Dak Prescott and Jared Goff opened the week with dueling 300-yard games on ‘Thursday Night Football,’ Josh Allen was responsible for two fourth-quarter touchdowns in a comeback win, and Jalen Hurts and Justin Herbert closed things out with a game of ‘who wants to turn the ball over more?’ on ‘Monday Night Football.’
There were plenty of other notable performances and things to take away from Week 14’s action, and here’s how it all affected the Week 15 edition of quarterback power rankings:
NFL quarterback power rankings: Week 15
1. Matthew Stafford, Los Angeles Rams
Last week: 2
Stafford has thrown at least one touchdown in each of his 13 starts this season, he’s thrown more than one touchdown in 11 of them, and he’s thrown three or more in seven starts – including in Week 14’s 45-17 win over the Cardinals. He’s also thrown only four interceptions all year.
2. Drake Maye, New England Patriots
Last week: 1
Maye and the Patriots were on a bye in Week 14, which allowed Stafford to re-capture the power rankings lead with his strong outing. But Maye is still in a two-man race for this year’s MVP award as he leads the league in completion rate (71.5%) and is second in passing yards (3,412).
3. Josh Allen, Buffalo Bills
Last week: 3
Allen had a near-perfect outing against the Bengals, completing 22 of his 28 pass attempts for 251 yards and three touchdowns while rushing for 78 yards and a score. His efforts helped Buffalo pull off a big comeback win at home, bringing it a bit closer to the Patriots in the AFC East title race.
4. Jordan Love, Green Bay Packers
Last week: 5
Love threw for 234 yards with at least three touchdowns in a second straight game. With a spot at the top of the NFC North on the line, the Packers’ quarterback tore up the Bears’ defense with some more beautiful throws. It’s looking like 2025 will be another season of Love figuring out how to play his best football later in the year.
5. Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs
Last week: 4
Mahomes’ stat line was littered with career lows on ‘Sunday Night Football.’ The Texans forced the Chiefs’ quarterback into the worst passer rating, completion rate and EPA per dropback of his career. Kansas City’s receivers and beat-up offensive line were big reasons for those poor box score numbers. Mahomes’ receivers dropped five passes on Dec. 7, and he faced pressure on 21 of his 42 dropbacks – though he took just two sacks.
6. Joe Burrow, Cincinnati Bengals
Last week: 10
Burrow’s two interceptions in the fourth quarter against the Bills – including one returned for a touchdown – should not overshadow the otherwise incredible day for the Bengals’ quarterback. He had a completion rate of 69.4% with 284 yards and four touchdowns in the cold and snow in his second game back from a turf toe injury.
7. Sam Darnold, Seattle Seahawks
Last week: 8
Darnold led the Seahawks to another road win in Week 15 to keep pace with the Rams at the top of the NFC West. Seattle’s quarterback threw three touchdown passes against the Falcons, marking his third game of the season with at least that many.
8. Dak Prescott, Dallas Cowboys
Last week: 6
Prescott is the NFL’s new passing yards leader after throwing for 376 yards against the Lions. But he also threw two interceptions in the second half, fumbled once (though the Cowboys recovered) and lost 50 yards on five sacks taken – one of which almost resulted in a safety.
9. Justin Herbert, Los Angeles Chargers
Last week: 7
Herbert’s ‘Monday Night Football’ performance was the dictionary definition of gutsy. Playing with a surgically repaired fracture in his left hand, the Chargers quarterback faced 26 defensive pressures behind a struggling offensive line and took seven sacks – most of any player in Week 14. He also led the Chargers with 66 rushing yards and led his team to a big win. Points are deducted from his power ranking score for his two turnovers and rough completion rate (46.2%), though the rough offensive line play was a significant factor there.
10. Caleb Williams, Chicago Bears
Last week: 12
Williams and the Bears may have lost a rough game to the Packers, but the second-year quarterback put some of the best throws of his career on tape in Week 14. There was a lot more to his performance than the game-ending interception that captured headlines.
11. Jared Goff, Detroit Lions
Last week: 9
A quarterback with 300+ passing yards in a game rarely gets outshined by a teammate, but running back Jahmyr Gibbs’ 120 scrimmage yards and three touchdowns managed to do that. Goff is still among NFL leaders in completion rate (70.1% – 2nd), passing touchdowns (26 – tied for 2nd) and passing yards (3,334 – 5th).
12. Lamar Jackson, Baltimore Ravens
Last week: 11
Jackson and the Ravens lost a second straight game to a divisional rival in Week 14, and the Steelers replaced them atop the AFC North with their win in Baltimore. Notably, Jackson’s Week 14 outing was only his second of the season with a rushing touchdown and his third with more than 40 rushing yards.
13. Trevor Lawrence, Jacksonville Jaguars
Last week: 18
By passer rating, Lawrence’s last two games have been his best performances of the season. On film, Lawrence had one of the best games of his pro career in Week 14 with the kinds of ball placement and decisiveness that earned him his No. 1 overall pick status back in 2021. The Jaguars have also won four straight and five of their last six to take over the AFC South lead.
14. Baker Mayfield, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Last week: 13
After a strong start to the season, Mayfield and the Bucs are trending downward at the wrong time. The veteran quarterback was an MVP candidate through the first six weeks. Since then, he ranks 37th (of 37 quarterbacks) in efficiency – Ben Baldwin’s rbsdm.com has Mayfield at -0.023 expected points added (EPA) + completion percentage over expected (CPOE). The Bucs’ signal-caller has been playing through a low-grade AC joint in his left (non-throwing) shoulder since Week 12.
15. C.J. Stroud, Houston Texans
Last week: 17
Stroud had three completions on 12 attempts in the second half of the Texans’ ‘Sunday Night Football’ win over the Chiefs. All of them were contained to two consecutive drives in the fourth quarter. That was largely due to the Chiefs’ heavy blitzing strategy out of halftime. Stroud faced 23 pressures in Week 14 – tied for third-most – and two of his three fourth-quarter completions saw him navigate around pressure to pick up a couple of first downs.
16. Brock Purdy, San Francisco 49ers
Last week: 16
Purdy did not move up or down after Week 14 after the 49ers’ bye week.
17. Bo Nix, Denver Broncos
Last week: 19
Nix moves up in the power rankings after a 212-yard performance against the Raiders that included a rushing touchdown and an 81.6% completion rate that led all starters in Week 14.
18. Bryce Young, Carolina Panthers
Last week: 20
Young moved up a couple of spots during the Panthers’ bye week due to one quarterback’s poor performance and one team’s change at the position due to injury.
19. Jaxson Dart, New York Giants
Last week: 21
Dart moved up a couple of spots during the Giants’ bye week due to one quarterback’s poor performance and one team’s change at the position due to injury.
20. Jalen Hurts, Philadelphia Eagles
Last week: 14
Hurts entered Week 14 with just two interceptions on the season. He exited Week 14 with six. In a ‘Monday Night Football’ loss to the Chargers, the Eagles’ quarterback also managed to do something no player had done before: turn the ball over twice in one play.
21. Aaron Rodgers, Pittsburgh Steelers
Last week: 28
Rodgers played his best game of the season in Week 14. In a matchup to decide which team would hold first place in the AFC North to begin Week 15, the veteran gunslinger threw for a season-high 284 yards with two touchdowns (one passing, one rushing) without taking any sacks. Pittsburgh leads its division with four weeks to play.
22. Tyler Shough, New Orleans Saints
Last week: 24
Shough has done nothing but play solid ball since taking over as the Saints’ starter. His latest outing included two rushing touchdowns that showed off his athleticism, and he also made some nice throws on a wet day in Tampa.
23. Jacoby Brissett, Arizona Cardinals
Last week: 22
Brissett has thrown for at least 250 yards in each of his eight starts. He’s also thrown two touchdowns in all but one of those starts – a 317-yard, one-touchdown outing against the Jaguars. Despite those numbers, the Cardinals have won just one of Brissett’s eight starts this year.
24. Tyrod Taylor, New York Jets
Last week: 23
Taylor completed one of four pass attempts for six yards and an interception before he left Week 14’s game with a groin injury.
25. Shedeur Sanders, Cleveland Browns
Last week: 29
Sanders’ third career start was easily his best so far, despite the Browns’ loss. He threw for 364 yards and three touchdown passes (with another score rushing), marking his first 300-yard game and first multi-touchdown game in his pro career. It was enough to earn Sanders the starting job for the rest of the 2025 season.
26. Cam Ward, Tennessee Titans
Last week: 26
Ward’s second career win was mainly a result of running back Tony Pollard’s 161 yards and two touchdowns on the ground. He threw two touchdown passes for his first career multi-touchdown game, bringing his career total to nine touchdown passes.
27. J.J. McCarthy, Minnesota Vikings
Last week: 30
McCarthy and the Vikings’ offense feasted against the Commanders in Week 14. The second-year quarterback threw for 163 yards – second-most of his career – and three touchdown passes at home against Washington for his third career win.
28. Geno Smith, Las Vegas Raiders
Last week: 32
Smith avoided throwing an interception for just the fourth time in a 2025 game, but he also left Week 14’s loss to the Broncos early with a shoulder injury.
29. Tua Tagovailoa, Miami Dolphins
Last week: 31
Tagovailoa matched Smith atop the NFL’s interceptions leaderboard with another pick in Week 14. He also threw a touchdown in the Dolphins’ win over the Jets.
30. Riley Leonard, Indianapolis Colts
Last week: N/A
Leonard is in position to make his first career NFL start in Week 15 if he can recover from a knee injury he suffered against the Jaguars in Week 14. The rookie sixth-rounder was 18-of-29 for 145 yards and an interception in his first meaningful NFL action. He also scored a rushing touchdown.
31. Marcus Mariota, Washington Commanders
Last week: 25
In relief of second-year Jayden Daniels, who re-injured his elbow, Mariota went two-for-four for 30 yards and an interception.
32. Kirk Cousins, Atlanta Falcons
Last week: 27
Cousins completed only half of his 30 pass attempts for 162 yards and threw two interceptions at home against the Seahawks’ stingy defense.