Prescott 2018 (regular + postseason)
20+yard targets
22 of 60 861 yd 8 td 1 int 117.4
Counting drops as completions, Prescott's accuracy % was 38.1%, which is about the league average (38.5%) at this distance. But because of his 8 td/1 int ratio (league average is 4.8/2.6), his passer rating on deep throws (117.4) was well above average (76.3).
Gallup 7 of 20 250 yd 1 td 0 int 100.0
Cooper 5 of 14 447 yd 3 td 1 int 93.8
Hurns 1 of 6 49 yd 0 td 0 int 61.1
Jarwin 3 of 5 88 yd 2 td 0 int 143.7
Beasley 2 of 5 53 yd 1 td 0 int 119.1
Austin 2 of 4 108 yd 1 td 0 int 115.4
Gathers 1 of 2 32 yd 0 td 0 int
Elliott 1 of 1 34 yd 0 td 0 int
Brown 0 of 1
Thompson 0 of 1
Butler 0 of 1
Regular Season Only
1-11: avg 88.6 (HI Wilson 128.1 LO Darnold 42.3)
12-22: avg 92.4 (HI Brees 128.6 LO Winston 64.1)
23-32: avg 88.3 (HI Prescott 115.7 LO Newton 52.1)
Above are three groups of QB sorted by 20+yard attempts as a percentage of their total attempts. The ones who threw deep the most averaged about the same passer rating as those who threw deep the least, while the ones in the middle averaged a slightly higher rating. Prescott ranked 23rd in % of throws that were deep throws, but his passer rating (115.7) was much higher than the average of the 10 QB in his group (88.3), even though he threw deep more often than any of them.