Normally I'd have a big writeup about the QB's on this list, but I want to talk about one who isn't on this list, and only by the grace of Josh Allen can we pray it stays that way. That's right, I'm talking about the Peterman, first name Nate. You might just want to look at his atrocious interception rate and end the discussion there, but it's even worse. Sub 40% adjusted completion percentage, and an adjusted yards per attempt below 3. Below 3! Dude is such straight garbage I am surprised he has a job at the time I'm writing this. Is Paxton Lynch really worse than the Peterman? Derek Anderson? An old and fat Vince Young? I don't think so! And that's the saddest part of it all.
Anyway, onto to the QB's themselves. There wasn't a lot of shakeup at the top, but an interesting thing to note is that we have a Bears QB in the top 5. Something I didn't think would ever happen, but Trubisky has had some ridiculously efficent games against Florida teams, and squeaks into the top 5 because of that, just behind fellow 2017 draft pick Patrick Mahomes, who is still putting on clinics in this league. At the bottom we have Josh Allen, who despite being the least efficient QB with qualifying attempts, he's still about 3 times better than his backup. Just ahead of him are a pair of Browns, a QB who got sacked more times last week than he completed passes (Marcus Mariota), and Trevor Siemian who can't run. I mean Case Keenum. Can we retroactively give Stefon Diggs and Adam Thielen a joint MVP for making him legit? Like seriously?
Our big risers are Carson Wentz, handing the Giants a quick and efficient dismantling on Thursday. Russell Wilson, who got to spank the Raiders in Oakland, and CJ Beathard, who carried on the strong tradition of 49ers QB's embarassing every single member of the Packers Defense. On the other side, our lone big drop was DeShaun Watson, who just could not hold onto the ball against Buffalo and fell right back into the middle of the pack. Eli Manning and Baker Mayfield took small tumbles as well. We're already a third of the way through the season, and I'm really interested to see which QB wins the competition at the top. Brees, Rivers, Ryan, Mahomes, Goff, and even Trubisky is starting to force his way into that discussion. But you can't ignore Kirk Cousins or Tom Brady either, since one plays with the MVP, and the other seems to beat Father Time like Father Time beats his kids.
Week 6 QB Rankings
1. Drew Brees 13
2. Philip Rivers 17
3. Matt Ryan 24 (+2)
4. Patrick Mahomes 27
5. Mitch Trubisky 36 (+3)
6. Ryan Fitzpatrick 37
7. Jared Goff 39 (-4)
8. Tom Brady 48 (+2)
9. Kirk Cousins 49 (-2)
10. Cam Newton 53 (-1)
11. Carson Wentz 58 (+8)
12. Ben Roethlisberger 59 (+4)
13. Matt Stafford 59 (+1)
14. Aaron Rodgers 61 (-1)
15. Andy Dalton 66 (-3)
16. Derek Carr 69 (-1)
17. Russell Wilson 72 (+7)
18. Ryan Tannehill 76 (+3)
19. Alex Smith 76 (-1)
20. C.J. Beathard 79 (+7)
21. DeShaun Watson 81 (-10)
22. Eli Manning 81 (-5)
23. Joe Flacco 82
24. Andrew Luck 82 (-4)
25. Blake Bortles 85 (-3)
26. Dak Prescott 89 (+4)
27. Sam Darnold 90 (+4)
28. Jimmy Garoppolo 100 (-2)
29. Josh Rosen 100 (NR)
30. Case Keenum 106 (+2)
31. Marcus Mariota 112 (-2)
32. Tyrod Taylor 116 (+1)
33. Baker Mayfield 118 (-5)
34. Josh Allen 120
Recently Removed: Nick Foles, Sam Bradford
Could/Will be removed next week: Jimmy Garoppolo, Tyrod Taylor
Players on the Cusp: Jameis Winston