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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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Jeremy McNicholsRB · Commanders · graded
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Brashard SmithRB · Chiefs · graded
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Where they rank · among 89 backs with 30 touches+League percentiles
Jeremy McNicholsBrashard Smith
Yards per carry
5.083rd
3.413th
Rush EPA per carry
+0.0381st
-0.228th
EPA per targetreceiving, 5+ targets
-0.0440th
-0.0245th
Broken tacklesper touch
3%77th
1%44th
Explosive rate10+ run, 20+ catch per touch
8%44th
3%5th
Touches per game
4.414th
4.618th
Receiving sharetargets per touch
41%90th
44%93rd
Yards per touch
5.687th
4.123rd

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
Jeremy McNicholsBrashard Smith
JeremyGun runnerPass-catching backThird-down back
BrashardPass-catching backNot the short-yardage backBounces outside
Inside runscarries at guard or tackle
49%31st
43%12th
Shotgun runscarries from the gun
82%98th
59%79th
Receiving sharetargets per touch
42%90th
44%93rd
Third-down shareof team touches on 3rd down
14%77th
8%39th
Red-zone shareof team touches inside the 20
6%26th
11%35th
Short-yardage shareof team touches, 2 or fewer to go
9%32nd
3%7th
RPOcarries on run-pass options
18%68th
23%83rd
Motiontouches with pre-snap motion
56%49th
43%12th

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
Jeremy McNichols
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Brashard 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 playsRushing and receiving EPA

Jeremy McNichols gets the most on runs (+0.4 EPA), Brashard Smith gets the most after the catch (+35.1 EPA), and Brashard also gives the most back on targets he does not catch (−8.9).

Jeremy McNichols+0.3
Brashard Smith−10.4
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptionsDesigned runsTwo-point tries
PartJeremyBrashard
Air yardson catches−19.0−0.61 a target · 53rd−26.8−0.77 a target · 25th
After the catch+33.7+1.09 a target · 87th+35.1+1.00 a target · 79th
Incompletionstargets not caught−5.8−0.19 a target · 38th−8.9−0.25 a target · 14th
Interceptionswhen targeted−9.1−0.29 a target · 5th0.00.00 a target · 59th
Designed runs+0.4+0.01 a carry · 74th−9.7−0.22 a carry · 8th
Two-point triesnot in the rates+0.1–
Total+0.375 touches−10.479 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

Jeremy McNichols

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Brashard Smith

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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 · J.McNichols and B.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
Jeremy McNicholsBrashard Smith

Toucheslast 3 games

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Jeremy 3.3Brashard 7

Scrimmage ydslast 3 games

1678
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Jeremy 11Brashard 22.3

EPA / touchlast 3 games

-0.27+0.15
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Jeremy -0.35Brashard -0.13

Targetslast 3 games

13
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Jeremy 2.3Brashard 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
J.McNichols
25Wk 10Wk 278Wk 33Wk 418Wk 535Wk 645Wk 768Wk 80Wk 929Wk 1029Wk 1112Wk 1230Wk 132Wk 1422Wk 1512Wk 1610Wk 1711Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
25 ± 22
B.Smith
0Wk 12Wk 213Wk 336Wk 436Wk 521Wk 681Wk 78Wk 87Wk 910Wk 108Wk 1136Wk 120Wk 137Wk 141Wk 154Wk 165Wk 1758Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
19 ± 22

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
StandardJ.McNicholsB.Smith
Points a game2.8RB672.3RB70
Season47.7RB6238.3RB70
Most weeks0.2–3.40.2–3.6
Booms · busts1 · 1512+ · under 50 · 1412+ · under 5
Half PPRJ.McNicholsB.Smith
Points a game3.5RB643.0RB68
Season60.2RB5950.8RB67
Most weeks0.7–4.80.3–5.1
Booms · busts0 · 1516+ · under 6.50 · 1416+ · under 6.5
PPRJ.McNicholsB.Smith
Points a game4.3RB623.7RB66
Season72.7RB5863.3RB62
Most weeks1.2–6.20.3–6.6
Booms · busts0 · 1520+ · under 80 · 1520+ · 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
WeekJ.McNicholsB.Smith
Wk 1250
Wk 2·2
Wk 37813
Wk 439
Wk 564
Wk 650
Wk 72239
Wk 848
Wk 907
Wk 1025·
Wk 11130
Wk 12·5
Wk 13300
Wk 1407
Wk 1561
Wk 1630
Wk 17-20
Wk 18356
Season221151

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
SeasonJ.McNicholsB.Smith
Carries4444
Rush yards221151
Rush TD10
Targets3135
Yards per carry5.016th3.478th
Rush EPA per carry+0.0317th-0.2282nd
EPA per target-0.0450th-0.0246th
Broken tackles3%21st1%50th
Explosive rate8%50th3%85th
Touches per game4.477th4.673rd
Receiving share41%9th44%7th
Yards per touch5.612th4.169th
Careers · scrimmage yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Jeremy McNicholsBrashard Smith
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2017201820202021202320242025*
PlayerGCarYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Jeremy McNichols2017 to 2025 · 7 seasons631891,364721.72021: 39630.5 a game26.1above his career rate
Brashard Smith2025 to 2025 · 1 season1744323119.02025: 32319.0 a game19.0first season

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.