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Adjusted Quarterback Efficiency (AQE) through Week 2 @Unexpected_Pts - Brock Purdy jumped to the top - Drew Lock nailed his Sam Darnold impersonation - Josh Allen has efficiency and volume - Baker Mayfield suffered bad luck with protection and fumbles
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I explain why Baker Mayfield gets such a big positive to EPA in the post
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More context on how my adjusted quarterback efficiency (AQE) differs from PFF grading: AQE is higher on (above the dashed line): Brock Purdy Caleb Williams Drake Maye AQE is lower on (below): Patrick Mahomes Aaron Rodgers Cam Ward
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Quarterback efficiency (EPA/play) through Week 2, min 20 dropbacks 1) Jaxson Dart +0.62 2) Brock Purdy +0.53 3) Josh Allen +0.47 4) Drew Lock +0.46 5) Dak Prescott +0.44 6) Jared Goff +0.31 7) Caleb Williams +0.31 8) Bryce Young +0.31 9) Trevor Lawrence +0.23 10) Carson Wentz +0.21 11) Lamar Jackson +0.20 12) Jalen Hurts +0.19 13) Geno Smith +0.18 14) Patrick Mahomes +0.15 15) Deshaun Watson +0.14 16) Tyler Shough +0.14 17) Matthew Stafford +0.14 18) Jayden Daniels +0.12 19) Kirk Cousins +0.10 20) Drake Maye +0.10 21) Jacoby Brissett +0.06 22) Malik Willis +0.02 23) Daniel Jones +0.01 24) Joe Burrow +0.01 25) C.J. Stroud 0.00 26) Cam Ward -0.04 27) Jordan Love -0.06 28) Bo Nix -0.06 29) Justin Herbert -0.08 30) Baker Mayfield -0.20 31) Aaron Rodgers -0.27 32) Jameis Winston -0.45 33) Cooper Rush -0.69
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Team offensive efficiency (EPA/play) through Week 2, previous season ranking in parentheses 1) BUF +0.37 (3) 2) SF +0.27 (6) 3) DAL +0.25 (5) 4) KC +0.16 (11) 5) BAL +0.16 (13) 6) JAX +0.12 (15) 7) CHI +0.12 (8) 8) DET +0.11 (9) 9) SEA +0.10 (12) 10) CAR +0.08 (26) 11) NO +0.07 (27) 12) WAS +0.04 (16) 13) PHI +0.04 (17) 14) NYG +0.01 (10) 15) IND +0.01 (7) 16) NYJ +0.01 (29) 17) MIN +0.01 (28) 18) LA 0.00 (2) 19) ARI -0.03 (23) 20) TEN -0.05 (30) 21) CIN -0.05 (19) 22) LV -0.06 (32) 23) NE -0.07 (1) 24) HOU -0.08 (22) 25) CLE -0.09 (31) 26) DEN -0.10 (14) 27) MIA -0.12 (25) 28) TB -0.14 (20) 29) GB -0.16 (4) 30) LAC -0.24 (24) 31) PIT -0.29 (18) 32) ATL -0.43 (21)
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Team defensive efficiency (opponent EPA/play) through Week 2, previous season ranking in parentheses 1) LV -0.28 (20) 2) PIT -0.21 (19) 3) NE -0.17 (11) 4) CIN -0.17 (29) 5) SEA -0.17 (1) 6) MIN -0.16 (4) 7) NYJ -0.14 (30) 8) SF -0.12 (24) 9) ATL -0.11 (14) 10) LA -0.08 (7) 11) KC -0.05 (13) 12) CAR -0.04 (23) 13) JAX -0.03 (5) 14) BAL -0.03 (18) 15) GB -0.02 (22) 16) ARI +0.01 (26) 17) TB +0.01 (16) 18) NO +0.03 (10) 19) LAC +0.03 (6) 20) CLE +0.03 (3) 21) DEN +0.04 (8) 22) CHI +0.04 (21) 23) PHI +0.05 (9) 24) TEN +0.08 (28) 25) HOU +0.08 (2) 26) WAS +0.13 (31) 27) MIA +0.15 (25) 28) BUF +0.17 (12) 29) DAL +0.19 (32) 30) IND +0.2 (17) 31) DET +0.2 (15) 32) NYG +0.26 (27)
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Kevin Cole retweeted
Quarterback efficiency (EPA/play) through Week 2 SNF, min 30 dropbacks *Playing MNF 1) Jaxson Dart +0.73* 2) Brock Purdy +0.53 📈 3) Josh Allen +0.47 4) Drew Lock +0.46 📈 5) Dak Prescott +0.44 📈 6) Jared Goff +0.31 7) Caleb Williams +0.31 8) Bryce Young +0.31 9) Trevor Lawrence +0.23 📉 10) Carson Wentz +0.21 11) Lamar Jackson +0.20 📉 12) Jalen Hurts +0.19 13) Geno Smith +0.18 14) Patrick Mahomes +0.15 15) Deshaun Watson +0.14 📈 16) Tyler Shough +0.14 17) Jayden Daniels +0.12 18) Kirk Cousins +0.10 19) Drake Maye +0.10 20) Jacoby Brissett +0.06 📉 21) Malik Willis +0.02 22) Daniel Jones +0.01 23) Joe Burrow +0.01 24) C.J. Stroud 0.00 25) Cam Ward -0.04 26) Jordan Love -0.06 27) Bo Nix -0.06 28) Justin Herbert -0.08 29) Baker Mayfield -0.20 📉 30) Aaron Rodgers -0.27 📉 31) Cooper Rush -0.69
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Kevin Cole retweeted
The top-10 quarterbacks in total adjustment EPA Full post: unexpectedpoints.com/p/adjus…
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Adjusted quarterback efficiency through Week 1 @Unexpected_Pts - Jaxson Dart suffers the biggest drop from pre-adjustment EPA per play, due to a number of factors detailed in the post (link below) - Baker Mayfield, Daniel Jones and Aaron Rodgers get the biggest boosts - Trevor Lawrence leads in adjusted pre-play number, Caleb Williams in total adjusted EPA
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The top-10 quarterbacks in total adjustment EPA Full post: unexpectedpoints.com/p/adjus…
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The only 100% correct Week 2 NFL Power Rankings @Unexpected_Pts
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You can find all the numbers behind the rankings, links to proprietary stats and my commentary here unexpectedpoints.com/p/week-…
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Remember that quarterback injuries for certain teams affect ranking movements more than Week 1 results
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Week 1 quarterback efficiency (EPA/play), updated through MNF, min 15 dropbacks 1) Jaxson Dart +0.73 2) Trevor Lawrence +0.72 3) Caleb Williams +0.55 4) Dak Prescott +0.42 5) Josh Allen +0.41 6) Carson Wentz +0.38 7) Lamar Jackson +0.36 8) Bryce Young +0.34 9) Drew Lock +0.30 10) Geno Smith +0.30 11) Jacoby Brissett +0.29 12) Brock Purdy +0.22 13) Jalen Hurts +0.14 14) Drake Maye +0.12 15) Jared Goff +0.12 16) Jayden Daniels +0.10 17) C.J. Stroud +0.07 18) Tyler Shough +0.04 19) Joe Burrow +0.03 20) Patrick Mahomes -0.01 21) Kirk Cousins -0.02 22) Deshaun Watson -0.08 23) Justin Herbert -0.09 24) Baker Mayfield -0.10 25) Malik Willis -0.11 26) Aaron Rodgers -0.12 27) Jordan Love -0.15 28) Cam Ward -0.15 29) Daniel Jones -0.25 30) Matthew Stafford -0.27 31) Bo Nix -0.44 32) Cooper Rush -0.64
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Some of the numbers changed slightly from what I posted yesterday. Those had screened out some garbage-time plays
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