NFL1000 WEEK 15 - BleacherReport

The only Dolphin in Week 15's overall top 50 players was Suh coming in high again at #10.

Matt Moore was #21 among QB's.
Among WR's Landry showed up at #3
Cam Wake nipped inside the top 10 4-3 DE's at #9.
Suh was the #1 DT in the league again.
Tony Lippett just missed out on making the top 10 CB's coming in at #12.
And Abdul-Quddus was the #12 FS.

No other Dolphins were top 10 or near-top 10 for week 15.

 

"Part of Bleacher Report's NFL1000 player rating methodology that matters is the ability to look at our grades from week to week (as you, dear reader, can) and suss out which patterns are turning into trends and which are flukes in the relatively small sample size of an NFL season...

We observe and grade every NFL player with snaps in offensive and defensive roles based on a multitiered process that marks specific attributes per position. As we're combing through All-22 footage to assess each performance, there are additional factors we consider.

We adjust for opponent based on the obvious notion that the cornerback we're grading is doing a better job if he's shutting down Antonio Brown than if he's negating the efforts of a seventh-round rookie receiver.

We also adjust for players with multiple responsibilities in the course of a game and over the course of time. Think of guys like Mike Daniels and Michael Bennett on the defensive line—how they seamlessly switch from gap to gap. Or how cornerbacks such as Chris Harris Jr. and Tyrann Mathieu dominate outside and in the slot. Or how receivers such as Doug Baldwin and Larry Fitzgerald bedevil those cornerbacks from multiple field positions.

That's more important than ever in today's NFL, and we pay attention to it.

We do not adjust for injuries. If a player is underperforming because of an injury, that's part of his performance, fair or unfair, and we need to grade him accordingly.

Grading any player is a subjective process, but with a series of attributes per position and a specific direction as to what to grade and how, we make it as definitive as possible..."

QB Grading Scale

Acc: Accuracy (Graded out of 25)

Arm: Arm Strength (Graded out of 25)

Press: Pressure/Run Threat (Graded out of 20) (Pressure weighted at 15, run threat at 5)

Dec: Decision-Making (Graded out of 20)

Pos: Positional Value (Graded out of 10)

Ovr: Top Possible Score of 100



Quarterback Rankings Week 15
Rank Player Team Acc Arm Press Dec Pos Ovr
1 Andrew Luck IND 22 24 15 15 10 86
2 Carson Palmer ARI 22 23 17 14 10 86
3 Aaron Rodgers GB 23 24 14 14 10 85
4 Cam Newton CAR 20 24 13 15 10 82
5 Drew Brees NO 19 20 15 14 10 78
6 Colin Kaepernick SF 17 21 15 14 10 77
7 Eli Manning NYG 16 20 14 15 10 75
8 Matt Ryan ATL 16 20 14 15 10 75
9 Russell Wilson SEA 16 20 14 14 10 74
10 Dak Prescott DAL 16 19 15 14 10 74
11 Matthew Stafford DET 15 20 14 13 10 72
12 Marcus Mariota TEN 16 20 12 13 10 71
13 Ben Roethlisberger PIT 15 22 12 12 10 71
14 Derek Carr OAK 15 20 13 13 10 71
15 Philip Rivers SD 16 18 13 14 10 71
16 Tyrod Taylor BUF 13 19 15 13 10 70
17 Trevor Siemian DEN 17 18 13 12 10 70
18 Sam Bradford MIN 15 21 11 12 10 69
19 Tom Brady NE 14 18 12 15 10 69
20 Alex Smith KC 15 18 13 12 10 68
21 Matt Moore MIA 15 18 12 12 10 67
22 Matt Barkley CHI 11 17 14 14 10 66
23 Andy Dalton CIN 14 18 12 12 10 66
24 Robert Griffin III CLE 12 17 15 12 10 66
25 Tom Savage HOU 14 19 12 11 10 66
26 Jameis Winston TB 10 19 12 13 10 64
27 Case Keenum LA 14 18 11 11 10 64
28 Blake Bortles JAX 14 18 12 10 10 64
29 Joe Flacco BAL 13 19 11 11 10 64
30 Jared Goff LA 9 17 13 13 10 62
31 Kirk Cousins WAS 12 17 10 12 10 61
32 Brock Osweiler HOU 11 17 11 10 10 59
33 Carson Wentz PHI 11 17 11 10 10 59
34 Bryce Petty NYJ 12 17 10 9 10 58
35 Ryan Fitzpatrick NYJ 11 16 10 10 10 57

 

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They adjust for opponent too. So Moore will have suffered for playing the Jets.