Jordan Love — Week 9: 23 of 29, 372 Yards

Jordan Love had the most valuable passing game of his season against the Patriots: 23 of 29 for 372 yards and three touchdowns, no interceptions, sacked three times, plus a 13-yard touchdown run and a two-point conversion in a 45-27 win. Over 32 dropbacks he was worth +22.6 expected points added (EPA), what a play was worth given down, distance and field position, +0.71 per dropback, after a previous high of +16.9 in Week 5. His completion percentage over expected (CPOE), how often he completed passes against what their difficulty predicted, was +25.6.

The throw that set the tone came on the second drive. Up 7-0 with 10:50 left in the first, first and 10 at his own 33 out of a no-huddle, he went deep right to Matthew Golden for 49 yards to the New England 18: +3.3 EPA and 8.1 points of win probability, the estimate of each side's chance to win. The drive ended on his 5-yard touchdown to Golden on third and 5. The first score was his own, a scramble up the middle from the 13 two snaps after Xavier McKinney's interception.

He got better after halftime, +12.4 EPA on 13 dropbacks. In the third he hit Savion Williams for a 10-yard touchdown on third and 7, found Christian Watson for 33 on third and 2, and threw a 39-yard touchdown to Watson down the middle on the snap after a Patriots fumble. The miss came with 1:52 left in the half, up 24-14: fourth and 3 at the New England 43, incomplete for Williams, -2.1 EPA and 6.8 points of win probability.

It came to almost half of his first eight games combined. Through Week 8 he had +46.2 passing EPA on 326 dropbacks, +0.14 per dropback, with a CPOE of -1.1. It was his first game without an interception since Week 5.

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