Week 14 NFL Advanced Analytics Superstars
Quarterback: Ben Roethlisberger, Pittsburgh Steelers
Ben Roethlisberger, QB, Pittsburgh Steelers
44 for 66, 506 Yards, 2 Touchdowns
1 Rushes, 5 Yards
Performance Score: 95
In a down week for quarterback play, our top performer of the week was Ben Roethlisberger, who threw the ball 66 times in a thrilling comeback win against the rival Baltimore Ravens. With star cornerback Jimmy Smith out for the season, Big Ben picked on the backups of Baltimore, throwing for 506 yards and 2 touchdowns, making him the first quarterback in NFL history with three 500-yard games.
Roethlisberger finished the game with a Passing NEP of 19.49 and Performance Score of 95 and now holds the lead league in passing yards with 3,744. After a relatively slow start to the season in which he failed to eclipse 2 passing touchdowns in a game over his first nine, Big Ben is now averaging 31.2 fantasy points over his past four contests.
In those games he has completed 66.8% of his passes for 1,446 yards and 12 touchdowns, helping propel the Pittsburgh Steelers to the division title and potentially the top seed in the AFC. After rumors of retirement swirled over the past year, Roethlisberger is now playing some of the best football of his entire career as the NFL playoffs approach.
Best of the Rest
Quarterbacks | Pass | Att. | Pass Yards | Pass TDs | INT | Rush | Rush Yards | Rush TDs | Performance |
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Carson Wentz | 23 | 41 | 291 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 89 |
Dak Prescott | 20 | 30 | 332 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 88 |
Philip Rivers | 18 | 31 | 319 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 |
Mitchell Trubisky | 25 | 32 | 271 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 84 |
Matthew Stafford | 36 | 44 | 381 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 |