on fire this week, leading to big games by Delanie Walker (7 catches, 95 yards, and 2 touchdowns) and sparking what hopes to be the emergence of rookie Dorial Green-Beckham (5 catches for 77 yards).

Mariota's +24.68 NEP led all quarterbacks this week, as he raised his season-long cumulative Passing NEP to the 15th highest of the 54 quarterbacks to drop back this season. The Oregon rookie has shown some great poise already this season and continues to be a pocket passer with only 77 rushing yards on the season. For such a highly-touted dual threat quarterback, it's surprising to see his Rushing NEP down at 19th -- below the likes of Matt Cassel and Eli Manning.

The rest of the top quarterbacks in Week 9 were led by Mariota's counterpart, Drew Brees, who threw for 387 passing yards and scored 4 total touchdowns himself, finishing with a +20.48 NEP. We may have witnessed the turnaround of Andrew Luck and the Colts, who defeated the highly-touted Denver Broncos' pass defense 27-24. Cam Newton helped the Panthers continue their winning streak by contributing over 350 yards of total offense and 4 touchdowns.