Something I just noticed is that the team with the higher rated quarterback based on RIPPEN won every single game in week 9. QB rating does a great job too, but it missed one game last week. Ryan was 102.8 and Romo was 109.3, but Ryan’s Falcons won the game. This is due entirely to the fact the Romo threw for a touchdown. Other than that their numbers are nearly identical. If you take that one touchdown away from Romo, his QB rating would have ben 99.8 with the exact same stats compared to Ryan’s 102.8. Passing touchdowns are so much more about luck and what plays the offensive coordinator is calling. When evaluating a quarterback, they should probably be largely ignored as is done in RIPPEN.
A full explanation of RIPPEN
Week 9 performances:
| Rank |
Player |
Team |
RIPPEN |
QB_Rating |
| 1 |
Philip Rivers |
SD |
40.5 |
125.0 |
| 2 |
Matt Ryan |
ATL |
38.9 |
102.8 |
| 3 |
Tony Romo |
DAL |
38.6 |
109.3 |
| 4 |
Matt Schaub |
HOU |
38.2 |
126.8 |
| 5 |
Matthew Stafford |
DET |
34.8 |
93.6 |
| 6 |
Andrew Luck |
IND |
33.6 |
105.6 |
| 7 |
Jay Cutler |
CHI |
32.3 |
138.1 |
| 8 |
Ryan Tannehill |
MIA |
30.0 |
90.9 |
| 9 |
Russell Wilson |
SEA |
29.9 |
127.3 |
| 10 |
Cam Newton |
CAR |
27.2 |
100.1 |
| 11 |
Drew Brees |
NO |
27.1 |
128.2 |
| 12 |
Josh Freeman |
TB |
25.9 |
108.6 |
| 13 |
Peyton Manning |
DEN |
21.4 |
105.8 |
| 14 |
Ryan Fitzpatrick |
BUF |
18.5 |
83.1 |
| 15 |
Ben Roethlisberger |
PIT |
17.9 |
98.8 |
| 16 |
Andy Dalton |
CIN |
17.5 |
81.3 |
| 17 |
Robert Griffin III |
WAS |
14.1 |
74.2 |
| 18 |
Aaron Rodgers |
GB |
13.0 |
96.9 |
| 19 |
John Skelton |
ARI |
12.0 |
69.7 |
| 20 |
Matt Cassel |
KC |
11.7 |
68.3 |
| 21 |
Blaine Gabbert |
JAX |
9.2 |
81.0 |
| 22 |
Joe Flacco |
BAL |
8.6 |
94.6 |
| 23 |
Michael Vick |
PHI |
8.4 |
72.4 |
| 24 |
Carson Palmer |
OAK |
7.8 |
85.0 |
| 25 |
Eli Manning |
NYG |
6.9 |
41.1 |
| 26 |
Brandon Weeden |
CLE |
4.6 |
44.4 |
| 27 |
Christian Ponder |
MIN |
0.7 |
37.3 |
|
RIPPEN through week 9 for the year:
| Rank |
Player |
Team |
RIPPEN |
QB_Rating |
| 1 |
Peyton Manning |
DEN |
28.2 |
108.6 |
| 2 |
Matt Ryan |
ATL |
24.4 |
103.0 |
| 3 |
Tom Brady |
NE |
24.1 |
100.6 |
| 4 |
Matt Schaub |
HOU |
23.3 |
96.8 |
| 5 |
Aaron Rodgers |
GB |
22.6 |
107.4 |
| 6 |
Cam Newton |
CAR |
22.6 |
77.7 |
| 7 |
Robert Griffin III |
WAS |
22.5 |
93.9 |
| 8 |
Alex Smith |
SF |
21.8 |
102.1 |
| 9 |
Ben Roethlisberger |
PIT |
20.4 |
101.1 |
| 10 |
Drew Brees |
NO |
19.3 |
95.8 |
| 11 |
Josh Freeman |
TB |
19.0 |
95.1 |
| 12 |
Jay Cutler |
CHI |
19.0 |
85.3 |
| 13 |
Tony Romo |
DAL |
18.6 |
82.2 |
| 14 |
Andrew Luck |
IND |
18.4 |
79.0 |
| 15 |
Ryan Tannehill |
MIA |
18.3 |
78.2 |
| 16 |
Matthew Stafford |
DET |
17.6 |
83.2 |
| 17 |
Sam Bradford |
STL |
17.1 |
82.4 |
| 18 |
Jake Locker |
TEN |
17.0 |
68.5 |
| 19 |
Eli Manning |
NYG |
16.5 |
85.5 |
| 20 |
Andy Dalton |
CIN |
16.0 |
86.7 |
| 21 |
Russell Wilson |
SEA |
15.8 |
87.2 |
| 22 |
Philip Rivers |
SD |
15.3 |
86.5 |
| 23 |
Christian Ponder |
MIN |
14.5 |
82.0 |
| 24 |
Michael Vick |
PHI |
13.7 |
77.7 |
| 25 |
Joe Flacco |
BAL |
13.0 |
85.0 |
| 26 |
Ryan Fitzpatrick |
BUF |
12.9 |
85.6 |
| 27 |
Carson Palmer |
OAK |
12.6 |
85.6 |
| 28 |
Mark Sanchez |
NYJ |
11.5 |
72.8 |
| 29 |
Matt Cassel |
KC |
10.7 |
68.9 |
| 30 |
Brandon Weeden |
CLE |
10.2 |
67.9 |
| 31 |
Kevin Kolb |
ARI |
9.8 |
86.1 |
| 32 |
John Skelton |
ARI |
9.5 |
65.8 |
| 33 |
Blaine Gabbert |
JAX |
8.8 |
78.4 |
| 34 |
Matt Hasselbeck |
TEN |
7.7 |
81.4 |
|
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