Leading NFL in passing yards doesn't 'mean much' to Commanders QB Sam Howell: 'We haven't won enough games'

Atop the NFL passing leaders' list sits Sam Howell.

The Washington Commanders second-season signal-caller's 2,783 passing yards are tops in the league through 10 weeks.

Unfortunately for Howell, his Commanders aren't keeping pace, as they sit in third in the NFC East and ninth in the NFC at 4-6.

Thusly, the shiny statistics aren't all that important at the moment for Howell, no matter how much attention they're drawing.

"Honestly, I don't really look at it a whole lot," Howell said on Wednesday, via team transcript. "It doesn't really mean much to me. Obviously, I want to go out there every single weekend, play well and give our team a chance to win. Obviously, we haven't won enough games. We haven't won the games that I feel like we should have won this season. So that's a little bit disappointing, but I really don't look too much into what I'm doing on a personal level. I look more into what we're doing as a team and just how I can improve for this football team and how I can put this football team in better chances to win football games."

More often than not, Howell has put the Commanders into winnable situations, but Washington's been unable to emerge with victories. Or, he's racked up the stats with a never-say-die playing style trying to rally his squad.

No Washington player has been a passing champ since Hall of Famer Sonny Jurgensen in 1969, but Howell's got a chance as his total so far is the third-most in franchise history through 10 games (trailing Kirk Cousins in 2016, 2017), per NFL Research. Despite being sacked (47), hit (86) and pressured (188, per Next Gen Stats) more than any other quarterback this season, Howell has posted three straight 300-yard games. He also leads the league in completions (264), passing