ProFootballFocus - Top Quarterback Grades

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Ranking all 32 NFL starting quarterbacks

1. Tom Brady, New England Patriots
2016 overall grade: 96.4

On a throw-for-throw basis this season, Brady has had no peer. He’s leading the league in percentage of big-time throws, while also owning the lowest percentage of turnover-worthy plays per dropback. Keeping that ratio in line is always a recipe for success, leading to a truly remarkable season for the 39-year-old. Two parts of Brady’s Hall-of-Fame game have improved this season: the deep ball (throws traveling 20-plus yards in the air) and his work on plays that last at least 2.6 seconds. His passer rating of 121.5 on the deep ball ranks third in the league, while he ranks second on those longer-developing dropbacks, a part of his game that used to be a weakness. Brady has managed to improve at this later stage in his career, and he’s the top quarterback in the league by a fair margin this season.

2. Matt Ryan, Atlanta Falcons
2016 overall grade: 90.8

Pretty good write up on Brady. I have been very impressed with his deep ball this year (thanks Hogan and Mitchell) and the long-developing plays are working much better.

Brady is easily the MVP this year (unless you are Max Kellerman or Rob Parker).

 

[oldrover]

Nice article! thanks for sharing...

FWIW, after my second cup of coffee, I pushed out a good-sized Kellerman. And a little bonus Felger! Win win.

 

[BobDigital]

Ryan 2nd is very surprising. Yes he has great stats but IDK if i would say he was 2nd best this year from the QB position.

 

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

Glad to see they've finally elevated Brady, but I refuse to implicitly endorse/accept analysis from this very lacking analytics site. In many previous years they have put Brady significantly lower than most ratings systems, mainly due to a lack of understanding about the Patriots offense, mainly their strengths and weaknesses. They would often downgrade #12 due to his poor deep ball numbers, failing to recognize the Patriots personnel did not have any big, downfield receivers. It is a total lack of common sense that a quarterback who leads the league in offensive scoring and has the lowest turnover rate, would be downgraded for not throwing a bunch of long bombs resulting in a higher amount of turnovers and less efficiency.

 

[Wheelman]

Got it! Tom Brady sucks!