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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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Mark AndrewsTE · Ravens · graded
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87
Michael MayerTE · Raiders · graded
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Where they rank · among 72 tight ends with 15 targets+League percentiles
Mark AndrewsMichael Mayer
Target shareof team targets
17%76th
14%60th
Depth of targetair yards per target
7.373rd
4.835th
After the catchyards per reception
2.11st
5.664th
Catch ratereceptions per target
69%23rd
70%33rd
EPA per target
+0.0215th
-0.205th
First downsper target
34%41st
36%49th
Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better
4%45th
2%72nd
Yards per game
24.855th
25.256th

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
Mark AndrewsMichael Mayer
MarkWins before the catchRed-zone guyThird-down guy
MichaelScreen game
Deep sharetargets 20+ yards downfield
3%27th
4%37th
Screensshare of his targets
1%26th
10%81st
Middle of the fieldtargets between the numbers
26%54th
22%32nd
After the catchshare of his yards after the catch
24%4th
60%67th
Third-down shareof team targets on 3rd down
17%89th
10%59th
Red-zone shareof team targets inside the 20
27%94th
10%46th
Motiontargets with pre-snap motion
53%33rd
60%59th
Play actiontargets off play action
13%11th
40%68th

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
Mark Andrews
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Michael Mayer
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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

Mark Andrews gets the most from the ball in the air (+20.1 EPA), Michael Mayer gets the most after the catch (+28.6 EPA), and Mark also gives the most back on targets he does not catch (−19.1).

Mark Andrews+1.5
Michael Mayer−9.8
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptions
PartMarkMichael
Air yardson catches+20.1+0.29 a target · 83rd−7.8−0.16 a target · 15th
After the catch+15.9+0.23 a target · 10th+28.6+0.57 a target · 65th
Incompletionstargets not caught−19.1−0.27 a target · 20th−11.1−0.22 a target · 40th
Interceptionswhen targeted−15.5−0.22 a target · 17th−19.6−0.39 a target · 3rd
Total+1.570 targets−9.850 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

Mark Andrews

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Michael Mayer

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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 · M.Andrews and M.MayerSolid 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
Mark AndrewsMichael Mayer

Targetslast 3 games

15
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Mark 3.3Michael 6

Rec yardslast 3 games

538
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Mark 21Michael 48.7

EPA / targetlast 3 games

-0.24+0.76
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Mark +0.07Michael -0.08

aDOTlast 3 games

3.08.7
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Mark 6.5Michael 6.0

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
M.Andrews
5Wk 12Wk 291Wk 330Wk 422Wk 524Wk 67Wk 734Wk 822Wk 914Wk 1032Wk 119Wk 1247Wk 139Wk 1418Wk 1521Wk 1628Wk 1714Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
25 ± 20
M.Mayer
38Wk 19Wk 20Wk 34Wk 45Wk 550Wk 610Wk 78Wk 826Wk 922Wk 1013Wk 1114Wk 1213Wk 1314Wk 140Wk 1510Wk 1689Wk 1747Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
25 ± 24

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
StandardM.AndrewsM.Mayer
Points a game4.9TE233.0TE38
Season83.0TE1838.8TE44
Most weeks1.2–6.90.9–4.3
Booms · busts3 · 109+ · under 31 · 99+ · under 3
Half PPRM.AndrewsM.Mayer
Points a game6.3TE234.3TE37
Season107.0TE1656.3TE41
Most weeks1.8–8.51.5–6.0
Booms · busts3 · 812+ · under 42 · 812+ · under 4
PPRM.AndrewsM.Mayer
Points a game7.7TE235.7TE36
Season131.0TE1673.8TE38
Most weeks2.4–10.32.0–7.8
Booms · busts3 · 815+ · under 52 · 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
WeekM.AndrewsM.Mayer
Wk 1538
Wk 229
Wk 3910
Wk 430·
Wk 522·
Wk 62450
Wk 7·10
Wk 834·
Wk 92226
Wk 101422
Wk 113213
Wk 12914
Wk 1347·
Wk 149·
Wk 15180
Wk 162110
Wk 172889
Wk 181447
Season422328

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
SeasonM.AndrewsM.Mayer
Targets7050
Receptions4835
Yards422328
Touchdowns51
Target share17%18th14%29th
Depth of target7.320th4.847th
After the catch2.172nd5.626th
Catch rate69%56th70%49th
EPA per target+0.0262nd-0.2069th
First downs34%43rd36%36th
Drop rate4%40th2%21st
Yards per game24.833rd25.232nd
Careers · receiving yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Mark AndrewsMichael Mayer
255075
2018202020222025*
PlayerGRecYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Mark Andrews2018 to 2025 · 8 seasons1214845,9525649.22021: 1,36180.1 a game24.8below his career rate
Michael Mayer2023 to 2025 · 3 seasons3783788321.32023: 30423.4 a game25.2above 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.