Sportmoney x PFF Week 15 Rundown

Here’s the Week 15 Sportmoney x PFF rundown, where we highlight stats, trends and PFF ratings for quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers and tight ends.

• Joe Burrow is having one of the best seasons in recent history: His 92.9 passing grade ranks tied for 5th since 2015 (Aaron Rodgers 2020, Tom Brady 2016, Drew Brees 2018, Tom Brady 2017, tied with Tom Brady 2020) 

  • Burrow makes big plays, but keeps the ball safe: 

    • 7th in big-time throw percentage (5.3%) 

    • 4th in turnover-worthy play percentage (1.7%) 

  • Burrow great at picking apart deep coverage: 

    • vs Cover 3 

      • 92.0 passing grade, 76.8% completion percentage, 7.0 yards ADOT, 7 TDs, 0 INTs 

    • vs Cover 2

      • 90.2 passing grade, 79.5 completion percentage, 5.6 Yards ADOT, 0 TDs, 1 INT 

    • vs Cover 1 & Cover 0 

      • 13 TDs, 2 INTs 

• Josh Allen making big plays, but also taking what defense gives him: 

  • His 28 big-time throws ranks 1st in the NFL 

  • His 2.7% turnover-worthy play rate is lowest of his career 

  • His 8.8 yards ADOT is 2nd-lowest of career 

  • 57.8% of his passing yards coming after the catch is highest of career by 10% (ranks 4th in the league behind Mayfield, Goff and Mahomes) 

• QBs on the run (min. 25 attempts):

  • Josh Allen 

    • 93.5 rushing grade (1st) 

    • 39 rushes for 1st downs (2nd) 

    • 9 rush TDs (2nd) 

  • Jalen Hurts

    • 90.1 Grade (4th) 

    • 55 rushes for 1st downs (1st) 

    • 13 rush TDs (1st) 

  • Lamar Jackson 

    • 45 missed tackles forced (1st)

    • 28 explosive runs of 10+ yards (1st, next closest is 18) 

  • Drake Maye 

    • 5.3 yards after contact per attempt ranks 1st (next closest is 4.4 yards)

• Best QBs in 2nd Half and OT, by passing grade: 

  • Joe Burrow: 93.6

  • Lamar Jackson: 91.3 

  • Sam Darnold: 87.3 

  • Tua Tagovailoa: 87.1 

  • Jayden Daniles: 82.4 

• Heavy workloads: running backs with 200+ carries: 

  • Saquon Barkley (266) 

  • Kyren Williams (251) 

  • Derrick Henry (240) 

  • Josh Jacobs (239) 

  • Najee Harris (223) 

  • Alvin Kamara (223) 

  • Bijan Robinson (215) 

  • Chuba Hubbard (215) 

  • Tony Pollard (213) 

  • Joe Mixon (205) 

  • James Conner (201) 

• Best at breaking tackles: missed tackles forced per attempts (min. 100+ carries):

  • Kenneth Walker III (0.4) 

  • Tank Bigsby (0.3) 

  • Bucky Irving (0.28) 

  • James Conner (0.28) 

  • Najee Harris (0.26) 

• Backs getting stuffed at the line (min. 100+ carries): 

  • De’Von Achane (27.5% stuff rate) 

  • JK Dobbins (23.4% stuff rate) 

  • Joe Mixon (23.4% stuff rate)

  • Breece Hall (22.6% stuff rate) 

  • Kenneth Walker III (22.1% stuff rate) 

• Teams facing the most 8+ man boxes: 

  • Pittsburgh Steelers (212) 

  • Philadelphia Eagles (192) 

  • Buffalo Bills (182) 

  • Baltimore Ravens (178) 

  • Detroit Lions (175) 

*Baltimore and Philadelphia still rank 1st & 2nd respectively in rush yards per attempt 

• Ja’Marr Chase is running away with the Triple Crown: 

  • 1,319 receiving yards (Justin Jefferson is 2nd with 1,170) 

  • 15 receiving TDs (Amon-Ra St Brown and Terry McLaurin are 2nd with 9)

  • 93 receptions (CeeDee Lamb is 2nd with 85) 

  • 58 receptions for 1st downs (Amon-Ra St Brown is 2nd with 51)

  • 28 explosive receptions of 15+ Yards (2nd to Justin Jefferson’s 34)

  • 6.7 Yards after Catch (8th in NFL) 

  • On scramble plays: 8 receptions for 139 yards and 3 TDs 

• Puka Nacua is dominating non-volume stats: 

  • 93.1 receiving grade (1st) 

  • 3.50 yards per route run (1st) 

  • On WR screens: 9 catches for 96 yards & 2 TDs 

  • On crossing & out routes: 17 catches for 247 yards and 1 TD 

• Players Facing the Most Press Coverage: 

  • Garrett Wilson (265 snaps) 

  • DJ Moore (259 snaps) 

  • Ja’Marr Chase (252 snaps) 

  • Justin Jefferson (229 snaps) 

  • CeeDee Lamb (225 snaps) 

*stats among WRs with 50+ targets 

• The 49ers George Kittle, Raiders Brock Bowers and Cardinals Trey McBride have separated from the pack as best receiving TEs this season:

  • Kittle

    • 92.0 receiving grade (1st) 

    • 56 receptions (7th) 

    • 800 yards (3rd) 

    • 8 TDs (1st) 

  • Bowers

    • 89.3 receiving grade (3rd) 

    • 87 receptions (1st) 

    • 933 receiving yards (1st) 

    • 4 TDs (T-8th) 

  • McBride

    • 90.3 receiving grade (2nd) 

    • 80 receptions (T-2nd) 

    • 851 receiving yards (2nd) 

    • 0 TDs 

• Miami’s Jonnu Smith coming on late (since Week 5): 

  • 90.6 receiving grade (T-2nd) 

  • 52 receptions (T-4th) 

  • 614 yards (4th) 

  • 352 yards after catch (2nd) 

  • 5 TDs (T-4th)

*stats among TEs with 25+ targets