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2025 season · compare · wide receivers

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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.

146 in the league pool
Who · up to three, same position groupStart over
11
Dante PettisWR · Saints · not yet qualified
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19
Xavier SmithWR · Rams · graded
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Where they rank · among 146 wide receivers with 15 targets+League percentiles
Dante PettisXavier Smith
Target shareof team targets
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5%2nd
Depth of targetair yards per target
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16.995th
After the catchyards per reception
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5.987th
Catch ratereceptions per target
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75%93rd
EPA per target
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+0.91100th
First downsper target
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46%85th
Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better
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4%49th
Yards per game
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18.928th

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
Dante PettisXavier Smith
Dantenot graded yet
XavierPlay-action targetDownfieldNot the third-down option
Deep sharetargets 20+ yards downfield
27%–
33%95th
Screensshare of his targets
27%–
8%70th
Middle of the fieldtargets between the numbers
18%–
17%32nd
After the catchshare of his yards after the catch
68%–
35%67th
Third-down shareof team targets on 3rd down
1%–
3%7th
Red-zone shareof team targets inside the 20
0%–
2%10th
Motiontargets with pre-snap motion
73%–
54%52nd
Play actiontargets off play action
36%–
42%99th

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

Dante Pettis is not graded yet, so no shape.

Where he wins · EPA per target by lane and depthSame scale across
Dante Pettis
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Xavier Smith
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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

Xavier Smith gets the most from the ball in the air (+17.5 EPA), he gets the most after the catch (+10.4 EPA), and Xavier also gives the most back on targets he does not catch (−3.5).

Dante Pettis−4.0
Xavier Smith+21.9
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptions
PartDanteXavier
Air yardson catches−4.6−0.42 a target+17.5+0.73 a target · 93rd
After the catch+2.6+0.23 a target+10.4+0.43 a target · 80th
Incompletionstargets not caught−2.0−0.18 a target−3.5−0.15 a target · 98th
Interceptionswhen targeted0.00.00 a target−2.5−0.11 a target · 49th
Total−4.011 targets+21.924 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

Dante Pettis

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Xavier Smith

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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 · D.Pettis and X.SmithSolid 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
Dante PettisXavier Smith

Targetslast 3 games

27
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Dante 3.3Xavier 3.3

Rec yardslast 3 games

754
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Dante 37.7Xavier 43.3

EPA / targetlast 3 games

-0.35+0.75
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Dante -0.22Xavier +1.22

aDOTlast 3 games

6.314.6
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Dante 9.1Xavier 19.7

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
D.Pettis
1Wk 12Wk 23Wk 34Wk 45Wk 56Wk 67Wk 78Wk 89Wk 90Wk 1011Wk 1114Wk 120Wk 130Wk 140Wk 150Wk 1653Wk 1760Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
16 ± 24
X.Smith
36Wk 10Wk 20Wk 30Wk 40Wk 50Wk 615Wk 78Wk 812Wk 914Wk 108Wk 1112Wk 1282Wk 136Wk 140Wk 1557Wk 1667Wk 176Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
19 ± 26

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
StandardD.PettisX.Smith
Points a game1.31.9WR113
Season10.7WR15930.3WR112
Most weeks0.0–2.50.0–3.6
Booms · busts0 · 712+ · under 50 · 1312+ · under 5
Half PPRD.PettisX.Smith
Points a game1.92.5WR114
Season15.2WR15539.3WR114
Most weeks0.0–3.60.0–4.1
Booms · busts0 · 716+ · under 6.50 · 1316+ · under 6.5
PPRD.PettisX.Smith
Points a game2.53.0WR112
Season19.7WR15548.3WR115
Most weeks0.0–4.70.0–4.6
Booms · busts0 · 720+ · under 80 · 1420+ · 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
WeekD.PettisX.Smith
Wk 1·36
Wk 2·0
Wk 3·0
Wk 4·0
Wk 5·0
Wk 6·0
Wk 7·15
Wk 9·12
Wk 10014
Wk 11·8
Wk 1214·
Wk 13082
Wk 1406
Wk 1500
Wk 16057
Wk 175367
Wk 18606
Season127303

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
SeasonD.PettisX.Smith
Targets1124
Receptions918
Yards127303
Touchdowns00
Target share-5%144th
Depth of target-16.98th
After the catch-5.919th
Catch rate-75%11th
EPA per target-+0.911st
First downs-46%22nd
Drop rate-4%74th
Yards per game-18.9106th
Careers · receiving yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Dante PettisXavier Smith
25
2018201920202021202220242025*
PlayerGRecYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Dante Pettis2018 to 2025 · 7 seasons63921,2311319.52018: 46738.9 a game15.9below his career rate
Xavier Smith2024 to 2025 · 2 seasons3020309010.32024: 60.4 a game18.9above 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.