8% 25 -5.6% 169 980 970 5 3 0 3 57.5%
9-C.Palmer CIN 60 28 -56 32 -1.1% 23 -17.4% 142 690 795 3 2 0 4 59.4%
7-B.Roethlisberger PIT 39 29 166 24 -6.4% 29 -4.1% 380 2,295 1,962 13 5 3 10 61.0%
4-T.Thigpen KC 29 30 77 27 -6.7% 30 -7.3% 303 1,619 1,654 13 2 0 7 55.4%
Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Passes Yards EYds TD FK FL INT C%
8-B.Griese TB 1 31 -35 31 -15.4% 32 -14.9% 152 802 764 4 0 1 6 57.9%
8-J.Kitna DET -13 32 -119 34 -17.8% 33 -25.0% 137 698 675 5 2 1 5 57.1%
10-B.Quinn CLE -56 33 26 29 -21.3% 35 -6.6% 90 509 383 2 0 0 2 50.6%
3-D.Anderson CLE -120 34 -173 35 -10.7% 31 -20.1% 304 1,520 1,390 9 5 2 8 50.2%
11-D.Culpepper DET -157 35 -274 40 -39.4% 40 -55.9% 101 493 278 3 1 1 6 51.1%
12-T.Green STL -190 36 -181 36 -56.9% 43 -48.2% 79 471 134 0 0 0 6 52.8%
14-B.Johnson DAL -199 37 -232 38 -50.0% 41 -55.5% 88 364 150 2 1 0 5 52.6%
11-D.Huard KC -202 38 -209 37 -50.3% 42 -51.0% 90 420 147 2 2 1 4 62.5%
2-J.Russell OAK -212 39 -91 33 -21.8% 36 -15.9% 307 1,657 1,234 7 2 5 4 50.5%
11-R.Fitzpatrick CIN -240 40 -371 43 -21.2% 34 -29.5% 308 1,197 1,299 6 3 4 6 59.4%
8-M.Hasselbeck SEA -264 41 -262 39 -34.5% 38 -29.2% 230 1,116 808 5 1 0 10 52.4%
10-M.Bulger STL -343 42 -309 42 -28.5% 37 -26.2% 339 1,700 1,190 7 1 4 10 56.9%
14-J.O'Sullivan SF -414 43 -292 41 -37.3% 39 -29.7% 257 1,594 707 8 4 6 11 58.4%

PASSING, OTHERS: 10-77 passes

Player Team DYAR YAR DVOA VOA Passes Yards EYds TD FK FL INT C%
4-B.Leftwich PIT 110 112 60.8% 56.5% 27 201 283 2 0 0 0 58.3%
7-C.Henne MIA 14 17 4.6% 7.8% 12 67 91 0 0 0 0 58.3%
12-T.Brady NE 9 23 2.3% 16.7% 11 78 77 0 0 0 0 63.6%
12-B.Croyle KC 4 19 -6.3% -1.3% 30 141 163 0 0 0 0 69.0%
7-T.Jackson MIN 0 -60 -12.1% -24.9% 66 328 352 1 0 1 1 52.5%
5-D.Stanton DET -10 -2 -15.0% -13.3% 19 74 72 1 0 0 0 57.1%
5-B.Bollinger DAL -30 -48 -41.2% -56.8% 18 48 43 1 0 0 1 56.3%
7-J.Losman BUF -35 -19 -26.7% -18.9% 46 265 152 1 0 1 1 68.4%
8-R.Grossman CHI -36 -94 -24.5% -33.7% 65 249 286 2 0 0 2 52.4%
5-C.Frye SEA -40 -82 -38.5% -60.9% 26 64 78 2 0 0 2 52.2%
4-K.Kolb PHI -64 -109 -42.5% -65.6% 32 144 74 0 0 0 3 53.1%
10-V.Young TEN -107 -76 -77.0% -61.6% 25 174 -24 1 1 0 2 56.5%
16-A.Walter OAK -114 -172 -78.8% -96.0% 35 109 8 0 2 0 2 45.2%

RUSHING: Minimum 6 rushes, 33 players ranked

Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Runs Yards EYds TD FUM
12-A.Rodgers GB 82 1 72 1 25.0% 6 21.2% 35 190 349 4 0
11-R.Fitzpatrick CIN 73 2 68 3 34.5% 3 29.2% 31 215 286 1 1
16-M.Cassel NE 70 3 69 2 20.5% 10 19.7% 36 216 320 2 0
4-T.Thigpen KC 55 4 57 4 18.6% 11 21.8% 33 256 250 1 1
9-D.Garrard JAC 41 5 51 5 3.8% 16 6.8% 50 238 292 1 0
2-J.Russell OAK 31 6 33 6 22.4% 7 22.7% 14 127 140 1 1
8-M.Hasselbeck SEA 30 7 29 7 45.3% 2 47.9% 11 69 106 0 0
17-J.Campbell WAS 29 8 29 8 14.5% 12 14.3% 21 174 148 0 0
10-C.Pennington MIA 27 9 22 9 30.4% 4 26.5% 11 64 103 1 0
14-J.O'Sullivan SF 22 10 20 11 10.6% 15 8.9% 22 151 120 0 1
5-J.Flacco BAL 20 11 20 13 3.2% 17 2.1% 26 167 145 2 3
Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Runs Yards EYds TD FUM
17-J.Delhomme CAR 19 12 20 12 47.8% 1 51.5% 6 34 67 2 0
10-E.Manning NYG 18 13 10 19 25.8% 5 9.3% 7 26 77 1 0
5-T.Edwards BUF 14 14 22 10 -0.8% 19 6.5% 20 99 117 3 2
5-K.Collins TEN 13 15 17 14 21.4% 9 27.9% 7 55 61 0 0
13-S.Hill SF 11 16 14 15 12.2% 13 20.7% 7 39 59 1 0
10-M.Bulger STL 10 17 14 16 21.4% 8 29.9% 6 47 49 0 0
12-G.Frerotte MIN 9 18 12 17 10.6% 14 14.8% 7 19 53 1 0
7-B.Roethlisberger PIT 7 19 7 20 2.5% 18 -4.2% 14 54 76 2 0
8-M.Schaub HOU 5 20 -5 25 -9.7% 21 -18.1% 16 55 75 2 2
7-T.Jackson MIN 2 21 11 18 -5.3% 20 4.9% 11 65 50 0 0
7-J.Garcia TB 1 22 2 21 -11.4% 22 -10.3% 18 85 84 0 2
Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Runs Yards EYds TD FUM
11-D.Culpepper DET -2 23 -2 22 -17.2% 24 -16.8% 8 18 26 1 0
18-K.Orton CHI -3 24 -6 26 -20.7% 26 -22.9% 10 43 34 1 1
9-D.Brees NO -7 25 -7 27 -25.9% 29 -27.8% 6 32 18 0 1
6-J.Cutler DEN -8 26 -2 24 -17.9% 25 -14.2% 25 152 70 0 2
18-P.Manning IND -8 27 -9 28 -24.9% 28 -27.2% 7 26 27 1 1
2-M.Ryan ATL -9 28 -2 23 -17.0% 23 -14.0% 21 88 70 0 0
3-D.Anderson CLE -9 29 -18 30 -22.1% 27 -30.6% 16 59 48 0 1
17-P.Rivers SD -19 30 -14 29 -38.3% 31 -33.1% 11 43 5 0 2
5-D.McNabb PHI -32 31 -24 31 -33.9% 30 -30.1% 24 122 22 1 3
18-S.Rosenfels HOU -38 32 -40 32 -75.4% 32 -78.0% 10 37 -43 0 2
4-B.Favre NYJ -62 33 -62 33 -126.8% 33 -135.5% 10 12 -108 0 3