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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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John BatesTE · Commanders · graded
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87
Davis AllenTE · Rams · graded
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Where they rank · among 72 tight ends with 15 targets+League percentiles
John BatesDavis Allen
Target shareof team targets
7%26th
6%16th
Depth of targetair yards per target
3.06th
3.916th
After the catchyards per reception
6.280th
5.769th
Catch ratereceptions per target
69%26th
73%46th
EPA per target
+0.4983rd
+0.1642nd
First downsper target
38%58th
36%52nd
Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better
6%29th
9%13th
Yards per game
6.93rd
12.228th

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
John BatesDavis Allen
JohnNot the third-down optionPlay-action targetScreen game
DavisPlay-action targetNot the third-down optionMotion man
Deep sharetargets 20+ yards downfield
0%12th
3%30th
Screensshare of his targets
13%94th
9%73rd
Middle of the fieldtargets between the numbers
31%80th
21%25th
After the catchshare of his yards after the catch
66%85th
66%84th
Third-down shareof team targets on 3rd down
1%4th
1%2nd
Red-zone shareof team targets inside the 20
4%15th
6%26th
Motiontargets with pre-snap motion
56%48th
70%91st
Play actiontargets off play action
69%96th
76%99th

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
John Bates
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Davis Allen
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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

John Bates gets the most from the ball in the air (+3.0 EPA), Davis Allen gets the most after the catch (+17.0 EPA), and Davis also gives the most back on targets he does not catch (−6.7).

John Bates+7.8
Davis Allen+5.4
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptions
PartJohnDavis
Air yardson catches+3.0+0.19 a target · 69th−4.9−0.15 a target · 17th
After the catch+7.3+0.46 a target · 45th+17.0+0.52 a target · 59th
Incompletionstargets not caught−2.5−0.16 a target · 77th−6.7−0.20 a target · 51st
Interceptionswhen targeted0.00.00 a target · 73rd0.00.00 a target · 73rd
Total+7.816 targets+5.433 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

John Bates

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Davis Allen

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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 · J.Bates and D.AllenSolid 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
John BatesDavis Allen

Targetslast 3 games

15
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John 1Davis 2

Rec yardslast 3 games

538
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John 4.3Davis 11.3

EPA / targetlast 3 games

-0.24+0.76
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John +0.85Davis -0.24

aDOTlast 3 games

3.08.7
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John 2.7Davis 5.5

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
J.Bates
0Wk 10Wk 23Wk 34Wk 49Wk 50Wk 65Wk 722Wk 820Wk 96Wk 100Wk 1112Wk 129Wk 130Wk 1419Wk 150Wk 160Wk 1713Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
7 ± 8
D.Allen
13Wk 18Wk 23Wk 30Wk 424Wk 57Wk 64Wk 78Wk 837Wk 98Wk 100Wk 1129Wk 124Wk 1321Wk 1416Wk 1534Wk 160Wk 170Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
12 ± 12

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
StandardJ.BatesD.Allen
Points a game1.1TE652.3TE48
Season16.3TE6838.8TE44
Most weeks0.0–1.90.1–3.6
Booms · busts0 · 149+ · under 30 · 129+ · under 3
Half PPRJ.BatesD.Allen
Points a game1.5TE683.0TE48
Season21.8TE6950.8TE42
Most weeks0.0–2.50.6–5.0
Booms · busts0 · 1412+ · under 40 · 1112+ · under 4
PPRJ.BatesD.Allen
Points a game1.8TE693.7TE48
Season27.3TE6962.8TE43
Most weeks0.0–3.01.1–6.5
Booms · busts0 · 1415+ · under 50 · 1115+ · 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
WeekJ.BatesD.Allen
Wk 1·13
Wk 2·8
Wk 3·3
Wk 4·0
Wk 5924
Wk 6·7
Wk 754
Wk 822·
Wk 92037
Wk 1068
Wk 11··
Wk 12·29
Wk 1394
Wk 14021
Wk 151916
Wk 16034
Wk 17··
Wk 18130
Season103208

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.BatesD.Allen
Targets1633
Receptions1124
Yards103208
Touchdowns13
Target share7%53rd6%61st
Depth of target3.068th3.961st
After the catch6.215th5.723rd
Catch rate69%53rd73%39th
EPA per target+0.4913th+0.1642nd
First downs38%30th36%35th
Drop rate6%51st9%63rd
Yards per game6.970th12.252nd
Careers · receiving yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
John BatesDavis Allen
20212022202320242025*
PlayerGRecYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
John Bates2021 to 2025 · 5 seasons5972695311.82021: 24920.8 a game10.3below his career rate
Davis Allen2023 to 2025 · 3 seasons2940342411.82023: 9513.6 a game13.9above 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.