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ShareThisMark Sanchez, David Garrard and your ANY/A leaders
In week 1, Mark Sanchez went 10/21 for only 74 yards and threw no touchdowns; while he wasn't intercepted, he was sacked twice for 14 yards lost. For the game, he had an ugly 2.61 ANY/A average. The day before, David Garrard had a fantastic performance that largely went unnoticed by the national media: he was 16/21 for 170 yards, threw 3 TDs, was sacked just once for 5 yards, and didn't throw an interception. That comes out to an average of 10.2 adjusted net yards per pass, good enough to win almost any game you play. Sanchez looked like he was hopelessly lost and confused by the NFL game; Garrard appeared primed for a bounceback year.
And then weeks 2 and 3 happened. Garrard averaged -0.04 ANY/A in 25 passes in week two and then only 0.3 ANY/A last weekend against the Eagles. Despite his great game against the Broncos, he's averaging only 2.8 ANY/A on the season. Sanchez, meanwhile, improved to a 7.9 ANY/A average against New England and then an 11.3 ANY/A ratio in Miami on Sunday night. For the season, he's up to a 7.6 ANY/A average, dispelling any notions of a sophomore slump (he averaged 4.1 ANY/A as a rookie).
So who are the ANY/A leaders so far in 2010?
| Rk | Player | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Sk | SkYds | Rate | Y/A | AY/A | ANY/A |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peyton Manning | 87 | 126 | 1013 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 116.9 | 8.04 | 9.47 | 9.10 |
| 2 | Jay Cutler | 60 | 91 | 870 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 39 | 109.7 | 9.56 | 9.89 | 8.70 |
| 3 | Tom Brady | 66 | 98 | 758 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 109.1 | 7.73 | 8.45 | 8.12 |
| 4 | Kyle Orton | 83 | 125 | 1078 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 97.3 | 8.62 | 8.54 | 8.00 |
| 5 | Michael Vick | 54 | 89 | 750 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 71 | 110.2 | 8.43 | 9.78 | 7.99 |
| 6 | Philip Rivers | 73 | 121 | 1087 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 52 | 95.3 | 8.98 | 8.65 | 7.77 |
| 7 | Mark Sanchez | 46 | 79 | 550 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 104.9 | 6.96 | 8.48 | 7.57 |
| 8 | Donovan McNabb | 62 | 102 | 833 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 89.2 | 8.17 | 8.12 | 7.40 |
| 9 | Drew Brees | 85 | 112 | 856 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 107.6 | 7.64 | 7.91 | 7.27 |
| 10 | Tony Romo | 88 | 128 | 940 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 93.9 | 7.34 | 7.27 | 7.17 |
| 11 | Matt Ryan | 67 | 106 | 705 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 94.3 | 6.65 | 7.17 | 6.58 |
| 12 | Aaron Rodgers | 72 | 105 | 759 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 93.3 | 7.23 | 6.90 | 6.51 |
| 13 | Chad Henne | 56 | 93 | 659 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 37 | 88.1 | 7.09 | 7.25 | 6.37 |
| 14 | Matt Schaub | 70 | 101 | 845 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 63 | 94.7 | 8.37 | 7.57 | 6.27 |
| 15 | Seneca Wallace | 34 | 55 | 370 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 86.2 | 6.73 | 6.64 | 6.07 |
| 16 | Bruce Gradkowski | 28 | 56 | 417 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 71.8 | 7.45 | 6.55 | 5.81 |
| 17 | Josh Freeman | 49 | 83 | 544 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 84.6 | 6.55 | 6.43 | 5.67 |
| 18 | Vince Young | 30 | 43 | 338 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 40 | 96.9 | 7.86 | 7.16 | 5.58 |
| 19 | Matt Cassel | 42 | 77 | 494 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 75.4 | 6.42 | 5.70 | 5.43 |
| 20 | Eli Manning | 67 | 102 | 810 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 51 | 81.7 | 7.94 | 6.27 | 5.40 |
| 21 | Carson Palmer | 69 | 122 | 707 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 71.3 | 5.80 | 5.18 | 4.88 |
| 22 | Matt Hasselbeck | 57 | 90 | 623 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 75.4 | 6.92 | 5.31 | 4.77 |
| 23 | Joe Flacco | 59 | 108 | 664 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 66.3 | 6.15 | 4.81 | 4.50 |
| 24 | Derek Anderson | 51 | 98 | 580 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 60 | 67.6 | 5.92 | 5.15 | 4.28 |
| 25 | Shaun Hill | 63 | 107 | 660 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 66.7 | 6.17 | 4.63 | 4.28 |
| 26 | Alex Smith | 72 | 119 | 732 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 66.2 | 6.15 | 4.60 | 4.06 |
| 27 | Sam Bradford | 69 | 117 | 655 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 48 | 68.1 | 5.60 | 4.36 | 3.76 |
| 28 | Brett Favre | 60 | 97 | 597 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 42 | 60.4 | 6.15 | 3.78 | 3.16 |
| 29 | Jimmy Clausen | 23 | 48 | 247 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 46.1 | 5.15 | 3.27 | 3.04 |
| 30 | David Garrard | 44 | 74 | 448 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 70 | 66.7 | 6.05 | 4.09 | 2.81 |
| 31 | Jason Campbell | 30 | 52 | 267 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 48 | 61.9 | 5.13 | 3.79 | 2.57 |
| 32 | Matt Moore | 20 | 49 | 307 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 59 | 41.8 | 6.27 | 3.41 | 1.89 |
| 33 | Trent Edwards | 29 | 52 | 241 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 63 | 58.3 | 4.63 | 3.29 | 1.83 |
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Kyle Orton on pace for 5,749 yards.
Manning, Rivers and Romo also on a pace to go over 5,000 yards. Is this an unusually high number of QB's averaging over 300 yards per game through 3 weeks?
Part of it is that the three qbs you mentioned all have suspect to almost nonexistent running games and are forced to throw to win. I think what has been lost in this new revival to the passing game show has been the severe decline in rush performance over the last few years. Sure AP AND CJ will steal headlines, but browse back to 2001-2003 and you see a complete dearth of rushing performance since then. Hard to explain why that is, but I would argue that has been a contributing factor to the nfl's emphasis on the passing game.
Actually I think Manning/Rivers/Orton's numbers are a result of having to throw for 430+ in a catch-up game they all lost this year. Not sure I would have put Orton in this category, but you expect Manning and Rivers to both throw for over 4000. So you expect them to average over 250, if not 260-270 ypg. And they're both really consistent QBs, so they can really do that every week. So do that twice and you're up over 500 yards, then throw in a crazy 430+ game, and it's not too surprising to see them over 1000 right now.