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Matthew Stafford

Pick Six problems for Rams passer

Matthew Stafford has had interceptions returned for touchdowns in three straight games. If he throws a Pick Six against Jacksonville this week, he'll tie another Matt, Matt Schaub, for most games in a row with such a miscue in NFL history. It's a pairing he'd no doubt like to avoid.

Whether he does or not, Stafford is already high on the list in terms of frequency of throwing Pick Sixes. Among quarterbacks who have thrown at least 10 in NFL history (since the league started tracking them), only four have thrown them with greater frequency (on a per-game basis) than Stafford. There's a Lions connection (Joey Harrington is one of the four.

In the table, generated from pro-football-reference, players are sorted by per-game frequency of throwing Pick Sixes. Stafford has thrown one in nearly 15 percent of his games, more frequently than anyone this century besides Harrington and Blake Bortles. Active players are italicized.

PICK SIX FREQUENCY, NFL HISTORY
PlayerPick6GamesAttTDInt%Games
Joe Namath28140376217322020.0%
Frank Tripucka126916006011017.4%
Joey Harrington14812538798517.3%
Blake Bortles137826341037516.7%
Matthew Stafford26176662430915314.8%
Jameis Winston118327201359113.3%
Brian Griese129327961199912.9%
Jake Delhomme13103293212610112.6%
Don Meredith13104230813511112.5%
Stan Humphries11882516898412.5%
Jay Cutler19153492022716012.4%
Norm Snead22178435319625712.4%
Kurt Warner15124407020812812.1%
Carson Palmer22182630729418712.1%
Jon Kitna17141444216916512.1%
Andrew Luck108632901718311.6%
Dan Marino28242835842025211.6%
Elvis Grbac121052445998111.4%
Bill Nelsen109019059810111.1%
Brett Favre323021016950833610.6%
Babe Parilli20189333017822010.6%
Marc Bulger109631711229310.4%
Philip Rivers25244813442120910.2%
Chris Miller1098289212310210.2%
Peyton Manning27266938053925110.2%
Kerry Collins20198626120819610.1%
Jeff Blake1211932411349910.1%
Andy Dalton15149489422212810.1%
Trent Dilfer13130317211312910.0%
Derek Carr121214243187809.9%
Vinny Testaverde2323367012752679.9%
Lynn Dickey1515231251411799.9%
Steve DeBerg2020650241962049.7%
Drew Brees27287105515712439.4%
Matt Cassel101072683104829.3%
Eli Manning2223681193662449.3%
Tommy Kramer1212936511591589.3%
Jim Zorn1314031491111419.3%
Richard Todd1111929671241619.2%
Kirk Cousins111204068213879.2%
Jeff George1213139671541139.2%
Jake Plummer1314343501611619.1%
Matt Schaub141553348136919.0%
Jeff Garcia111253676161838.8%
Matt Ryan1921678223631698.8%
Tobin Rote1314929071481918.7%
Ken Stabler1618437931942228.7%
Bobby Hebert1011831211351248.5%
Tony Romo1315643352481178.3%
Jim Everett1315849232031758.2%
Steve McNair1316145441741198.1%
Johnny Unitas1721151862902538.1%
Phil Simms1316446471991577.9%
Ryan Fitzpatrick1316650602231697.8%
Drew Bledsoe1519467172512067.7%
John Elway1823472503002267.7%
Warren Moon1620868232912337.7%
Cam Newton1114344001931207.7%
Jim Plunkett1215737011641987.6%
Jim Kelly1216047792371757.5%
Eddie LeBaron1013417961041417.5%
Ben Roethlisberger1824382224102077.4%
Steve Grogan1114935931822087.4%
Archie Manning1115136421251737.3%
Charley Johnson1216533921701817.3%
Mark Brunell1419346401841087.3%
Chris Chandler1318040051701467.2%
Ed Brown1115419871021387.1%
Len Dawson1521137412391837.1%
Sonny Jurgensen1521842622551896.9%
Bob Griese1116134291921726.8%
Gus Frerotte1014731061141066.8%
Brad Johnson1217743261661226.8%
Troy Aikman1116547151651416.7%
Dan Fouts1218156042542426.6%
John Brodie1320144912142246.5%
Matt Hasselbeck1320953302121536.2%
Joe Flacco1117861082271446.2%
Jim Hart1220150762092476.0%
Boomer Esiason1118752052471845.9%
John Hadl1322446872442685.8%
Craig Morton1220737861831875.8%
Dave Krieg1221353112611995.6%
Roman Gabriel1018344982011495.5%
Tom Brady17312110556112005.4%
George Blanda1732839862362725.2%
Fran Tarkenton1224664673422664.9%

--Andy Richardson

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