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2025 season · compare · quarterbacks

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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.

56 in the league pool
Who · up to three, same position groupStart over
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Geno SmithQB · Raiders · graded
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14
Sam DarnoldQB · Seahawks · graded
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Where they rank · among 56 quarterbacks with 50 attempts+League percentiles
Geno SmithSam Darnold
EPA per dropback
-0.1519th
+0.1585th
CPOEcompletion over expected
+1.365th
+6.194th
Sack rateper dropback, lower is better
11%8th
5%65th
Yards per attempt
6.847th
8.596th
TD rateper attempt
4%47th
5%84th
INT rateper attempt, lower is better
4%17th
3%33rd
Depth of targetair yards per attempt
6.215th
7.954th
Rush EPA per game
-0.1131st
-0.7613th

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 quarterbacksamong 56 quarterbacks
Geno SmithSam Darnold
Genoa typical profile
SamUnder centerMotion offensePocket passer
Deep shareattempts 20+ yards downfield
10%31st
12%51st
Middle of the fieldattempts between the numbers
20%46th
22%65th
Play actionshare of attempts
25%73rd
25%76th
RPOshare of dropbacks
1%40th
0%10th
Scramblesshare of dropbacks
3%29th
3%21st
Shotgunshare of dropbacks
83%44th
67%3rd
Against the blitzEPA per dropback, blitzed minus not
-0.0535th
-0.1821st
Motiondropbacks with pre-snap motion
57%63rd
66%92nd

Every trait is a share of his own dropbacks, so volume does not move it. Each bar is the league's qualifying quarterbacks; 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
EPA / DBCPOESacksY/ATD rateINT rateDepthRush EPA
Where he wins · EPA per throw by lane and depthSame scale across
Geno Smith
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Sam Darnold
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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 playsPassing and rushing EPA

Sam Darnold gets the most from the ball in the air (+85.8 EPA), he gets the most scrambling (+6.1 EPA), and Geno Smith gives the most back on sacks (−101.7).

Geno Smith−74.6
Sam Darnold+61.6
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptionsSacksScramblesDesigned runsTwo-point tries
PartGenoSam
Air yardson completions−4.5−0.01 a dropback · 22nd+85.8+0.17 a dropback · 81st
After the catchhis share, catch to whistle+229.9+0.44 a dropback · 85th+226.4+0.44 a dropback · 83rd
Incompletionsspikes included−108.6−0.21 a dropback · 90th−108.3−0.21 a dropback · 87th
Interceptions−88.1−0.17 a dropback · 10th−72.5−0.14 a dropback · 24th
Sacks−101.7−0.20 a dropback · 6th−59.0−0.11 a dropback · 42nd
Scrambles+6.1+0.01 a dropback · 29th+6.1+0.01 a dropback · 31st
Designed runskneels included−7.7 · 22nd−19.1 · 6th
Two-point triesnot in the rates+0.1+2.1
Total−74.6521 dropbacks+61.6518 dropbacks

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, sacks, scrambles and designed runs. Bars share one scale, gains right of the line and losses left. The rate is per dropback, with its percentile among the league's qualifying quarterbacks; the best rate in each row is green.

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

Geno Smith

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Sam Darnold

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

On one field · every throw, same fieldFilled is caught, a ring is not
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Depth butterfly · G.Smith and S.DarnoldSolid 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
Geno SmithSam Darnold

Dropbackslast 3 games

2538
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Geno 27Sam 32

Pass yardslast 3 games

150262
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Geno 164.3Sam 205

EPA / dropbacklast 3 games

-0.22+0.28
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Geno -0.07Sam -0.06

CPOElast 3 games

-5.5+6.9
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Geno +6.1Sam +2.8

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 262+ · dud under 150
G.Smith
362Wk 1180Wk 2289Wk 3117Wk 4228Wk 5174Wk 667Wk 78Wk 8284Wk 9143Wk 10238Wk 11285Wk 12165Wk 13116Wk 1415Wk 15201Wk 16176Wk 1718Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
202 ± 77
S.Darnold
150Wk 1295Wk 2218Wk 3242Wk 4341Wk 5295Wk 6213Wk 78Wk 8330Wk 9178Wk 10279Wk 11244Wk 12128Wk 13249Wk 14271Wk 15270Wk 16147Wk 17198Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
238 ± 61

Thresholds are the quartiles of every game week by qualified quarterbacks this season (598 player weeks). The right column is the average week and its swing.

Fantasy · points, rank and range, week by week
StandardG.SmithS.Darnold
Points a game11.6QB2813.9QB23
Season173.9QB24235.4QB14
Most weeks5.6–14.95.5–19.9
Booms · busts2 · 825+ · under 122 · 825+ · under 12
Half PPRG.SmithS.Darnold
Points a game11.6QB2813.9QB23
Season173.9QB24235.4QB14
Most weeks5.6–14.95.5–19.9
Booms · busts2 · 825+ · under 122 · 825+ · under 12
PPRG.SmithS.Darnold
Points a game11.6QB2813.9QB23
Season173.9QB24235.4QB14
Most weeks5.6–14.95.5–19.9
Booms · busts2 · 825+ · under 122 · 825+ · under 12

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
WeekG.SmithS.Darnold
Wk 1362150
Wk 2180295
Wk 3289218
Wk 4117242
Wk 5228341
Wk 6174295
Wk 767213
Wk 9284330
Wk 10143178
Wk 11238279
Wk 12285244
Wk 13165128
Wk 14116249
Wk 15·271
Wk 16201270
Wk 17176147
Wk 18·198
Season30254048

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
SeasonG.SmithS.Darnold
Attempts448477
Completions302323
Pass yards30254048
Touchdowns1925
EPA per dropback-0.1546th+0.159th
CPOE+1.320th+6.14th
Sack rate11%52nd5%20th
Yards per attempt6.830th8.53rd
TD rate4%30th5%9th
INT rate4%47th3%38th
Depth of target6.248th7.926th
Rush EPA per game-0.1139th-0.7649th
Careers · passing yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Geno SmithSam Darnold
50100150200250
2013201520172019202120232025*
PlayerGAttYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Geno Smith2013 to 2025 · 12 seasons1083,10322,168124205.32024: 4,320254.1 a game201.7below his career rate
Sam Darnold2018 to 2025 · 8 seasons1002,83320,431123204.32024: 4,319254.1 a game238.1above 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.