DOWN X DOWN › players › compare
Season over · final
2025
2025 season · final Every snap of the 2025 season, kept as it ended.Back to 2026 →

2025 season · compare · wide receivers

Compare players

Two or three players of the same position, side by side: where each one grades against the league, where the ball finds each of them, and how their weeks line up.

146 in the league pool
Who · up to three, same position groupStart over
18
Brandin CooksWR · Bills · graded
✕
1
Jalen TolbertWR · Cowboys · graded
✕

The address bar is the share link. Copy it, text it, post it: whoever opens it sees the same players. The Compare button on player pages builds on this set until you start over or switch positions.

Where they rank · among 146 wide receivers with 15 targets+League percentiles
Brandin CooksJalen Tolbert
Target shareof team targets
9%23rd
8%14th
Depth of targetair yards per target
14.388th
12.059th
After the catchyards per reception
1.86th
2.622nd
Catch ratereceptions per target
67%70th
53%21st
EPA per target
+0.4580th
+0.1436th
First downsper target
39%57th
35%42nd
Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better
11%6th
3%63rd
Yards per game
18.626th
15.618th

Each bar is the league pool; the markers are the players. Right is better, the dashed line is the median. The best value in each row is marked green.

Playstyle · how each is used, against the league's wide receiversamong 146 wide receivers
Brandin CooksJalen Tolbert
BrandinDownfieldWins before the catchNot the red-zone option
JalenStays outsideNot the red-zone optionStatic
Deep sharetargets 20+ yards downfield
64%100th
15%36th
Screensshare of his targets
5%53rd
3%41st
Middle of the fieldtargets between the numbers
18%40th
12%10th
After the catchshare of his yards after the catch
9%1st
23%27th
Third-down shareof team targets on 3rd down
4%11th
7%26th
Red-zone shareof team targets inside the 20
1%4th
5%23rd
Motiontargets with pre-snap motion
55%54th
46%24th
Play actiontargets off play action
36%96th
14%29th

Every trait is a share of his own targets, so volume does not move it. Each bar is the league's qualifying wide receivers; the markers are the players and the thin line is the median. Styles are not grades: a high or low share describes the role, not how well he plays it. The tags are each player's traits furthest from the middle.

The shape · percentile radarBigger and rounder is more complete
Target shareDepthYACCatch rateEPA / tgtFirst downsDropsYds / game
Where he wins · EPA per target by lane and depthSame scale across
Brandin Cooks
Loading…
Jalen Tolbert
Loading…

Green cells turn targets into points, red cells lose them. Cells with one target are left grey.

Where the EPA comes from · the season split by what happened on his playsReceiving EPA

Jalen Tolbert gets the most from the ball in the air (+18.5 EPA), Brandin Cooks gets the most after the catch (+10.1 EPA), and Jalen also gives the most back on targets he does not catch (−13.8).

Brandin Cooks+16.0
Jalen Tolbert+4.9
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptionsTwo-point tries
PartBrandinJalen
Air yardson catches+15.1+0.42 a target · 59th+18.5+0.54 a target · 80th
After the catch+10.1+0.28 a target · 52nd+4.3+0.13 a target · 10th
Incompletionstargets not caught−9.2−0.26 a target · 73rd−13.8−0.41 a target · 17th
Interceptionswhen targeted0.00.00 a target · 88th−5.2−0.15 a target · 31st
Two-point triesnot in the rates–+1.1
Total+16.036 targets+4.934 targets

Every play is split by what happened: completions at the catch into air yards and yards after the catch (nflverse's air EPA), the cost of the ones that fell incomplete or were picked. Bars share one scale, gains right of the line and losses left. The rate is per target, with its percentile among the league's qualifying wide receivers; the best rate in each row is green.

Where the ball finds them · same scale, same fieldloading plays

Brandin Cooks

Loading…

Jalen Tolbert

Loading…

Targets placed by air yards and side of the field, from each team's play file.

On one field · every target, same fieldFilled is caught, a ring is not
Loading…
Depth butterfly · B.Cooks and J.TolbertSolid is caught
Loading…

Back to back by depth band. The widest band is where the offense goes to him; the gap between solid and faded is where it misses.

The race · cumulative yardsFlat steps are byes
Week by week · groupedSame Sunday, side by side
The shape of their seasons · each one's last 3 games, week by weekWeeks 1 to 18
Brandin CooksJalen Tolbert

Targetslast 3 games

27
123456789101112131415161718
Brandin 3.3Jalen 3

Rec yardslast 3 games

754
123456789101112131415161718
Brandin 33.7Jalen 10.3

EPA / targetlast 3 games

-0.35+0.75
123456789101112131415161718
Brandin +0.39Jalen +0.13

aDOTlast 3 games

6.314.6
123456789101112131415161718
Brandin 27.2Jalen 11.1

Each line is a player's trailing 3 games (rates are pooled over the games, not averaged); the faint dots are single games. The shaded band is the league's middle half of single games at the position, the dashed line its median. A line that climbs out of the band is a role getting bigger.

Floor and ceiling · boom, solid or dud, week by weekBoom 54+ · dud under 7
B.Cooks
26Wk 126Wk 224Wk 322Wk 45Wk 521Wk 63Wk 722Wk 816Wk 90Wk 1011Wk 1112Wk 1213Wk 130Wk 140Wk 150Wk 16101Wk 1718Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
19 ± 24
J.Tolbert
0Wk 116Wk 224Wk 361Wk 40Wk 58Wk 616Wk 747Wk 80Wk 910Wk 100Wk 1112Wk 120Wk 1314Wk 1415Wk 1516Wk 1631Wk 170Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
16 ± 19

Thresholds are the quartiles of every game week by qualified wide receivers this season (2044 player weeks). The right column is the average week and its swing.

Fantasy · points, rank and range, week by week
StandardB.CooksJ.Tolbert
Points a game1.9WR1152.2WR105
Season27.9WR11928.3WR118
Most weeks0.0–2.40.0–3.9
Booms · busts0 · 1412+ · under 50 · 1112+ · under 5
Half PPRB.CooksJ.Tolbert
Points a game2.7WR1092.9WR102
Season39.9WR11237.3WR118
Most weeks0.0–3.70.0–5.6
Booms · busts0 · 1416+ · under 6.50 · 1116+ · under 6.5
PPRB.CooksJ.Tolbert
Points a game3.5WR1023.6WR100
Season51.9WR10646.3WR117
Most weeks0.0–5.20.0–7.3
Booms · busts0 · 1420+ · under 80 · 1120+ · under 8

Ranks are among players at each one's own position. A missing bar is a week he did not score: a bye or a missed game. The format you pick is remembered on this device.

Week by week · aligned
WeekB.CooksJ.Tolbert
Wk 1260
Wk 22616
Wk 32424
Wk 42261
Wk 550
Wk 6218
Wk 7316
Wk 82247
Wk 916·
Wk 10··
Wk 11·0
Wk 13130
Wk 14··
Wk 150·
Wk 160·
Wk 1710131
Wk 18·0
Season279203

Rows are league weeks, so byes and missed games show as gaps. The best value each week is marked green.

Season stats · side by side, with league rank
SeasonB.CooksJ.Tolbert
Targets3634
Receptions2418
Yards279203
Touchdowns01
Target share9%113th8%126th
Depth of target14.318th12.060th
After the catch1.8138th2.6115th
Catch rate67%43rd53%116th
EPA per target+0.4530th+0.1494th
First downs39%63rd35%85th
Drop rate11%137th3%54th
Yards per game18.6108th15.6120th
Careers · receiving yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Brandin CooksJalen Tolbert
255075
201420162018202020222025*
PlayerGRecYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Brandin Cooks2014 to 2025 · 12 seasons1697349,8116058.12018: 1,20480.3 a game21.5below his career rate
Jalen Tolbert2022 to 2025 · 4 seasons46911,0931023.82024: 61035.9 a game16.9below his career rate

Regular season only, from each player's career file. * 2025 is through Week 22; its dot is hollow because the season is not over. "This season" compares this year's rate with his earlier seasons. Hover a dot for the season's line.