NFL: Quarterback index post week 6

The great veterans

7. Philip Rivers

8. Matt Ryan

9. Russell Wilson

10. Andrew Luck

For some reason, there’s not a ton of people talking about what a season Rivers is having, but at this moment he quietly is an MVP candidate. The offense is loaded with pass-catchers and an outstanding running back duo, but it’s their 15-year veteran signal-caller that is running the show. Rivers is second only to Drew Brees in quarterback rating on 15 touchdowns compared to three INTs. Also, his team’s only two losses came against the Chiefs and Rams.

The Falcons have suffered a boatload of injuries and their defense is allowing 32 points a game, but they have one guy who is definitely doing his job – their quarterback. Matty Ice has been lights-out outside of the Pittsburgh game once he found his groove in the season-opener. He has made big throws down the field constantly and has to light up the scoreboard to keep his team in games. Versus the Saints and Bengals they put up 36 and 37 points respectively, but still lost both times.

Russell Wilson is known for his escapability and how he can make something out of nothing, but for the first two weeks of the season not only did his offensive line get beat by stunts as well as individual efforts, Russ also missed some opportunities in the passing game and held on to the ball for too long. Since then Seattle has rushed for 157 yards a game and taken some of the load off their signal-caller, who has completed 67.7 percent of his passes for eight TDs and just one turnover in those four weeks.

I am so happy to see Andrew Luck back out there slinging the ball around. Before his career seemed to derail with injuries and he ultimately didn’t throw a ball in almost two years, I thought he had a great chance of being the guy right behind Rodgers for the next decade. Early on it looked he didn’t quite have his arm strength back, but these last few weeks he has been dealing all over the field. However, his pass-catchers have let him down several times and he needs to be a little more careful with the ball.