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TLDR: These guys suck and I’m giving out awards in 71 categories for sucking. The awards are categorized by position.

Welcome to the first annual NFL Worsty Awards, where I award players for being the worst in the NFL at various things. In this piece, you are going to see guys like Desmond Ridder, Henry To’oTo’o, Zay Jones, and Ryan Neal be celebrated for their futility on the field. Years from now, what will people remember when they think about the 2023 season? Some people might remember the making of a dynasty as the Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes won their third Super Bowl in five seasons. Some might remember the heart-warming and miraculous story of Damar Hamlin coming back and playing after a near-death experience a year earlier. Maybe they’ll remember the final season of all-time legend and future Hall of Famer Aaron Donald. But what I’m going to remember is that Leonard Floyd missed 36.7% of his tackles, and that Rondale Moore averaged only 0.73 yards per route run.

In addition to the success stories, players overcoming great odds, and a farewell to a legend, the failures of these Worsty award winners will also be etched in our memories when we think back to the 2023 season.

It’s important to note that I’m punching up here. Because let’s be honest, even the worst players in the NFL are in the top 1% of 1% in their field of work. There are over 2,000 players who have played this year, and each and every one of them is 10X, maybe 100X better at their jobs than I am at mine. Additionally, I’m using playing time qualifiers like a minimum number of snaps, targets, attempts, etc, so perhaps there are players who are “worse” than these Worsty winners, but the Jake Funks of the NFL aren’t even invited to this award ceremony.

My job as your host of the First Annual Worsty Awards is simple. The heavy lifting was done by Pro Football Reference and Pro Football Focus. All I had to do was pay them a fair amount for access to their premium metrics and queries, then start querying and sorting to find out what players are the worst at stuff.

Folks…these guys suck and that’s okay. You probably suck too. I suck at so many things. It’s time we start celebrating how horrible we are. These players deserve their time in the sun, and today they have that. Let’s get started and hand out these Worsty Awards…

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QUARTERBACK

🏈 The winner of the Worst Quarterback in the NFL based on PFF Grade:

🏆 Desmond Ridder (ATL)

Bottom 5 PFF Grade (min 200 dropbacks)

  1. Ridder (ATL) 51.9
  2. M.Jones (NE) 52.2
  3. B.Zappe (NE) 52.2
  4. B.Young (CAR) 56.0
  5. Z.Wilson (NYJ) 58.2

Congrats to AZ for adding a Worsty winner in one of the biggest Worsty categories, to their roster in their trade with ATL. However, you’ll see in a future post that Rondale Moore who the Falcons received is also a Worsty winner in a category.

🏈 The winner of the highest Turnover Worthy Play rate per Pro Football Focus

🏆 Mac Jones (NE)

5 worst TWP% (min 200 dropbacks)

  1. M.Jones (NE) 5.8%
    1. D.Ridder (ATL) 5.6%
    1. W.Levis (TEN) 4.5%
    1. J.Dobbs (MIN) 4.4%
    1. D.Jones (NYG) 4.1%

Daniel Jones has a cap hit of $47 million in 2024.

🏈 The winner of the highest Pressure-to-Sack rate per Pro Football Focus

**🏆 **Tommy DeVito (NYG)

5 worst P2S% (min 200 dropbacks):

  1. T.DeVito (NYG) 37.4%
  2. D.Jones (NYG) 31.6%
  3. R.Tannehill (TEN) 30.2%
  4. B.Young (CAR) 24.5%
  5. B.Zappe (NE) 24.3%

🏈 The winner of the worst Passer Rating

🏆 Bailey Zappe (NE)

5 worst Passer Ratings in 2023 (min 200 dropbacks)

  1. B.Zappe (NE) 68.8
  2. D.Jones (NYG) 70.5
  3. B.Young (CAR) 73.7
  4. M.Jones (NE) 77.0
  5. Z.Wilson (NYJ) 77.2

4 of the 5 on this list were first round picks (all but Zappe), selected between 1st overall and 15th overall.

🏈 The winner of the worst sack rate per Pro Football Reference

🏆 Zach Wilson (NYJ)

5 worst sack rates in 2023 (min 238 att)

  1. Z.Wilson (NYJ) 11.11%
  2. J.Fields (CHI) 10.63%
  3. B.Young (CAR) 10.53%
  4. W.Levis (TEN) 9.89%
  5. S.Howell (WAS) 9.60%

Bryce Young was also on the list for the 5 worst pressure-to-sack rate.

🏈 The winner of the worst ANY/A (adj net yards per att):

🏆 Bryce Young (CAR)

5 worst ANY/As in 2023 (min 238 att)

  1. B.Young (CAR) 3.68
  2. Z.Wilson (NYJ) 4.29
  3. S.Howell (WAS) 4.39
  4. M.Jones (NE) 4.50
  5. J.Dobbs (AZ,MIN) 4.60

Bryce Young’s 3.68 is the worst since Josh Rosen would have won a Worsty in 2018 with an ANY/A of 3.53.

🏈 The winner of the Worst On-Target % per Pro Football Reference

🏆 Will Levis (TEN)

5 worst on-target rates in 2023 (min 238 att)

  1. W.Levis (TEN) 67.1%
  2. J.Dobbs (AZ,MIN) 70.0%
  3. K.Pickett (PIT) 71.6%
  4. A.o’Connell (LV) 72.8%
  5. J.Fields (CHI) 73.0%

Will Levis is bad at coffee and bad at accuracy. Although he has a tendency to throw deep which impacts this number. Either way, congrats on the Worsty.

🏈 The winner of the worst yards-per-scramble (not designed runs) per Pro Football Reference:

🏆 Nick Mullens (MIN)

5 worst yards per scramble in 2023 (min 5 scrambles)

  1. N.Mullens (MIN) 4.0
  2. J.Goff (DET) 4.4
  3. A.Richardson (IND) 4.7
  4. J.Garoppolo (LV) 4.9
  5. K.Pickett (PIT) 5.1

Curious who has the highest yards per scramble? Taylor Heinicke and Kyler Murray at 9.6.

🏈 The winner of the Worsty award for adjusted completion % per Pro Football Focus:

🏆 Bailey Zappe (NE)

5 worst Adj Comp % (min 200 dropbacks)

  1. B.Zappe (NE) 68.7%
  2. W.Levis (TEN) 69.1%
  3. J.Flacco (CLE) 70.4%
  4. K.Pickett (PIT) 71.8%
  5. B.Young (CAR) 71.9%

This accounts for dropped passes, throw aways, spiked balls, batted passes, and passes where the QB was hit while they threw the ball. ((Completions + Drops) / (Attempts - Throw Aways - Spikes - Batted Passes - Hit As Thrown))

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WIDE RECEIVER

🏈 The winner of the worst wide receiver as defined by Pro Football Focus Grade:

🏆 Trey Palmer (TB)

5 worst wide receivers (min 50 targets)

  1. T.Palmer (TB) 51.3
  2. R.Moore (AZ) 53.6
  3. KJ Osborn (MIN) 53.9
  4. J.Mingo (CAR) 54.7
  5. D.Moody (CHI) 55.2

Oh oh…the Atlanta Falcons just added two of the five worst wide receivers in the NFL to their roster this offseason.

🏈 The winner of the worst Yards After Catch per Reception (WRs) by Pro Football Reference:

🏆 Zay Jones (JAX)

5 lowest YAC/Rec (min 50 targets)

  1. Z.Jones (JAX) 1.8
  2. J.Watson (KC) 1.8
  3. R.Batemen (BAL) 2.0
  4. R.Doubs (GB) 2.3
  5. R. J.Dotson (WAS) 2.4

Zay Jones broke zero tackles on 34 receptions in 2023. That’s how you win a Worsty, folks.

🏈 The winner of the WORST Yards per Route Run (WRs):

🏆 Rondale Moore (AZ)

5 lowest YPRR (min 50 targets)

  1. R.Moore (AZ) 0.73
  2. J.Mingo (CAR) 0.78
  3. J.Dotson (WAS) 0.82
  4. T.Palmer (TB) 0.85
  5. A.Pierce (IND) 0.88

YPRR from Pro Football Focus

🏈 The winner of the WORST Drop Rate (WRs):

🏆 Darnell Mooney (CHI)

5 highest drop rates (min 50 targets)

  1. D.Mooney (CHI) 13.9%
  2. N.Brown (HOU) 13.2%
  3. J.Watson (KC) 12.9%
  4. KJ Osborn (MIN) 12.7%
  5. DJ Chark (CAR) 12.5%

NFL median drop rate is 5.9%

Mooney’s drop rate seems to be an outlier this year. Each of his first three seasons were below 5.0%. We can probably expect positive regression for Mooney.

Drop rate from Pro Football Focus

🏈 The winner of the WORST passer rating when targeted (WRs):

🏆 Jonathan Mingo (CAR)

5 lowest passer ratings when targeted (min 50 targets)

  1. J.Mingo (CAR) 56.2
  2. D.Mooney (CHI) 56.2
  3. J.Dotson (WAS) 61.0
  4. R.Batemen (BAL) 61.7
  5. Z.Jones (JAX) 66.7

Much of this stat is of course, driven by the QB throwing the ball. But it’s notable that Bateman has a 61.7 rating when targeted, with his QB (Lamar Jackson) having an overall passer rating of 102.7.

Stat from Pro Football Focus

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RUNNING BACK

🏈 The winner of the WORST running back as defined by Pro Football Focus grade:

🏆 Joshua Kelley (LAC)

5 worst running backs (min 100 attempts)

  1. J.Kelley (LAC) 52.0
  2. J.Williams (NO) 59.4
  3. A.Ekeler (LAC) 60.2
  4. M.Sanders (CAR) 60.8
  5. A.Mattison (MIN) 62.8

Jamaal Williams going from 17 TDs in 2022 to only 1 in 2023 is wild. Do you remember that one TD? You should!

🏈 The winner of the WORST yards per rush attempt:

🏆 Dameon Pierce (HOU)

5 worst YPA (min 100 attempts)

  1. D.Pierce (HOU) 2.9
  2. J.Williams (NO) 2.9
  3. K.Hunt (CLE) 3.0
  4. M.Sanders (CAR) 3.3
  5. AJ Dillon (GB) 3.4

🏈 The winner of the WORST yards after contact per attempt:

🏆 Kareem Hunt (CLE)

5 worst YCO/A (min 100 attempts)

  1. K.Hunt (CLE) 2.17
  2. J.Williams (NO) 2.25
  3. D.Pierce (HOU) 2.27
  4. J.Jacobs (LV) 2.35
  5. D.Swift (PHI) 2.42

NFL median 2.91

D.Swift has the 9th best YPA in the NFL, despite being in the bottom 5 in YCO/A. Scheme and OL at play here. This is a good example for the “Running backs don’t matter” philosphy.

Stat from Pro Football Reference

🏈 The winner of the WORST “breakaway” rate (% OF YDS FROM 15+ yards RUNS):

🏆 Ezekiel Elliott (NE)

5 worst BAY% (min 100 attempts):

  1. E.Elliott (NE) 2.6%
  2. D.Foreman (CHI) 5.2%
  3. J.Williams (NO) 5.6%
  4. K.Hunt (CLE) 7.8%
  5. T.Allgeier (ATL) 10.5%

The average age of the 5 WORST RBs by BAY% is 26.8.

The average age of the 5 BEST RBs by BAY% is 23.6…3 years younger.

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