Matt Ryan

Thanks to the nflFastR project and NFL NextGen Stats for the timely sources of data. For those of you new to this, I will publish key QB stats each week ...

. . He turned the ball over and didn’t throw TDs, which is a bad combination (5th to%, tied 25th td%). Normally, that means good yardage efficiency, but the Indy receivers did not gain a lot of yac (24th yac, 22nd yacoe) and so his yards per attempt was poor (21st ypa). When he did pass, Ryan held the ball a long time relative to his short passing attempts (7th ttt, 24th adot). Down 2 starting rushers, the Colts still tried to force the run game and still had no success (23rd edp, 27th arsr). Against Denver, Ryan’s 6.3 ypa was pretty consistent throughout the game and he managed to complete a lot of passes.