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title: "Matt Cavanaugh | Held Out"
description: "BRADY ratings for Matt Cavanaugh by season and week, with wins above replacement per start."
url: "https://heldout.org/quarterbacks/search/00-0002828"
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# Matt Cavanaugh

- [NE](/teams/search/NE/1982) 1979–1982
- [SF](/teams/search/SF/1985) 1983–1985
- [PHI](/teams/search/PHI/1989) 1986–1989
- [NYG](/teams/search/NYG/1990) 1990

Peak Season 71.5

1981, ranked #25

WAR per Start 0.115

19 starts

Top-5 Seasons 0

0 at number one

Awards 0

None

## Matt Cavanaugh: BRADY by Season

## Every Season

|      |                               |           |      |         |   | Honors |
| ---- | ----------------------------- | --------- | ---- | ------- | - | ------ |
| 1986 | [PHI](/teams/search/PHI/1986) | **0.058** | 64.8 | Partial | 2 |        |
| 1985 | [SF](/teams/search/SF/1985)   | **0.070** | 66.1 | Partial | 1 |        |
| 1984 | [SF](/teams/search/SF/1984)   | **0.082** | 67.8 | Partial | 1 |        |
| 1982 | [NE](/teams/search/NE/1982)   | **0.088** | 69.0 | Partial | 3 |        |
| 1981 | [NE](/teams/search/NE/1981)   | **0.105** | 71.5 | #25     | 8 |        |
| 1980 | [NE](/teams/search/NE/1980)   | **0.165** | 77.8 | Partial | 4 |        |

Too few starts to rank (under 8 in a full season)

## Data

- [matchups/results.json](/data/matchups/results.json)
- [matchups/upcoming.json](/data/matchups/upcoming.json)
- [quarterbacks/00-0002828.json](/data/quarterbacks/00-0002828.json)

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