NFL1000: Ranking the Top 1,000 Players from Week 15

December 22, 2016   ·   Doug Farrar   ·   Jump to comments

The bill came due for a few quarterbacks in Week 15.    
Houston's Brock Osweiler, whose four-year, $72 million contract with $37 million guaranteed already looks like one of the worst contracts in NFL history, was benched in the second quarter of the Texans' 21-20 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Osweiler has been an unmitigated disaster through most of his first season in Houston—missing reads, throwing horribly inaccurate passes and balking under pressure—and head coach Bill O'Brien finally had enough, replacing him with erstwhile backup Tom Savage. Savage proved to be the better option, completing 23 of 36 passes for 260 yards, while Osweiler threw two picks and just six completions.
Both of Osweiler's picks exposed a fatal flaw. The first was a high throw to rookie receiver Will Fuller V that he couldn’t bring in, and the ball floated into the arms of cornerback Jalen Ramsey. The second came on the next Texans drive when Osweiler r...

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