The high-flying offenses that seemed to define the first half of the 2018 NFL season seem to have taken a week off. Drew Brees threw for just 5.8 yards per attempt and zero touchdowns, Jared Goff went touchdown-less for the second straight week and even Patrick Mahomes had a fairly pedestrian game with 253 yards and two touchdowns.
As a result, Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford had one of the better games of the week, according to a few advanced statistics.
Though Stafford only threw for 208 yards and a touchdown, ESPN’s QBR had Stafford as the second-best quarterback of Week 15, with an 81.