It was all methods and no treats for some unlucky quarterbacks in Week 8.
Listed here are the 5 worst quarterback performances from Sunday’s NFL motion.
Dallas’ $240 million man had one other no-show efficiency towards the 49ers.
Prescott was 25-of-38 for 243 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions in a 30-24 loss.
His first interception was on a deep cross supposed for huge receiver KaVontae Turpin that hung within the air lengthy sufficient for 49ers security Ji’Ayir Brown to get below the ball and catch it.
He additionally did not get sufficient zip on a cross down the sideline for wideout CeeDee Lamb within the third quarter. 49ers Deommodore Lenoir made the interception, setting San Francisco with a primary down on the Cowboys’ 32-yard line.
He had an opportunity to tug off a come-from-behind win after getting the ball again down six with 3:05 remaining however threw 4 consecutive incomplete passes to squash the comeback try.
Prescott’s struggles towards San Francisco are nothing new. With the loss, he fell to 2-4 all-time (together with playoffs) towards the Niners. But it surely’s performances like his on Sunday that present why few consider he is a Tremendous Bowl-caliber quarterback.
The discrepancy in quarterback play on Sunday was widest within the Titans’ 52-14 loss to the Lions.
Lions quarterback Jared Goff continued his current sizzling streak with an environment friendly efficiency, throwing as many touchdowns (three) as incompletions whereas going 12-of-15 for 85 yards earlier than being pulled within the third.
In the meantime, Titans quarterback Mason Rudolph, beginning rather than Will Levis (shoulder), was 22-of-38 for 266 yards, one landing and two interceptions.
5 of Detroit’s six landing drives (it additionally scored a punt return landing) started on the Tennessee 26-yard line or nearer to the objective line. Two have been a results of Rudolph’s interceptions.
Regardless of being a five-year veteran, Rudolph made among the identical silly errors the youthful, much less skilled Levis has develop into notorious for making.
On Tennessee’s first possession, he erred with a poor cross whereas being pressured, leading to an interception by Lions linebacker Trevor Nowaske.
He threw one other interception in the course of the sector on a cross straight to security Kerby Joseph, which he returned 33 yards to set Detroit up with a primary down on the Tennessee 12-yard line.
Richardson’s accuracy continues to be an issue. In Sunday’s 23-20 loss to the Texans, 2023’s No. 4 general choose was 10-of-32, dropping his completion proportion for the season to an abominable 44.4 %.
His interception close to the top of the primary half was as a result of his poor accuracy. Richardson missed huge receiver Josh Downs badly and was as an alternative picked by Texans security Jalen Pitre.
As ugly because the second-year quarterback’s last numbers have been, we should give him credit score. He dared to do what his head coach, Shane Steichen, refused to do and benched himself.
Richardson was sacked following a scramble on a second-and-goal again on the Texans’ 23-yard line, and as an alternative of staying on the sector for the following play, Richardson subbed himself out.
Afterward, he instructed reporters he was drained. “That was numerous working proper there that I did,” Richardson stated.
That is a horrible search for a quarterback who cannot do the minimal required of the place.
As The Ringer’s Austin Gayle famous on social media, his completion proportion (50 %) ranks 222nd out of 225 quarterbacks since 2000 with no less than 250 dropbacks.
Richardson’s one energy is working the ball, but when he isn’t in adequate form to do this constantly, Steichen can be higher off beginning backup Joe Flacco.
Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith
The third-year Seahawks starter could not hold tempo with Payments quarterback Josh Allen in a 31-10 dwelling blowout loss.
Smith was 21-of-29 for 212 yards. He had vital miscues, together with on a fourth-and-goal from Buffalo’s one-yard line when he misplaced his footing and was tagged down on the seven-yard line to finish the possession with a turnover on downs.
His third-quarter interception to defensive lineman Austin Johnson was even worse. Smith threw an errant cross supposed for working again Kenneth Walker on a display screen whereas being blitzed and Johnson recorded the straightforward interception.
Buffalo (6-2) made Seattle (4-4) pay for the error with a landing seven performs later to take a 24-3 lead.
The Seahawks had a possibility to say themselves as the perfect crew within the NFC West with a win over the Tremendous Bowl-contender Payments, however Smith’s irritating sport confirmed they’ve a tough ceiling with him at quarterback.
Saints quarterbacks Spencer Rattler and Jake Haener
New Orleans gave us a two-for-one particular on Sunday.
Rattler obtained one other begin however was benched within the third quarter after failing to ignite the Saints offense in a 26-8 loss. Haener did not fare a lot better as New Orleans misplaced its sixth in a row for the primary time since 2005 when it spent the season displaced as a result of Hurricane Katrina.
Rattler, chosen within the fifth spherical of the 2024 NFL Draft, was held out of the endzone for the second consecutive sport and completed 12-of-24 for 156 yards whereas shedding 16 yards on three sacks.
Haener was solely marginally higher, going 9-of-17 for 122 yards and likewise shedding 16 yards on two sacks in aid.
New Orleans’ eight factors have been its fewest since scoring seven in a 10-7 loss in Week 18 of the 2022 season towards the Panthers. Sunday’s efficiency might need been even worse than that one, nonetheless.
Whereas that sport mercifully ended the Saints’ season, they nonetheless have 10 extra weeks of this trainwreck season earlier than it reaches its last cease.
