Week 7 Von! Von! Von!

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Well it wasn't pretty but it's a W, i'll take that all day long. 

 

On to Philly.

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It's the flight of Holliday that really makes the gif

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Quick reads

QBs

1. Aaron Rodgers (175 pass, 1 rush, 176 DYAR)

Rodgers was only moderately effective through three quarters. On Green Bay's first two drives of the fourth, though, he went 4-of-4 for 70 yards, with two touchdowns and two other first downs, plus a 21-yard DPI.

2. Andy Dalton (177 pass, -3 rush, 175 DYAR)

A.J. Green is obviously Cincinnati's best weapon, but there's more to their arsenal. On passes to Marvin Jones, Tyler Eifert, and Jermaine Gresham, Dalton went 11-of-15 for 155 yards with two touchdowns and six other first downs.

3. Matthew Stafford (159 pass DYAR)

Third down? No problem. In 16 third-down throws, Stafford completed 12 passes for 206 yards and 11 first downs, including three touchdowns. He faced four third downs with at least 9 yards to go, and converted them all.

4. Philip Rivers (164 pass, -10 rush, 154 DYAR)

Rivers' first incompletion came in the final minute of the first half. He hit his first 14 passes for 136 yards and 9 first downs (including a touchdown), with one sack mixed in there. He converted each of his first five third-down throws, gaining 65 yards in the process.

5. Matt Ryan (151 pass DYAR)

Ryan got off to a slow start. On his first two drives, he went 5-of-7, but gained only 41 yards and one first down. And then he caught fire, and on Atlanta's next five drives he went 14-of-17 for 241 yards with three touchdowns, seven other first downs, and one intentional grounding foul. He threw only one pass after that, a completion to Jacquizz Rodgers that lost 9 yards. That is the biggest loss on a completed pass this season. The prior "leader" also belonged to Atlanta, a loss of 8 yards on a Schillinger-to-Snelling pass that started with a blocked punt.

6. Josh McCown (99 pass, 14 rush, 113 DYAR)

Perhaps Washington was expecting the Bears to go conservative on first down, and played the run heavily, and that opened things up for McCown. Whatever the reason, the second-stringer completed every first-down pass he threw, going 10-of-10 for 127 yards and five first downs, including a touchdown. McCown also ran three times on the day, each gaining at least 10 yards, with two first downs and an 11-yard gain on second-and-16.

7. Robert Griffin (66 pass, 40 rush, 106 DYAR)

Between the 40s, Griffin went 6-of-6 for 142 yards with a touchdown and four other first downs. He also ran ten times for 84 yards and four first downs.

8. Colin Kaepernick (79 pass, 24 rush, 103 DYAR)

First two drives: 3-of-4 for 40 yards, but only one first down. Next three drives: 8-of-9 for 123 yards with six first downs (five in a row at one point) and one sack. Last six drives: 2-of-8 for 36 yards with one first down and one sack. He also ran eight times for 70 yards and four first downs, including a touchdown.

9. Peyton Manning (103 pass DYAR)

To his right: 11-of-19 for 163 yards with a touchdown and nine other first downs, plus a 22-yard DPI. Up the middle: 5-of-9 for 113 yards with two touchdowns, two other first downs, and an interception. To his left: 13-of-21 for just 110 yards and only five first downs.

10. Joe Flacco (69 pass, 10 rush, 79 DYAR)

Inside the red zone, Flacco went 2-of-6 for 5 yards, although both completions converted third-and-1 scenarios, and one was a game-tying touchdown.

11. Jake Locker (65 pass, 6 rush, 71 DYAR)

On Tennessee's first seven drives, Locker went 12-of-20 for 112 yards with five first downs, one interception, and one sack. By that point the Titans were down 24-0. From that point, late in the third quarter, Locker went 13-of-21 for 214 yards with two touchdowns and five other first downs, plus a 21-yard DPI and two sacks.

12. Cam Newton (78 pass, -16 rush, 62 DYAR)

Hmm. Shouldn't Newton rank higher, with his 88 percent completion rate and 12.0 yards per pass? Well, he was sacked twice, and three of those completions (and 26 of those yards) came on failed third-down throws. Newton also ran six times for 28 yards, with one first down and one fumble.

13. Andrew Luck (27 pass, 24 rush, 51 DYAR)

Luck's third touchdown put Indianapolis ahead 33-14 in the third quarter. And then he went in a deep freeze, going 5-of-13 for 29 yards and one first down the rest of the way. He also ran three times: an 11-yard gain on third-and-11; a 10-yard touchdown; and a 9-yard gain on first-and-10.

14. Ben Roethlisberger (35 pass, 11 rush, 46 DYAR)

Inside the red zone, Roethlisberger went 2-of-4 for 11 yards. When you include his three sacks, he actually had negative yardage inside the 20, although he did throw a touchdown pass on third-and-1 in the first quarter.

15. Sam Bradford (45 pass, -3 rush, 42 DYAR)

Bradford spent the bulk of his last game in 2013 pecking away at the short right area of the field. He went 11-of-14 on throws in that direction, but for only 60 yards and two first downs, although that includes a 4-yard touchdown.

16. Russell Wilson (43 pass, -3 rush, 40 DYAR)

Wilson's first six third-down throws all came with 8 yards or less to go for a first down, and he converted all of them, gaining 48 yards and throwing a touchdown in the process. He then threw a 3-yard gain on third-and-4, then incomplete on third-and-13. He would rank a lot higher, but he was sacked three times, and fumbled on every sack.

17. Case Keenum (41 pass, -3 rush, 38 DYAR)

Keenum had a lot of big plays against DVOA's favorite defensive team, but it does look like the Chiefs figured him out by the end of the game. In Houston's last four drives, as the Texans trailed by a single point, Keenum went 3-of-6 for 42 yards wth one first down, four sacks, and two fumbles.

18. Alex Smith (20 pass, 1 rush, 20 DYAR)

On Houston's half of the field, Smith went 9-of-14 for only 69 yards, with three first downs (none in the second half) and one interception. Smith also ran three times for 31 yards, with a 5-yard touchdown on third-and-1 in the second quarter and a 23-yard gain on third-and-7 in the third.

19. Geno Smith (4 pass, 5 rush, 9 DYAR)

The Patriots went ahead 21-10 with about five minutes left in the second quarter. From that point forward, Smith went 7-of-18 for 74 yards with five first downs, plus a 30-yard DPI, three sacks, and a fumble. Somehow, the Jets came back and won.

20. Eli Manning (9 pass, -9 rush, 0 DYAR)

21. Mike Glennon (-18 pass, 6 rush, -12 DYAR)

Glennon had a whopping 23 dropbacks inside the Atlanta 40. He went 12-of-22 for 61 yards with five first downs (including one touchdown) with a sack.

22. Tony Romo (-16 pass, 1 rush, -14 DYAR)

To Dez Bryant: 8-of-16 for 110 yards, with every completion picking up a first down, plus a 3-yard DPI. All other plays: 20-of-31 for 207 yards with 10 first downs (including a touchdown) with two sacks, a fumbled snap, and an interception. (Officially, he had another interception on a hail mary at the end of the first half.)

23. Carson Palmer (-28 pass, -4 rush, -32 DYAR)

Death by a thousand screens! Palmer threw 11 passes to receivers at or behind the line of scrimmage, completing nine of them for 55 yards with three first downs.

24. Matt Barkley (-60 pass DYAR)

Inside the Dallas 40, Barkley went 2-of-6 for 26 yards with two interceptions. But hey, those two completions both picked up first downs.

25. Chad Henne (-55 pass, -11 rush, -66 DYAR)

Henne ran four times for 5 yards, twice failing to convert on third-and-2. Inside the San Diego 40, he went 7-of-15 for 65 yards with two first downs, plus a 7-yard DPI and five, count 'em, five sacks.

26. Ryan Tannehill (-76 pass, -6 rush, -82 DYAR)

Tannehill's last past of the third quarter was a touchdown on third-and-goal from the 4 that put Miami ahead 21-17. In the fourth quarter, Tannehill went 5-of-11 for 35 yards with two first downs, two sacks, and one fumble, and the Dolphins snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.

27. Jay Cutler (-83 pass DYAR)

Cutler's only first down was a 13-yard gain on first-and-10 from the Washington 47.

28. Nick Foles (-120 pass, 1 rush, -118 DYAR)

Foles' performance his last six drives went like this: 6-yard completion; four incompletions in a row; 16-yard completion; sack; completions for 12 and 9 yards; eight incompletions in a row (!!!); sack, injury, game over.

29. Tom Brady (-120 pass DYAR)

Tom Brady did not throw a touchdown. He didn't even throw a pass in the red zone. His first pass inside the Jets' 40 was a 30-yard gain to the 1-yard line. After that, inside the 40, he went 2-of-7 for 10 yards and no first downs. Starting with his last play of the first half, he put together this sequence: sack-fumble; sack-fumble; pick-six; 5-yard completion; sack; incomplete; sack; incomplete.

30. Thaddeus Lewis (-105 pass, -19 rush, -123 DYAR)

Inside the red zone, Lewis went 2-of-4 for 10 yards with no first downs and a sack-fumble.

31. Brandon Weeden (-132 pass, 8 rush, -124 DYAR)

Not counting throws to Jordan Cameron, Weeden went 10-of-33 for 94 yards with five first downs, three sacks, and an interception.

32. Josh Freeman (-136 pass DYAR)