I was messing around with some adjusted passer ratings a few weeks ago and a lot of the responses wanted Rushing contributions to be included. So I came up with a new method to do so, combining the adjusted Passer Rating (Passer Rating without Drops, Spikes, Throwaways) with Rushing production. That produced what I call QB CPR.

^(Full disclosure: I am a 49ers fan, but I did not do this to overhype Purdy. He was not atop this list when I started (Cousins, Goff, & Stroud were 1, 2, & 3, respectively. Ignore my flair and you will still see differences like Goff, Wilson, and Mahomes vs their traditional rankings.))

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CPR

Adjusted Rating for Combined Passing & Rushing

Rank	Player	CPR	GP	C-Yd	C-TD	C-TO	C-YPA	C-TD%	C-TO%
1	Brock Purdy	117.3	10	2,783	20	7	9.1	6.6%	2.3%
2	Dak Prescott	110.6	10	2,745	21	6	7.4	5.7%	1.6%
3	Russell Wilson	107.4	10	2,297	19	7	6.8	5.6%	2.1%
4	Jared Goff	107.1	10	2,757	18	8	7.2	4.7%	2.1%
5	Tua Tagovailoa	106.4	10	2,973	21	11	8.0	5.6%	3.0%
6	Josh Allen	106.0	11	3,136	29	15	7.2	6.7%	3.4%
7	Justin Herbert	104.7	10	2,795	22	5	7.0	5.5%	1.2%
8	Kirk Cousins	104.5	8	2,356	18	9	7.2	5.5%	2.8%
9	C.J. Stroud	103.5	10	3,047	19	9	8.1	5.0%	2.4%
10	Jalen Hurts	102.3	10	2,842	24	12	6.7	5.6%	2.8%
11	Lamar Jackson	100.0	11	2,976	17	11	7.4	4.2%	2.7%
12	Patrick Mahomes	99.4	10	2,915	19	11	6.9	4.5%	2.6%
13	Joe Burrow	96.6	10	2,397	15	7	6.1	3.8%	1.8%
14	Sam Howell	95.7	11	3,247	20	14	6.8	4.2%	2.9%
15	Justin Fields	94.0	7	1,711	13	8	6.8	5.2%	3.2%
16	Baker Mayfield	93.7	10	2,528	15	7	6.5	3.8%	1.8%
17	Derek Carr	93.6	10	2,264	10	6	6.4	2.8%	1.7%
18	Geno Smith	93.4	10	2,469	12	9	6.9	3.4%	2.5%
19	Trevor Lawrence	93.2	10	2,622	13	10	6.9	3.4%	2.6%
20	Will Levis	91.7	4	872	6	3	6.4	4.4%	2.2%
21	Jordan Love	91.6	10	2,513	18	10	6.7	4.8%	2.7%
22	Deshaun Watson	89.5	6	1,257	8	6	6.4	4.1%	3.0%
23	Matthew Stafford	89.2	9	2,329	9	8	7.2	2.8%	2.5%
24	Gardner Minshew II	86.8	10	1,765	10	10	6.5	3.7%	3.7%
25	Joshua Dobbs	85.9	11	2,605	18	13	6.0	4.2%	3.0%
26	Desmond Ridder	84.8	9	1,890	10	12	6.8	3.6%	4.3%
27	Kenny Pickett	83.9	10	1,768	7	4	5.6	2.2%	1.3%
28	Mac Jones	82.0	10	2,127	10	12	6.1	2.9%	3.4%
29	Jimmy Garoppolo	80.8	6	1,244	7	9	6.6	3.7%	4.8%
30	Ryan Tannehill	80.4	6	1,168	3	6	6.9	1.8%	3.5%
31	Bryce Young	79.8	9	1,821	9	11	5.3	2.6%	3.2%
32	Daniel Jones	77.9	6	1,115	3	7	5.6	1.5%	3.5%
33	Tyson Bagent	76.7	5	968	5	8	5.8	3.0%	4.8%
34	Zach Wilson	76.3	10	2,143	6	12	6.1	1.7%	3.4%
35	Aidan O’Connell	70.7	5	955	4	8	6.3	2.6%	5.3%
36	P.J. Walker	52.3	5	649	1	6	5.9	0.9%	5.5%

GUIDE:

• CPR = Adjusted Passer Rating + Rushing Production
  • Adjusted Passer Rating = Passer Rating after eliminating Drops, Throwaways, & Spikes
  • Combined with Rushing Yds, TDs, & Fumbles Lost
• C-Yd = Combined Yards (Rushing + Passing)
• C-TD = Combined TDs (Rushing + Passing)
• C-TO = Combined Turnovers (Rushing + Passing)
• C-YPA = Combined Yards Per Attempt (Rushing + Passing)
• C-TD% = Combined TD% Per Attempt (Rushing + Passing)
• C-TO% = Combined Turnover% Per Attempt (Rushing + Passing)

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CPR2

While doing all this I was looking for another metric to account for players that were doing the majority of the work. That is to say, not benefiting strictly of YAC. So I came up with another metric for this. CPR2 takes the original CPR metric and strips the YAC.

• As an example, it is much harder to earn a perfect rating this way.
  • Keenan Allen is 1/1 for a 49 yd TD. Under both standard and my CPR Rating that would be a 158.3 Rating. However, with CPR2 that becomes a 142.2 Rating. In this rating, perfect means perfect. K.Allen would have had to throw 1/1 for 49 Air Yards on a TD.

Adjusted Rating for Combined Passing & Rushing, further adjusted away from YAC

Rank	Player	CPR2	AYPC	YAC/Cmp	CRAY%	CYAC%	wk10 Rank	Rank Change
1	Brock Purdy	130.5	7.4	6.4	55.6%	44.4%	3	+2
2	Dak Prescott	129.6	6.2	4.8	58.6%	41.4%	1	-1
3	Jalen Hurts	128.1	6.4	4.7	62.6%	37.4%	2	-1
4	C.J. Stroud	127.0	8.0	5.3	61.4%	38.6%	6	+2
5	Lamar Jackson	122.8	6.2	5.5	61.4%	38.6%	7	+2
6	Kirk Cousins	121.1	6.2	4.6	57.9%	42.1%	8	+2
7	Josh Allen	118.8	5.6	5.2	56.0%	44.0%	5	-2
8	Justin Fields	116.7	6.2	5.6	62.1%	37.9%	16	+8
9	Jared Goff	116.3	6.0	5.1	54.3%	45.7%	10	+1
10	Justin Herbert	114.6	5.7	5.3	54.7%	45.3%	15	+5
11	Tua Tagovailoa	113.1	6.4	5.8	53.1%	46.9%	12	+1
12	Russell Wilson	110.9	4.7	5.4	51.6%	48.4%	11	-1
13	Joshua Dobbs	110.5	5.6	4.0	64.3%	35.7%	13	--
14	Trevor Lawrence	109.2	5.7	4.8	58.6%	41.4%	22	+8
15	Deshaun Watson	107.9	5.9	4.8	60.3%	39.7%	19	+4
16	Desmond Ridder	104.7	6.3	4.5	61.7%	38.3%	20	+4
17	Sam Howell	103.9	5.3	5.0	54.3%	45.7%	17	--
18	Matthew Stafford	103.8	7.0	5.3	58.2%	41.8%	14	-4
19	Baker Mayfield	102.9	5.5	5.0	54.9%	45.1%	18	-1
20	Jordan Love	101.8	6.0	5.5	55.6%	44.4%	21	+1
21	Jimmy Garoppolo	100.8	6.7	4.3	62.4%	37.6%	23	+2
22	Derek Carr	100.5	5.4	4.8	53.7%	46.3%	24	+2
23	Geno Smith	98.6	5.7	5.3	52.8%	47.2%	25	+2
24	Will Levis	98.1	6.2	5.6	53.4%	46.6%	32	+8
25	Patrick Mahomes	97.7	4.5	5.9	49.2%	50.8%	26	+1
26	Ryan Tannehill	94.7	6.6	4.9	58.9%	41.1%	27	+1
27	Daniel Jones	94.3	4.3	4.1	60.5%	39.5%	28	+1
28	Joe Burrow	93.3	4.4	5.1	48.3%	51.7%	31	+3
29	Gardner Minshew II	92.5	5.5	5.1	53.3%	46.7%	29	--
30	Bryce Young	87.1	4.3	4.2	54.6%	45.4%	30	--
31	Zach Wilson	84.1	5.2	5.1	55.1%	44.9%	33	+2
32	Kenny Pickett	81.9	4.8	5.3	48.8%	51.2%	34	+2
33	Mac Jones	77.3	4.3	5.3	47.2%	52.8%	35	+2
34	Tyson Bagent	74.6	3.9	5.3	48.7%	51.3%	36	+2
35	Aidan O’Connell	64.1	4.7	5.8	45.3%	54.7%	37	+2
36	P.J. Walker	44.7	5.1	7.8	42.7%	57.3%	38	+2

Guide:

• CPR2 = Takes CPR and adjusts it toward the % of a player’s total yards are not from YAC.
  • This is designed to give a more accurate picture of what a QB is doing (as both a runner & passer) separate from the receiver.
• AYPC = Air Yards Per Completion
• YAC/Cmp = Yards After Catch, per Completion
• CRAY = % of Combined Yards from Rushing and Air Yards
• CYAC = % of Combined Yards from Yards after the Catch

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Stats vs Context

• A stat like Passer Rating is just a stat. It doesn’t give context. You still have to take the stat and apply context to it.
• CPR is just a stat. You still have to apply context to it. But hopefully, this gives a more accurate piece of the picture than basic passer rating.

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Common Q&A:

• Does CPR2 favor QBs who have a very strong arm and launch a lot of deep balls?.
  • No. Arm Strength is a routine criticism of Purdy. But he can functionally throw an accurate deep ball without the greatest arm strength.
• Does CPR2 favor QBs who launch a lot of deep balls?
  • Not necessarily. R.Tannehill leads the NFL in Intended Air Yards per attempt. Watson is 2nd, J.Love is 4th. But none of them rank that highly overall.
• Does CPR2 hurt QBs who get a lot of YAC?
  • No. When you look at Stroud you can see he leads the NFL in Air Yards per completion. But he is also 6th in YAC/Cmp. Purdy is 2nd & 1st. Tua is 6th and 3rd. It is possible to get both Air Yards and YAC.
• Why punish checkdowns?
  • the design is not to “punish” anyone. CPR2, specifically, is designed to credit those that are doing more outside of YAC, specifically including on the ground, which is the original criticism I was addressing.
• Why strip away YAC:?
  • Stripping YAC shows more of the individual contribution, especially with the legs. Which is why you see good runners like Hurts and Lamar take a leap. Their traditional passer rating, invented before the age of mobile QBs, doesn’t properly give them credit for this overall play.