Denver Broncos rookie quarterback Bo Nix posted a Whole QBR ranking of 56.2 in a 23-16 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers final week, bringing his season-long Whole QBR common to 44.0.
That’s a slight enchancment from final week’s ranking (43.1), however Nix has fallen from being ranked No. 25 within the NFL right down to No. 28 as a consequence of different QBs enhancing their rankings in Week 6.
Nix’s conventional passer ranking this season is 73.7, which ranks thirtieth.
In contrast to a conventional passer ranking, the Whole QBR “incorporates all of a quarterback’s contributions to profitable, together with how he impacts the sport on passes, rushes, turnovers and penalties,” in keeping with ESPN.
The metric takes under consideration situations {that a} conventional passer ranking overlooks and considers “a staff’s stage of success or failure on each play to offer the correct context after which allocates credit score to the quarterback and his teammate to supply a clearer measure of quarterback effectivity.”
With that context in thoughts, right here’s a take a look at how Nix stacks up towards the NFL’s different beginning quarterbacks this fall.
NFL QBs ranked by Whole QBR after Week 6
- Josh Allen: 79.3
- Joe Burrow: 75.1
- Jayden Daniels: 73.7
- Brock Purdy: 70.3
- Lamar Jackson: 69.4
- C.J. Stroud: 66.3
- Kyler Murray: 65.9
- Andy Dalton: 64.4
- Derek Carr: 64.1
- Jalen Hurts: 63.2
- Baker Mayfield: 62.5
- Geno Smith: 62.0
- Kirk Cousins: 62.0
- Sam Darnold: 58.2
- Patrick Mahomes: 57.8
- Jordan Love: 57.6
- Trevor Lawrence: 56.3
- Matthew Stafford: 56.0
- Justin Fields: 54.0
- Daniel Jones: 51.4
- Anthony Richardson: 51.4
- Aaron Rodgers: 50.3
- Justin Herbert: 49.5
- Jared Goff: 49.1
- Dak Prescott: 48.9
- Aidan O’Connell: 46.0
- Caleb Williams: 45.5
- Bo Nix: 44.0
- Drake Maye: 29.6
- Will Levis: 27.3
- Deshaun Watson: 21.7
- Tyler Huntley: 22.0
Nix and the Broncos will tackle the New Orleans Saints on Thursday Evening Soccer in Week 7.