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2025 season · compare · tight ends

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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.

72 in the league pool
Who · up to three, same position groupStart over
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Cade StoverTE · Texans · graded
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Ja'Tavion SandersTE · Panthers · graded
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Where they rank · among 72 tight ends with 15 targets+League percentiles
Cade StoverJa'Tavion Sanders
Target shareof team targets
9%41st
9%40th
Depth of targetair yards per target
1.95th
4.837th
After the catchyards per reception
4.327th
3.08th
Catch ratereceptions per target
75%63rd
85%98th
EPA per target
+0.1431st
+0.1328th
First downsper target
25%10th
24%6th
Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better
13%5th
3%63rd
Yards per game
8.410th
14.633rd

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 tight endsamong 72 tight ends
Cade StoverJa'Tavion Sanders
CadeStays outsideNot the third-down optionNo screens
Ja'TavionStaticDropback targetWorks the middle
Deep sharetargets 20+ yards downfield
0%12th
0%12th
Screensshare of his targets
0%10th
3%33rd
Middle of the fieldtargets between the numbers
10%2nd
38%92nd
After the catchshare of his yards after the catch
69%89th
45%36th
Third-down shareof team targets on 3rd down
1%6th
8%51st
Red-zone shareof team targets inside the 20
5%18th
13%64th
Motiontargets with pre-snap motion
62%64th
21%1st
Play actiontargets off play action
52%89th
3%1st

Every trait is a share of his own targets, so volume does not move it. Each bar is the league's qualifying tight ends; 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
Cade Stover
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Ja'Tavion Sanders
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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

Ja'Tavion Sanders gets the most from the ball in the air (−2.3 EPA), he gets the most after the catch (+10.1 EPA), and Ja'Tavion also gives the most back on targets he does not catch (−3.4).

Cade Stover+2.2
Ja'Tavion Sanders+4.4
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptions
PartCadeJa'Tavion
Air yardson catches−5.7−0.35 a target · 2nd−2.3−0.07 a target · 30th
After the catch+10.0+0.62 a target · 75th+10.1+0.30 a target · 16th
Incompletionstargets not caught−2.1−0.13 a target · 87th−3.4−0.10 a target · 97th
Interceptionswhen targeted0.00.00 a target · 73rd0.00.00 a target · 73rd
Total+2.216 targets+4.434 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 tight ends; the best rate in each row is green.

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

Cade Stover

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Ja'Tavion Sanders

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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
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Depth butterfly · C.Stover and J.SandersSolid is caught
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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
Cade StoverJa'Tavion Sanders

Targetslast 3 games

15
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Cade 1.7Ja'Tavion 1.3

Rec yardslast 3 games

538
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Cade 5.3Ja'Tavion 4.7

EPA / targetlast 3 games

-0.24+0.76
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Cade +0.19Ja'Tavion +0.17

aDOTlast 3 games

3.08.7
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Cade 1.4Ja'Tavion 2.3

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 38+ · dud under 5
C.Stover
22Wk 12Wk 23Wk 34Wk 45Wk 56Wk 67Wk 78Wk 89Wk 910Wk 100Wk 110Wk 1216Wk 130Wk 1422Wk 157Wk 160Wk 179Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
8 ± 9
J.Sanders
27Wk 154Wk 211Wk 34Wk 45Wk 56Wk 60Wk 719Wk 85Wk 932Wk 1022Wk 116Wk 120Wk 1314Wk 145Wk 159Wk 160Wk 1718Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
15 ± 15

Thresholds are the quartiles of every game week by qualified tight ends this season (1057 player weeks). The right column is the average week and its swing.

Fantasy · points, rank and range, week by week
StandardC.StoverJ.Sanders
Points a game0.9TE741.9TE54
Season7.9TE8625.0TE58
Most weeks0.0–2.00.2–3.0
Booms · busts0 · 99+ · under 30 · 109+ · under 3
Half PPRC.StoverJ.Sanders
Points a game1.5TE653.0TE47
Season13.9TE7839.5TE52
Most weeks0.0–3.20.4–5.1
Booms · busts0 · 812+ · under 40 · 912+ · under 4
PPRC.StoverJ.Sanders
Points a game2.2TE634.2TE43
Season19.9TE7754.0TE50
Most weeks0.0–4.40.6–7.4
Booms · busts0 · 715+ · under 50 · 915+ · under 5

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
WeekC.StoverJ.Sanders
Wk 12227
Wk 2·54
Wk 3·11
Wk 7·0
Wk 8·19
Wk 9·5
Wk 10·32
Wk 11·22
Wk 1206
Wk 13160
Wk 14··
Wk 15225
Wk 1679
Wk 17··
Wk 189·
Season76190

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
SeasonC.StoverJ.Sanders
Targets1634
Receptions1229
Yards76190
Touchdowns01
Target share9%43rd9%44th
Depth of target1.969th4.846th
After the catch4.352nd3.067th
Catch rate75%26th85%2nd
EPA per target+0.1450th+0.1352nd
First downs25%64th24%68th
Drop rate13%69th3%27th
Yards per game8.465th14.649th
Careers · receiving yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Cade StoverJa'Tavion Sanders
25
20242025*
PlayerGRecYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Cade Stover2024 to 2025 · 2 seasons2027209110.52024: 1339.5 a game12.7above his career rate
Ja'Tavion Sanders2024 to 2025 · 2 seasons2762532219.72024: 34222.8 a game15.8below 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.