2017 Top Passing Teams Best NFL Passing Offenses

The whole passing game, not just the quarterback. All 32 offenses ranked by team EPA per dropback; New England Patriots ranked first in 2017.

All 32 Offenses

Rk	Team	Quarterback	Att	Yds	TD	INT	ANY/A	EPA/DB
1	New England Patriots	Tom Brady	587	4,619	32	8	7.55	+0.22
2	New Orleans Saints	Drew Brees	536	4,334	23	8	7.71	+0.19
3	Los Angeles Chargers	Philip Rivers	583	4,551	28	11	7.48	+0.18
4	Kansas City Chiefs	Alex Smith	543	4,326	26	8	7.35	+0.17
5	Atlanta Falcons	Matt Ryan	530	4,146	21	12	6.99	+0.16
6	Los Angeles Rams	Jared Goff	518	4,023	28	7	7.47	+0.15
7	Pittsburgh Steelers	Ben Roethlisberger	591	4,542	29	15	6.98	+0.15
8	Philadelphia Eagles	Carson Wentz	564	3,967	38	9	6.82	+0.13
9	Minnesota Vikings	Case Keenum	527	3,929	25	8	7.03	+0.13
10	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Jameis Winston	605	4,607	26	14	6.60	+0.10
11	Jacksonville Jaguars	Blake Bortles	527	3,716	21	13	6.22	+0.08
12	Seattle Seahawks	Russell Wilson	555	3,979	34	12	6.35	+0.07
13	Detroit Lions	Matthew Stafford	570	4,470	29	11	6.92	+0.07
14	Washington Commanders	Kirk Cousins	540	4,093	27	13	6.38	+0.05
15	Las Vegas Raiders	Derek Carr	558	3,761	23	14	5.95	+0.04
16	Carolina Panthers	Cam Newton	501	3,319	22	16	5.22	+0.01
17	New York Jets	Josh McCown	510	3,501	19	12	5.43	+0.00
18	San Francisco 49ers	C.J. Beathard	607	4,235	15	15	5.46	-0.00
19	Buffalo Bills	Tyrod Taylor	475	3,065	16	10	5.12	-0.01
20	Dallas Cowboys	Dak Prescott	493	3,326	22	13	5.71	-0.03
21	Green Bay Packers	Brett Hundley	562	3,532	25	18	4.66	-0.04
22	Cincinnati Bengals	Andy Dalton	510	3,386	25	12	5.60	-0.05
23	Houston Texans	Tom Savage	525	3,644	28	17	5.31	-0.05
24	Tennessee Titans	Marcus Mariota	496	3,394	14	17	5.10	-0.06
25	Baltimore Ravens	Joe Flacco	567	3,235	20	13	4.79	-0.07
26	Miami Dolphins	Jay Cutler	602	3,792	24	21	4.83	-0.07
27	Chicago Bears	Mitchell Trubisky	473	3,085	13	12	4.94	-0.09
28	Indianapolis Colts	Jacoby Brissett	487	3,226	13	9	5.06	-0.10
29	New York Giants	Eli Manning	608	3,680	20	14	5.05	-0.11
30	Arizona Cardinals	Carson Palmer	598	3,979	21	18	5.00	-0.12
31	Denver Broncos	Trevor Siemian	566	3,668	19	22	4.41	-0.12
32	Cleveland Browns	DeShone Kizer	574	3,537	15	28	3.63	-0.18

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