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2025 season · compare · backs

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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.

89 in the league pool
Who · up to three, same position groupStart over
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David MontgomeryRB · Lions · graded
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Michael CarterRB · Cardinals · graded
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Where they rank · among 89 backs with 30 touches+League percentiles
David MontgomeryMichael Carter
Yards per carry
4.563rd
3.621st
Rush EPA per carry
+0.0072nd
-0.0742nd
EPA per targetreceiving, 5+ targets
+0.1166th
+0.0454th
Broken tacklesper touch
0%11th
5%94th
Explosive rate10+ run, 20+ catch per touch
9%52nd
4%11th
Touches per game
11.051st
10.549th
Receiving sharetargets per touch
16%39th
33%80th
Yards per touch
4.966th
4.439th

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 backsamong 89 backs
David MontgomeryMichael Carter
DavidUnder centerBetween the tacklesShort-yardage back
MichaelStaticPass-catching back
Inside runscarries at guard or tackle
62%84th
53%43rd
Shotgun runscarries from the gun
19%5th
43%54th
Receiving sharetargets per touch
15%37th
33%79th
Third-down shareof team touches on 3rd down
12%66th
7%37th
Red-zone shareof team touches inside the 20
21%60th
10%34th
Short-yardage shareof team touches, 2 or fewer to go
30%79th
19%49th
RPOcarries on run-pass options
8%26th
4%16th
Motiontouches with pre-snap motion
62%71st
31%2nd

Every trait is a share of his own touches, so volume does not move it. Each bar is the league's qualifying backs; 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
YPCRush EPAEPA / tgtBrk tacklesExplosiveTouchesRec shareYds / touch
Where he wins · EPA per target by lane and depthSame scale across
David Montgomery
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Michael Carter
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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 playsRushing and receiving EPA

David Montgomery gets the most on runs (−0.6 EPA), Michael Carter gets the most after the catch (+32.6 EPA), and Michael also gives the most back on targets he does not catch (−10.3).

David Montgomery+3.6
Michael Carter−5.0
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptionsDesigned runsTwo-point tries
PartDavidMichael
Air yardson catches−16.7−0.58 a target · 67th−20.4−0.45 a target · 84th
After the catch+23.7+0.82 a target · 43rd+32.6+0.72 a target · 29th
Incompletionstargets not caught−3.8−0.13 a target · 60th−10.3−0.23 a target · 22nd
Interceptionswhen targeted0.00.00 a target · 59th0.00.00 a target · 59th
Designed runs−0.6−0.00 a carry · 70th−6.8−0.07 a carry · 42nd
Two-point triesnot in the rates+1.1–
Total+3.6187 touches−5.0137 touches

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, and his designed runs. Bars share one scale, gains right of the line and losses left. The rate is per carry for runs and per target for catches, with its percentile among the league's qualifying backs; the best rate in each row is green.

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

David Montgomery

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Michael Carter

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Designed carries by gap, 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.Montgomery and M.CarterSolid 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
David MontgomeryMichael Carter

Toucheslast 3 games

417
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David 8.3Michael 11.3

Scrimmage ydslast 3 games

1678
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David 36.3Michael 49

EPA / touchlast 3 games

-0.27+0.15
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David -0.01Michael -0.08

Targetslast 3 games

13
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David 1Michael 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 78+ · dud under 16
D.Montgomery
43Wk 161Wk 2164Wk 312Wk 471Wk 561Wk 639Wk 78Wk 850Wk 971Wk 1037Wk 1137Wk 1248Wk 1373Wk 1432Wk 1514Wk 1640Wk 1755Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
53 ± 33
M.Carter
1Wk 12Wk 23Wk 31Wk 473Wk 564Wk 636Wk 78Wk 89Wk 94Wk 1028Wk 1158Wk 1264Wk 1331Wk 1494Wk 1565Wk 1643Wk 1739Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
46 ± 26

Thresholds are the quartiles of every game week by qualified backs this season (1253 player weeks). The right column is the average week and its swing.

Fantasy · points, rank and range, week by week
StandardD.MontgomeryM.Carter
Points a game8.4RB305.1RB50
Season142.9RB2766.0RB55
Most weeks3.7–11.82.9–6.5
Booms · busts4 · 712+ · under 51 · 712+ · under 5
Half PPRD.MontgomeryM.Carter
Points a game9.1RB316.4RB47
Season154.9RB2782.5RB52
Most weeks4.9–12.44.3–8.3
Booms · busts2 · 816+ · under 6.50 · 716+ · under 6.5
PPRD.MontgomeryM.Carter
Points a game9.8RB327.6RB44
Season166.9RB2799.0RB48
Most weeks5.9–13.05.3–10.4
Booms · busts1 · 720+ · under 80 · 820+ · 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.MontgomeryM.Carter
Wk 125·
Wk 257·
Wk 3151·
Wk 4121
Wk 56551
Wk 62434
Wk 72111
Wk 940·
Wk 10714
Wk 11276
Wk 121828
Wk 133217
Wk 146013
Wk 153256
Wk 161465
Wk 172529
Wk 184218
Season716333

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.MontgomeryM.Carter
Carries15892
Rush yards716333
Rush TD81
Targets2945
Yards per carry4.533rd3.671st
Rush EPA per carry+0.0025th-0.0752nd
EPA per target+0.1129th+0.0439th
Broken tackles0%71st5%6th
Explosive rate9%43rd4%80th
Touches per game11.044th10.546th
Receiving share16%55th33%18th
Yards per touch4.931st4.455th
Careers · scrimmage yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
David MontgomeryMichael Carter
255075100
2019202020212022202320242025*
PlayerGCarYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
David Montgomery2019 to 2025 · 7 seasons1051,4778,0056376.22020: 1,508100.5 a game53.4below his career rate
Michael Carter2021 to 2025 · 5 seasons614182,7301044.82021: 96468.9 a game46.2above 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.