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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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Jonnu SmithTE · Steelers · graded
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86
Noah FantTE · Bengals · graded
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Where they rank · among 72 tight ends with 15 targets+League percentiles
Jonnu SmithNoah Fant
Target shareof team targets
11%45th
9%38th
Depth of targetair yards per target
4.319th
3.39th
After the catchyards per reception
4.740th
5.151st
Catch ratereceptions per target
70%35th
83%95th
EPA per target
+0.0112th
-0.293rd
First downsper target
19%1st
32%34th
Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better
4%55th
2%66th
Yards per game
13.130th
19.244th

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
Jonnu SmithNoah Fant
JonnuScreen gameYards after the catchWorks the middle
NoahPlay-action targetMotion manNot the red-zone option
Deep sharetargets 20+ yards downfield
5%52nd
5%46th
Screensshare of his targets
24%99th
5%49th
Middle of the fieldtargets between the numbers
30%75th
27%60th
After the catchshare of his yards after the catch
82%98th
60%70th
Third-down shareof team targets on 3rd down
9%56th
4%28th
Red-zone shareof team targets inside the 20
10%50th
5%20th
Motiontargets with pre-snap motion
59%56th
66%84th
Play actiontargets off play action
26%36th
51%87th

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
Jonnu Smith
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Noah Fant
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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

Noah Fant gets the most from the ball in the air (−4.5 EPA), Jonnu Smith gets the most after the catch (+28.9 EPA), and Jonnu also gives the most back on targets he does not catch (−11.1).

Jonnu Smith+0.5
Noah Fant−11.8
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptionsTwo-point tries
PartJonnuNoah
Air yardson catches−16.3−0.30 a target · 5th−4.5−0.11 a target · 23rd
After the catch+28.9+0.54 a target · 60th−3.6−0.09 a target · 1st
Incompletionstargets not caught−11.1−0.21 a target · 47th−3.7−0.09 a target · 99th
Interceptionswhen targeted0.00.00 a target · 73rd0.00.00 a target · 73rd
Two-point triesnot in the rates−0.9–
Total+0.554 targets−11.841 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

Jonnu Smith

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Noah Fant

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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.Smith and N.FantSolid 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
Jonnu SmithNoah Fant

Targetslast 3 games

15
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Jonnu 2.7Noah 0.7

Rec yardslast 3 games

538
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Jonnu 6.7Noah 1.7

EPA / targetlast 3 games

-0.24+0.76
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Jonnu -0.20Noah -4.65

aDOTlast 3 games

3.08.7
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Jonnu 5.5Noah -2.0

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.Smith
15Wk 127Wk 223Wk 36Wk 45Wk 518Wk 628Wk 717Wk 825Wk 94Wk 100Wk 1121Wk 126Wk 130Wk 1412Wk 150Wk 1618Wk 172Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
13 ± 10
N.Fant
26Wk 128Wk 226Wk 34Wk 40Wk 527Wk 644Wk 741Wk 828Wk 910Wk 1036Wk 119Wk 123Wk 1315Wk 140Wk 1516Wk 160Wk 175Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
19 ± 15

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.SmithN.Fant
Points a game2.8TE402.7TE41
Season47.2TE3540.8TE41
Most weeks0.4–2.80.0–5.0
Booms · busts0 · 149+ · under 31 · 119+ · under 3
Half PPRJ.SmithN.Fant
Points a game3.9TE393.9TE40
Season66.2TE3557.8TE39
Most weeks0.9–5.10.0–6.4
Booms · busts0 · 912+ · under 41 · 812+ · under 4
PPRJ.SmithN.Fant
Points a game5.0TE385.0TE39
Season85.2TE3574.8TE37
Most weeks1.4–7.50.0–7.8
Booms · busts0 · 815+ · under 50 · 715+ · 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.SmithN.Fant
Wk 11526
Wk 22728
Wk 32326
Wk 46·
Wk 5··
Wk 61827
Wk 72844
Wk 81741
Wk 92528
Wk 104·
Wk 11036
Wk 12219
Wk 1363
Wk 14015
Wk 1512·
Wk 160·
Wk 17180
Wk 1825
Season222288

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.SmithN.Fant
Targets5441
Receptions3834
Yards222288
Touchdowns23
Target share11%40th9%45th
Depth of target4.359th3.366th
After the catch4.744th5.136th
Catch rate70%47th83%4th
EPA per target+0.0164th-0.2970th
First downs19%72nd32%48th
Drop rate4%33rd2%25th
Yards per game13.151st19.241st
Careers · receiving yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Jonnu SmithNoah Fant
2550
20172019202120232025*
PlayerGRecYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Jonnu Smith2017 to 2025 · 9 seasons1343453,5293026.32024: 88452.0 a game13.1below his career rate
Noah Fant2019 to 2025 · 7 seasons1053343,5931834.22020: 67348.1 a game22.2below 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.