Another week is in the books, and another week with Justin Fields and the Bears offense failing to ignite. Meanwhile, it’s no coincidence that the two remaining undefeated teams in football, the Eagles and Dolphins, field the two quarterbacks with the best performances in week three.

As a reminder, for these rankings I evaluate the quarterbacks based off the number of dropbacks that result in a passing attempt or sack. To find the yardage I’ll divide by the number of dropbacks by, I take the team’s passing yards total (which accounts for yards lost due to sacks) and also remove the quarterback’s longest pass to account for a random big play, as opposed to a quarterback consistently connecting on deeper passes. Per Pro Football Reference’s Adjusted Net Yards per Attempt formula, I then weight the numbers by accounting for touchdowns (positively) and interceptions (negatively). The quarterbacks’ numbers shown (dropbacks, yards, touchdowns and interceptions) are the players’ stats with their longest pass play removed.

The Best Performances of the Week

THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK	QUARTERBACK	DROPBACKS	YARDS	TOUCHDOWNS	INTERCEPTIONS
1	5	JALEN HURTS	37	283	3	0
2	3	TUA TAGOVAILOA	18	134	1	0
3	15	MATTHEW STAFFORD	25	207	0	0
4	4	TREVOR LAWRENCE	38	227	3	0
5	27	MARCUS MARIOTA	22	177	1	1
6	31	RYAN TANNEHILL	27	211	1	1
7	22	JOE BURROW	37	205	2	0
8	1	LAMAR JACKSON	32	171	4	1
9	14	JACOBY BRISSETT	32	160	2	0
10	10	COOPER RUSH	30	186	1	0

The play of Hurts and Tagovailoa has dominated the early season, and both are leading teams to their best starts in years. Stafford has gotten better each week, but it is remarkable that with a pedestrian stat-line he was able to manage a top three finish this week. Lawrence’s numbers look solid, but when you factor in the fact that it took Lawrence 13 more attempts to gain just 20 more yards and one touchdown, that wasn’t enough to outdo Stafford’s efficient outing. Tagovailoa, likewise, was able to finish #2 with just 134 yards, but he gained those on 18 attempts, while also throwing for one touchdown.

The Worst Performances of the Week

THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK	QUARTERBACK	DROPBACKS	YARDS	TOUCHDOWNS	INTERCEPTIONS
28	23	BAKER MAYFIELD	27	81	0	0
29	8	JOE FLACCO	55	229	0	2
30	21	DANIEL JONES	41	148	0	1
31	16	CARSON WENTZ	51	108	0	0
32	32	JUSTIN FIELDS	21	58	0	2

Despite the victory, the Panthers had to struggle through a bad Mayfield performance with the exception of one long pass play. Remove that play, and Mayfield’s 27 dropbacks resulted in an average of three yards per.

Joe Flacco Carson Wentz both had plenty of attempts to make something happen, buth Flacco (33 yards) and Wentz (58 yards) lost a shocking number of yards due to sacks. Fields, meanwhile, put up another monstrous performance. Removing his best play as well as the 24 yards lost on sacks, Fields’ 21 dropbacks gained the team just 58 yards. With his two interceptions, his dropback’s adjusted average was a net negative for the team for a second consecutive week.