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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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Kirk CousinsQB · Falcons · graded
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Tua TagovailoaQB · Dolphins · graded
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Where they rank · among 56 quarterbacks with 50 attempts+League percentiles
Kirk CousinsTua Tagovailoa
EPA per dropback
0.0044th
+0.0358th
CPOEcompletion over expected
-4.521st
+1.467th
Sack rateper dropback, lower is better
5%78th
7%44th
Yards per attempt
6.435th
6.953rd
TD rateper attempt
4%37th
5%81st
INT rateper attempt, lower is better
2%61st
4%13th
Depth of targetair yards per attempt
7.028th
6.826th
Rush EPA per game
-0.2524th
-0.5319th

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
Kirk CousinsTua Tagovailoa
KirkPocket passerMotion offenseKeeps it short
TuaBlitz himKeeps it shortPlay-action passer
Deep shareattempts 20+ yards downfield
9%21st
9%17th
Middle of the fieldattempts between the numbers
23%72nd
17%24th
Play actionshare of attempts
22%58th
26%83rd
RPOshare of dropbacks
0%4th
1%42nd
Scramblesshare of dropbacks
1%4th
3%19th
Shotgunshare of dropbacks
78%22nd
84%49th
Against the blitzEPA per dropback, blitzed minus not
+0.1274th
-0.2113th
Motiondropbacks with pre-snap motion
63%87th
61%81st

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
Kirk Cousins
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Tua Tagovailoa
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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

Tua Tagovailoa gets the most from the ball in the air (+29.6 EPA), Kirk Cousins gets the most scrambling (−0.1 EPA), and Tua also gives the most back on sacks (−47.3).

Kirk Cousins−3.4
Tua Tagovailoa+6.9
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptionsSacksScramblesDesigned runsTwo-point tries
PartKirkTua
Air yardson completions+12.4+0.04 a dropback · 38th+29.6+0.07 a dropback · 47th
After the catchhis share, catch to whistle+122.4+0.43 a dropback · 78th+178.0+0.42 a dropback · 74th
Incompletionsspikes included−85.1−0.30 a dropback · 21st−94.0−0.22 a dropback · 72nd
Interceptions−25.8−0.09 a dropback · 46th−51.1−0.12 a dropback · 29th
Sacks−22.8−0.08 a dropback · 81st−47.3−0.11 a dropback · 49th
Scrambles−0.1−0.00 a dropback · 12th−1.1−0.00 a dropback · 10th
Designed runskneels included−2.4 · 54th−6.3 · 26th
Two-point triesnot in the rates−1.9−0.8
Total−3.4284 dropbacks+6.9425 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

Kirk Cousins

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Tua Tagovailoa

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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 · K.Cousins and T.TagovailoaSolid 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
Kirk CousinsTua Tagovailoa

Dropbackslast 3 games

2538
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Kirk 30.7Tua 27

Pass yardslast 3 games

150262
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Kirk 167.7Tua 179

EPA / dropbacklast 3 games

-0.22+0.28
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Kirk +0.08Tua -0.05

CPOElast 3 games

-5.5+6.9
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Kirk -5.1Tua +2.9

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
K.Cousins
1Wk 12Wk 229Wk 34Wk 45Wk 56Wk 67Wk 7173Wk 89Wk 910Wk 1048Wk 11199Wk 12234Wk 13162Wk 14373Wk 15197Wk 16126Wk 17180Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
172 ± 91
T.Tagovailoa
114Wk 1315Wk 2146Wk 3177Wk 4256Wk 5205Wk 6100Wk 7205Wk 8261Wk 9173Wk 10171Wk 1112Wk 12157Wk 13127Wk 14253Wk 1516Wk 1617Wk 1718Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
190 ± 60

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
StandardK.CousinsT.Tagovailoa
Points a game10.4QB3411.5QB29
Season103.5QB35160.7QB25
Most weeks2.4–15.16.1–17.2
Booms · busts1 · 625+ · under 120 · 825+ · under 12
Half PPRK.CousinsT.Tagovailoa
Points a game10.4QB3411.5QB29
Season103.5QB35160.7QB25
Most weeks2.4–15.16.1–17.2
Booms · busts1 · 625+ · under 120 · 825+ · under 12
PPRK.CousinsT.Tagovailoa
Points a game10.4QB3411.5QB29
Season103.5QB35160.7QB25
Most weeks2.4–15.16.1–17.2
Booms · busts1 · 625+ · under 120 · 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
WeekK.CousinsT.Tagovailoa
Wk 1·114
Wk 2·315
Wk 329146
Wk 4·177
Wk 5·256
Wk 6·205
Wk 7·100
Wk 8173205
Wk 9·261
Wk 10·173
Wk 1148171
Wk 12199·
Wk 13234157
Wk 14162127
Wk 15373253
Wk 16197·
Wk 17126·
Wk 18180·
Season17212660

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
SeasonK.CousinsT.Tagovailoa
Attempts269384
Completions166260
Pass yards17212660
Touchdowns1020
EPA per dropback0.0032nd+0.0324th
CPOE-4.545th+1.419th
Sack rate5%13th7%32nd
Yards per attempt6.437th6.927th
TD rate4%36th5%11th
INT rate2%22nd4%49th
Depth of target7.041st6.842nd
Rush EPA per game-0.2543rd-0.5346th
Careers · passing yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Kirk CousinsTua Tagovailoa
100200300
2012201420162018202020222025*
PlayerGAttYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Kirk Cousins2012 to 2025 · 14 seasons1745,89944,700298256.92016: 4,917307.3 a game172.1below his career rate
Tua Tagovailoa2020 to 2025 · 6 seasons782,42118,166120232.92023: 4,624272.0 a game190.0below 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.