Brady wins Week 17, Mahomes takes big season lead into final week of Miami Herald NFL QB rankings

Greg Cote
Kim Klement/Reuters

OLD-MAN STRENGTH: BUCS’ BRADY WINS WEEK 17. BUT CHIEFS’ MAHOMES IS LARGE AND IN CHARGE AS MIAMI HERALD NFL QUARTERBACK RANKINGS SAIL INTO FINAL WEEK: [Note: Because NFL announced Tuesday that Monday night’s suspended Bills-Bengals game would not be played this week, and might not at all, our rankings go on witthout that game.] Tampa Bay’s ageless Tom Brady wins Week 17 honors with a 58.60 point game while Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes seems headed comfortably to a season championship entering the final week of the Miami Herald’s NFL quarterback rankings. Mahomes’ closest pursuer entering the week was Cincinnati’s Joe Burrow. His Week 17 total would be added in the event the postponed game vs. the Bills is made up. Miami’s Tua Tagovailoa, idled once again by a concussion, slips two spots to 13th overall. Our ratings system is cumulative not percentile-based, rewarding players who are consistently productive and avoid injury or benching (or suspended games). QBs on a bye took a temporary hit that evened out during the course of the season. This is the 25th anniversary year for the Herald’s Passer Success System (PASS) rankings, which began in 1998, the year before Dan Marino retired, with Steve Young the inaugural season champion. Our rankings factor accuracy, passing yardage, touchdown/interception ratio and team result. They are passer ratings per se and do not include a QB’s running statistics. Our updated Top 25 (plus other Dolphins) for 2022 entering the regular season finale, Week 18:

Miami Herald 2022 NFL QB Rankings

Rk Player, Team Week 17 Season

1. 1. Patrick Mahomes, KC 43.40 613.40

2. 3. Justin Herbert, LAC 35.60 554.30

3. 6. Tom Brady, TB 58.60 553.45

4. 2. Joe Burrow, CIN PPD 547.55

5. 5. Geno Smith, SEA 27.15 522.45

6. 4. Kirk Cousins, MIN 9.25 514.10

7. 9. Jared Goff, DET 39.75 481.70

8. 8. Trevor Lawrence, JAC 22.60 465.55

9. 7. Josh Allen, BUF PPD 462.45

10. 10. Jalen Hurts, PHI DNP 436.60

11. 12. Aaron Rodgers, GB 21.95 407.50

12. 13. Daniel Jones, NYG 33.85 398.75

13. 11. Tua Tagovailoa, MIA DNP 386.40

14. 14. Derek Carr, LV DNP 344.60

15. 16. Dak Prescott, DAL 36.10 338.05

16. 15. Matt Ryan, IND DNP 335.30

17. 18. Andy Dalton, NO 26.20 308.95

18. 22. Mac Jones, NE 28.15 298.65

19. 17. Jimmy Garoppolo, SF DNP 297.85

20. 23. Russell Wilson, DEN 25.10 285.05

21. 19. Kyler Murray, ARI DNP 282.40

22. 20. Ryan Tannehill, TEN DNP 276.80

23. 21. Jacoby Brissett, CLE DNP 271.40

24. 24. Lamar Jackson, BAL DNP 257.10

25. 25. Davis Mills, HOU 14.20 255.60

36. 47. Teddy Bridgewater, MIA 13.05 53.15

57. 54. Skylar Thompson, MIA 8.20 19.10

Next five: Matthew Stafford, LAR, 234.35; Kenny Pickett, PIT; Marcus Mariota, ATL; Justin Fields, CHI; Taylor Heinicke, WAS.

Week 17 best: Brady, TB, 58.60 (34-45, 432, 3-0 in win. Week 17 worst (min. 10 attempts): Fields, CHI, minus-3.25 (7-21, 75, 1-1 in loss).

Record-best week: Ben Roethlisberger, PIT, 80.10 (2014). Record-worst week: Tim Hasselbeck, WAS, minus-23.20 (2003). Season-record point total: Peyton Manning, DEN, 714.85 (2013).

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