is playing better than he did a season ago, yet the back-to-back NFC Champions are 2-4. , ranked dead last in , has shown no progre s the last two weeks while throwing five interceptions. The won the two games by 42 points combined.The are enduring their worst-ever franchise start at 1-5, yet e sentially is playing the same Alshon Jeffery Jersey way he plays every season. , who has finished as a top-seven quarterback in the the last two seasons, is ranked at No. 6 based on this season's play. The are 2-4. Just about everyone who watches and covers baseball knows that wins and lo ses is an overrated stat for starting pitchers. Yet it remains tough for the football populace to come to terms with putting win-lo s records into context. Quarterbacks get too much blame when teams lose, and they certainly get too much praise when they win. Football remains the ultimate team sport, and that's even true when it comes to the game's most important position. It's why Kyle Orton has a better winning percentage than Joe Namath, and no one is putting him in the . Put Rivers on the , and -- they'd still be undefeated. Put him on the and they might be counting magic numbers in Philadelphia. Instead, we'll watch Rivers try to overcome an offensive line that only appears to suit up three players each week. That's part of the fun of this column: Trying to isolate the most important position in the ultimate team sport. *This is the Quarterback Index. The rankings below are based on this season's play only. *The Big TwoBack-to-back mortal weeks from Rodgers helps Brady reach the top spot for the first time this season. Brady is playing in September and October like he often does after . He refuses to make a mental mistake. (And when he does, like a bad delay of game against Dallas, Bill Belichick will yell at him for it.) It's crazy to see a pa sing game built out of pick plays and dominate the rest of the league, but that's what's happened thus far. Brady's movement skills have also been uncanny. I've always thought his pocket presence and ability to avoid the rush was his defining skill, but it waned after his first decade in the league. Now it looks better than ever, and Brady is making more plays on the move than he probably wants to. That's especially important with rookies on the offensive line and a shaky situation at left tackle. The Podcast Mailbag that asked if Brady and Belichick could make any NFL roster a playoff team. We ultimately decided yes.As Chris We seling , the bye came at a perfect time for the . They Tristin Mccollum Jersey were not moving the ball consistently the last three weeks, instead becoming too reliant on Rodgers' occasional magic. He's not finding receivers open early in the down. Top Shelf My daughter's Halloween parade is next Friday, and is the third best quarterback in the NFL. It's an amazing time to be alive. ... The fourth quarter has been 's worst quarter the last two weeks, but that doesn't mean we should ignore the rest of the game. I've watched every Wilson-Cam battle, and this one showed the progre s that both players have made. Wilson made smart decisions on when to throw to and made his usual outstanding throws on the run. Wilson played a very clean game and moved the ball well overall despite an erratic running game. On balance, Wilson is playing better this season than he did a year ago when the were the No. 1 seed in the NFC. Cam, of course, is also playing better for similar reasons to Wilson. He's steadier. The fourth quarter was the best moment of his career in part because he showed again he can do it all from the pocket. He was deadly accurate and composed on tight coverage throws up the seams. Until the game-winner, the didn't give him anything. He beat good coverage and showed off touch to go with his usual fireballs.Next level Ryan drops a tier this week while moves closer to his normal position in the quarterback hierarchy. Ryan isn't playing poorly overall, but he is lacking the splash plays to make up for his intermittent Lane Johnson Jersey brain farts. Kyle Shanahan has improved the ' offense dramatically, but he hasn't improved Ryan's play overall. The are another example of why win-lo s is overrated for quarterbacks. He's not any better than a year ago, when he was very good. ... Brees showed he can still carve up a defense against Atlanta when not pre sured against. New Orleans doesn't play a particularly good pa s rush until Week 13 against Carolina, so he could go on a run. The ' offensive plan is death by a thousand cuts. It's not supposed to be fun to watch. When the can't even protect Eli on three step drops, the whole thing falls apart. ... Flacco keeps chugging along at a B-minus level, but is that different than his whole career? The offensive line and running game have played better the last two weeks, and Flacco had some truly sweet completions in San Francisco. It wouldn't surprise me if the ' offense starts putting up a lot more points. ... has always been le s consistently accurate than the top-shelf quarterbacks, but he's spraying pa ses more than ever this season. It's hard not to think his injury is a factor. Remember when the NFC North was supposed to be loaded with quarterbacks for the next-half decade? Sunday's - game was the perfect encapsulation of and . Fireworks and numbers, signifying little when it comes to the standings. Cutler's best play is to run around and make an outrageous deep to s to . Cutler's performance this season has been lost in the shuffle but he's made enough Isaac Seumalo Jersey wow plays the last two weeks to be considered an average starter. Just like he has most of his career. The ending to the Week 5 game was one of the craziest finishes by a quarterback all year. This score to was one of my favorite throws of the year:Middle of the Pack Smith is the new prime meridian of quarterbacks. If your quarterback is below him, you need to think about looking for a new quarterback. ... Kaepernick, like most NFL quarterbacks, is going to excel with spotle s protection. That's happened the last two weeks. The did a nice job setting up their big plays and run game by going pa s-wacky early against the . Defenses are daring Kaepernick to beat them. He had a few throws in the game that reminded everyone why he was such a sensation in 2012. ... This season and a good Seth Joyner Jersey Rorschach test for NFL analysts. You can find some promising throws the last two weeks from Manning. You also can find more head-scratching decisions than we've never seen from him before, and a coach who is sometimes afraid to let Manning make a mistake. ... 's final three drives against Denver proved to be a master cla s in wasting opportunity. The Final CountdownPour one out for Vick, who seems unlikely to get another chance to start in the NFL again. He was never boring. ... Bradford was once known for his accuracy, but that has deserted him this season. That shouldn't be a huge shock coming off multiple ACL surgeries. Even his big completions often don't take advantage of how open his receivers are, because they have to wait for Bradford's pa s to get there. Wake up and watch with the world. The NFL is live on Yahoo. For the first time ever, the NFL is . vs. live from London, Sunday, October 25th, at 9:30 a.m. ET.