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2016 Quarterback Rating Differences Between Weeks 1-5 and Weeks 6-10

By Chris Malumphy

Neither teams nor individual players tend to play consistently throughout an NFL season. Changes in personnel due to suspensions and injuries, the quality of the opposition, the vagaries of human effort and concentration, changes in weather, travel and scheduling oddities, referee calls and the damn shape of that oblong football all work together to create a seemingly random outcome for many performances. Through it all, casual fans anticipate that good teams and players to play well throughout the season while bad ones will always perform poorly and come out on the losing end. Taint necessarily so.

When it comes to quarterback performance, the most readily available tool to measure success, other than pure wins and losses which the game is really all about, is the passing rating. It's not perfect by a long shot, but it is virtually all we have unless you can afford a service that will dig deeper, but not necessarily any more effectively.

Following are breakdowns for each of the primary quarterbacks who've played this year comparing their performances during Weeks 1-5 to Weeks 6-10. While several quarterbacks have been fairly consistent, note that their are also several players whose rating have been significantly higher or lower when comparing performances during those periods.

Quarterbacks whose ratings have significantly improved include: Marcus Mariota (Titans), Jameis Winston (Buccaneers), Drew Brees (Saints), Cody Kessler (Browns), Ryan Tannehill (Dolphins) and Dak Prescott (Cowboys). Of course, Prescott was doing pretty well early in the season too, but recently he has even been better. On the downside, Philip Rivers (Chargers), Carson Wentz (Eagles), Trevor Siemian (Broncos), Ben Roethlisberger (Steelers) and Sam Bradford (Vikings) haven't been playing nearly as well as they were earlier in the season.

2016 Passing Statistics Differences Between Weeks 1-5 and 6-10
Tom Brady (Patriots)
Weeks	Att	Comp	Pct	Yds	Avg Att	Avg Comp	TD	Pct TD	Int	Pct Int	Sacked	Pct Sacked	Rating
1-5	40	28	70.0	406	10.2	14.5	3	7.5	0	0.0	1	2.4	127.7
6-10	126	93	73.8	1229	9.8	13.2	9	7.1	1	0.8	9	6.7	124.7
Total	166	121	72.9	1635	9.8	13.5	12	7.2	1	0.6	10	5.7	125.5
Matt Ryan (Falcons)
Weeks	Att	Comp	Pct	Yds	Avg Att	Avg Comp	TD	Pct TD	Int	Pct Int	Sacked	Pct Sacked	Rating
1-5	168	116	69.0	1740	10.4	15.0	12	7.1	2	1.2	11	6.1	121.6
6-10	178	120	67.4	1507	8.5	12.6	12	6.7	3	1.7	13	6.8	109.0
Total	346	236	68.2	3247	9.4	13.8	24	6.9	5	1.4	24	6.5	115.1
Drew Brees (Saints)
Weeks	Att	Comp	Pct	Yds	Avg Att	Avg Comp	TD	Pct TD	Int	Pct Int	Sacked	Pct Sacked	Rating
1-5	176	116	65.9	1269	7.2	10.9	10	5.7	3	1.7	7	3.8	98.9
6-10	200	147	73.5	1723	8.6	11.7	14	7.0	4	2.0	6	2.9	114.2
Total	376	263	69.9	2992	8.0	11.4	24	6.4	7	1.9	13	3.3	107.0
Dak Prescott (Cowboys)
Weeks	Att	Comp	Pct	Yds	Avg Att	Avg Comp	TD	Pct TD	Int	Pct Int	Sacked	Pct Sacked	Rating
1-5	155	107	69.0	1239	8.0	11.6	4	2.6	0	0.0	7	4.3	101.5
6-10	125	80	64.0	1100	8.8	13.8	10	8.0	2	1.6	6	4.6	112.1
Total	280	187	66.8	2339	8.4	12.5	14	5.0	2	0.7	13	4.4	106.2
Matthew Stafford (Lions)
Weeks	Att	Comp	Pct	Yds	Avg Att	Avg Comp	TD	Pct TD	Int	Pct Int	Sacked	Pct Sacked	Rating
1-5	181	123	68.0	1378	7.6	11.2	10	5.5	4	2.2	14	7.2	99.6
6-10	137	91	66.4	995	7.3	10.9	8	5.8	1	0.7	6	4.2	104.1
Total	318	214	67.3	2373	7.5	11.1	18	5.7	5	1.6	20	5.9	101.6
Sam Bradford (Vikings)
Weeks	Att	Comp	Pct	Yds	Avg Att	Avg Comp	TD	Pct TD	Int	Pct Int	Sacked	Pct Sacked	Rating
1-5	125	88	70.4	990	7.9	11.3	6	4.8	0	0.0	8	6.0	109.8
6-10	158	109	69.0	1032	6.5	9.5	5	3.2	2	1.3	16	9.2	92.1
Total	283	197	69.6	2022	7.1	10.3	11	3.9	2	0.7	24	7.8	99.9
Marcus Mariota (Titans)
Weeks	Att	Comp	Pct	Yds	Avg Att	Avg Comp	TD	Pct TD	Int	Pct Int	Sacked	Pct Sacked	Rating
1-5	165	100	60.6	1088	6.6	10.9	7	4.2	5	3.0	7	4.1	81.6
6-10	152	103	67.8	1394	9.2	13.5	14	9.2	3	2.0	7	4.4	119.2
Total	317	203	64.0	2482	7.8	12.2	21	6.6	8	2.5	14	4.2	99.6
Russell Wilson (Seahawks)
Weeks	Att	Comp	Pct	Yds	Avg Att	Avg Comp	TD	Pct TD	Int	Pct Int	Sacked	Pct Sacked	Rating
1-5	133	87	65.4	1064	8.0	12.2	5	3.8	1	0.8	9	6.3	99.3
6-10	171	116	67.8	1378	8.1	11.9	5	2.9	1	0.6	10	5.5	99.5
Total	304	203	66.8	2442	8.0	12.0	10	3.3	2	0.7	19	5.9	99.4
Derek Carr (Raiders)
Weeks	Att	Comp	Pct	Yds	Avg Att	Avg Comp	TD	Pct TD	Int	Pct Int	Sacked	Pct Sacked	Rating
1-5	193	129	66.8	1383	7.2	10.7	11	5.7	2	1.0	5	2.5	102.3
6-10	161	105	65.2	1122	7.0	10.7	6	3.7	1	0.6	6	3.6	95.3
Total	354	234	66.1	2505	7.1	10.7	17	4.8	3	0.8	11	3.0	99.1
Ben Roethlisberger (Steelers)
Weeks	Att	Comp	Pct	Yds	Avg Att	Avg Comp	TD	Pct TD	Int	Pct Int	Sacked	Pct Sacked	Rating
1-5	192	126	65.6	1496	7.8	11.9	15	7.8	4	2.1	9	4.5	106.6
6-10	125	79	63.2	861	6.9	10.9	5	4.0	3	2.4	5	3.8	86.8
Total	317	205	64.7	2357	7.4	11.5	20	6.3	7	2.2	14	4.2	98.8
Brian Hoyer (Bears)
Weeks	Att	Comp	Pct	Yds	Avg Att	Avg Comp	TD	Pct TD	Int	Pct Int	Sacked	Pct Sacked	Rating
1-5	140	100	71.4	1094	7.8	10.9	6	4.3	0	0.0	2	1.4	108.5
6-10	60	34	56.7	351	5.9	10.3	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	1.6	73.7
Total	200	134	67.0	1445	7.2	10.8	6	3.0	0	0.0	3	1.5	98.0
Andy Dalton (Bengals)
Weeks	Att	Comp	Pct	Yds	Avg Att	Avg Comp	TD	Pct TD	Int	Pct Int	Sacked	Pct Sacked	Rating
1-5	187	126	67.4	1503	8.0	11.9	5	2.7	2	1.1	17	8.3	96.2
6-10	130	83	63.8	1050	8.1	12.7	5	3.8	2	1.5	11	7.8	95.4
Total	317	209	65.9	2553	8.1	12.2	10	3.2	4	1.3	28	8.1	95.8
Cody Kessler (Browns)
Weeks	Att	Comp	Pct	Yds	Avg Att	Avg Comp	TD	Pct TD	Int	Pct Int	Sacked	Pct Sacked	Rating
1-5	81	54	66.7	529	6.5	9.8	2	2.5	1	1.2	4	4.7	87.9
6-10	97	65	67.0	712	7.3	11.0	4	4.1	0	0.0	11	10.2	102.3
Total	178	119	66.9	1241	7.0	10.4	6	3.4	1	0.6	15	7.8	95.7
Aaron Rodgers (Packers)
Weeks	Att	Comp	Pct	Yds	Avg Att	Avg Comp	TD	Pct TD	Int	Pct Int	Sacked	Pct Sacked	Rating
1-5	139	78	56.1	876	6.3	11.2	9	6.5	3	2.2	8	5.4	87.7
6-10	230	155	67.4	1534	6.7	9.9	13	5.7	4	1.7	14	5.7	97.6
Total	369	233	63.1	2410	6.5	10.3	22	6.0	7	1.9	22	5.6	93.9
Andrew Luck (Colts)
Weeks	Att	Comp	Pct	Yds	Avg Att	Avg Comp	TD	Pct TD	Int	Pct Int	Sacked	Pct Sacked	Rating
1-5	205	131	63.9	1469	7.2	11.2	10	4.9	3	1.5	20	8.9	95.4
6-10	142	90	63.4	1096	7.7	12.2	7	4.9	4	2.8	13	8.4	91.8
Total	347	221	63.7	2565	7.4	11.6	17	4.9	7	2.0	33	8.7	93.9
Philip Rivers (Chargers)
Weeks	Att	Comp	Pct	Yds	Avg Att	Avg Comp	TD	Pct TD	Int	Pct Int	Sacked	Pct Sacked	Rating
1-5	172	117	68.0	1473	8.6	12.6	11	6.4	3	1.7	11	6.0	108.5
6-10	197	112	56.9	1417	7.2	12.7	9	4.6	8	4.1	14	6.6	77.7
Total	369	229	62.1	2890	7.8	12.6	20	5.4	11	3.0	25	6.3	92.1
Ryan Tannehill (Dolphins)
Weeks	Att	Comp	Pct	Yds	Avg Att	Avg Comp	TD	Pct TD	Int	Pct Int	Sacked	Pct Sacked	Rating
1-5	156	100	64.1	1274	8.2	12.7	6	3.8	7	4.5	17	9.8	83.7
6-10	109	73	67.0	845	7.8	11.6	4	3.7	0	0.0	3	2.7	102.4
Total	265	173	65.3	2119	8.0	12.2	10	3.8	7	2.6	20	7.0	91.4
Alex Smith (Chiefs)
Weeks	Att	Comp	Pct	Yds	Avg Att	Avg Comp	TD	Pct TD	Int	Pct Int	Sacked	Pct Sacked	Rating
1-5	168	109	64.9	1073	6.4	9.8	5	3.0	2	1.2	13	7.2	87.7
6-10	103	70	68.0	743	7.2	10.6	3	2.9	1	1.0	5	4.6	94.4
Total	271	179	66.1	1816	6.7	10.1	8	3.0	3	1.1	18	6.2	90.3
Eli Manning (Giants)
Weeks	Att	Comp	Pct	Yds	Avg Att	Avg Comp	TD	Pct TD	Int	Pct Int	Sacked	Pct Sacked	Rating
1-5	187	119	63.6	1385	7.4	11.6	5	2.7	4	2.1	9	4.6	86.0
6-10	163	106	65.0	1096	6.7	10.3	10	6.1	6	3.7	3	1.8	89.4
Total	350	225	64.3	2481	7.1	11.0	15	4.3	10	2.9	12	3.3	87.6
Carson Wentz (Eagles)
Weeks	Att	Comp	Pct	Yds	Avg Att	Avg Comp	TD	Pct TD	Int	Pct Int	Sacked	Pct Sacked	Rating
1-5	135	91	67.4	1007	7.5	11.1	7	5.2	1	0.7	7	4.9	103.5
6-10	176	111	63.1	1114	6.3	10.0	2	1.1	4	2.3	12	6.4	75.3
Total	311	202	65.0	2121	6.8	10.5	9	2.9	5	1.6	19	5.8	87.6
Jameis Winston (Buccaneers)
Weeks	Att	Comp	Pct	Yds	Avg Att	Avg Comp	TD	Pct TD	Int	Pct Int	Sacked	Pct Sacked	Rating
1-5	207	121	58.5	1327	6.4	11.0	9	4.3	8	3.9	12	5.5	75.9
6-10	132	83	62.9	1022	7.7	12.3	10	7.6	2	1.5	11	7.7	105.7
Total	339	204	60.2	2349	6.9	11.5	19	5.6	10	2.9	23	6.4	87.5
Carson Palmer (Cardinals)
Weeks	Att	Comp	Pct	Yds	Avg Att	Avg Comp	TD	Pct TD	Int	Pct Int	Sacked	Pct Sacked	Rating
1-5	154	91	59.1	1154	7.5	12.7	6	3.9	5	3.2	12	7.2	82.0
6-10	178	117	65.7	1294	7.3	11.1	5	2.8	3	1.7	14	7.3	89.5
Total	332	208	62.7	2448	7.4	11.8	11	3.3	8	2.4	26	7.3	86.0
Colin Kaepernick (49ers)
Weeks	Att	Comp	Pct	Yds	Avg Att	Avg Comp	TD	Pct TD	Int	Pct Int	Sacked	Pct Sacked	Rating
6-10	132	70	53.0	938	7.1	13.4	5	3.8	2	1.5	11	7.7	82.2
Total	132	70	53.0	938	7.1	13.4	5	3.8	2	1.5	11	7.7	82.2
Cam Newton (Panthers)
Weeks	Att	Comp	Pct	Yds	Avg Att	Avg Comp	TD	Pct TD	Int	Pct Int	Sacked	Pct Sacked	Rating
1-5	133	77	57.9	974	7.3	12.6	6	4.5	5	3.8	13	8.9	80.2
6-10	144	84	58.3	1020	7.1	12.1	4	2.8	2	1.4	10	6.5	83.7
Total	277	161	58.1	1994	7.2	12.4	10	3.6	7	2.5	23	7.7	82.0
Joe Flacco (Ravens)
Weeks	Att	Comp	Pct	Yds	Avg Att	Avg Comp	TD	Pct TD	Int	Pct Int	Sacked	Pct Sacked	Rating
1-5	216	138	63.9	1282	5.9	9.3	5	2.3	4	1.9	11	4.8	80.1
6-10	163	99	60.7	1092	6.7	11.0	4	2.5	5	3.1	8	4.7	76.0
Total	379	237	62.5	2374	6.3	10.0	9	2.4	9	2.4	19	4.8	78.3
Jay Cutler (Bears)
Weeks	Att	Comp	Pct	Yds	Avg Att	Avg Comp	TD	Pct TD	Int	Pct Int	Sacked	Pct Sacked	Rating
1-5	46	28	60.9	373	8.1	13.3	1	2.2	2	4.3	8	14.8	75.7
6-10	61	36	59.0	434	7.1	12.1	2	3.3	2	3.3	5	7.6	78.2
Total	107	64	59.8	807	7.5	12.6	3	2.8	4	3.7	13	10.8	77.1
Case Keenum (Rams)
Weeks	Att	Comp	Pct	Yds	Avg Att	Avg Comp	TD	Pct TD	Int	Pct Int	Sacked	Pct Sacked	Rating
1-5	152	88	57.9	1096	7.2	12.5	4	2.6	5	3.3	12	7.3	75.4
6-10	161	103	64.0	1073	6.7	10.4	5	3.1	6	3.7	11	6.4	78.0
Total	313	191	61.0	2169	6.9	11.4	9	2.9	11	3.5	23	6.8	76.8
Josh McCown (Browns)
Weeks	Att	Comp	Pct	Yds	Avg Att	Avg Comp	TD	Pct TD	Int	Pct Int	Sacked	Pct Sacked	Rating
1-5	33	20	60.6	260	7.9	13.0	2	6.1	2	6.1	3	8.3	80.4
6-10	62	31	50.0	400	6.5	12.9	2	3.2	4	6.5	4	6.1	54.5
Total	95	51	53.7	660	6.9	12.9	4	4.2	6	6.3	7	6.9	63.5
Kirk Cousins (Redskins)
Weeks	Att	Comp	Pct	Yds	Avg Att	Avg Comp	TD	Pct TD	Int	Pct Int	Sacked	Pct Sacked	Rating
1-5	192	129	67.2	1432	7.5	11.1	7	3.6	5	2.6	8	4.0	90.5
6-10	162	108	66.7	1284	7.9	11.9	7	4.3	2	1.2	4	2.4	99.9
Total	354	237	66.9	2716	7.7	11.5	14	4.0	7	2.0	12	3.3	94.8
Tyrod Taylor (Bills)
Weeks	Att	Comp	Pct	Yds	Avg Att	Avg Comp	TD	Pct TD	Int	Pct Int	Sacked	Pct Sacked	Rating
1-5	139	86	61.9	897	6.5	10.4	6	4.3	2	1.4	10	6.7	88.9
6-10	130	77	59.2	872	6.7	11.3	4	3.1	1	0.8	13	9.1	86.4
Total	269	163	60.6	1769	6.6	10.9	10	3.7	3	1.1	23	7.9	87.7
Trevor Siemian (Broncos)
Weeks	Att	Comp	Pct	Yds	Avg Att	Avg Comp	TD	Pct TD	Int	Pct Int	Sacked	Pct Sacked	Rating
1-5	101	68	67.3	824	8.2	12.1	6	5.9	3	3.0	8	7.3	99.6
6-10	190	107	56.3	1204	6.3	11.3	6	3.2	4	2.1	11	5.5	77.2
Total	291	175	60.1	2028	7.0	11.6	12	4.1	7	2.4	19	6.1	85.0
Blake Bortles (Jaguars)
Weeks	Att	Comp	Pct	Yds	Avg Att	Avg Comp	TD	Pct TD	Int	Pct Int	Sacked	Pct Sacked	Rating
1-5	160	98	61.3	1050	6.6	10.7	7	4.4	6	3.8	12	7.0	79.4
6-10	220	130	59.1	1371	6.2	10.5	9	4.1	5	2.3	9	3.9	81.5
Total	380	228	60.0	2421	6.4	10.6	16	4.2	11	2.9	21	5.2	80.6
Brock Osweiler (Texans)
Weeks	Att	Comp	Pct	Yds	Avg Att	Avg Comp	TD	Pct TD	Int	Pct Int	Sacked	Pct Sacked	Rating
1-5	188	109	58.0	1133	6.0	10.4	6	3.2	7	3.7	11	5.5	70.6
6-10	136	81	59.6	685	5.0	8.5	5	3.7	2	1.5	6	4.2	78.8
Total	324	190	58.6	1818	5.6	9.6	11	3.4	9	2.8	17	5.0	74.1
Blaine Gabbert (49ers)
Weeks	Att	Comp	Pct	Yds	Avg Att	Avg Comp	TD	Pct TD	Int	Pct Int	Sacked	Pct Sacked	Rating
1-5	150	87	58.0	890	5.9	10.2	5	3.3	6	4.0	10	6.3	69.6
Total	150	87	58.0	890	5.9	10.2	5	3.3	6	4.0	10	6.3	69.6
Ryan Fitzpatrick (Jets)
Weeks	Att	Comp	Pct	Yds	Avg Att	Avg Comp	TD	Pct TD	Int	Pct Int	Sacked	Pct Sacked	Rating
1-5	192	111	57.8	1267	6.6	11.4	5	2.6	10	5.2	9	4.5	64.7
6-10	107	58	54.2	715	6.7	12.3	3	2.8	3	2.8	8	7.0	72.8
Total	299	169	56.5	1982	6.6	11.7	8	2.7	13	4.3	17	5.4	67.6