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2025 season · compare · quarterbacks

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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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Matthew StaffordQB · Rams · graded
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Joe BurrowQB · Bengals · graded
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Where they rank · among 56 quarterbacks with 50 attempts+League percentiles
Matthew StaffordJoe Burrow
EPA per dropback
+0.2497th
+0.1379th
CPOEcompletion over expected
+1.771st
+4.688th
Sack rateper dropback, lower is better
4%90th
6%60th
Yards per attempt
7.987th
7.060th
TD rateper attempt
8%99th
7%94th
INT rateper attempt, lower is better
1%83rd
2%56th
Depth of targetair yards per attempt
9.394th
7.231st
Rush EPA per game
-1.871st
+0.4549th

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
Matthew StaffordJoe Burrow
MatthewUnder centerDownfield throwerPlay-action passer
JoeStraight dropbackShotgun offenseBlitz-proof
Deep shareattempts 20+ yards downfield
16%96th
11%38th
Middle of the fieldattempts between the numbers
22%63rd
19%35th
Play actionshare of attempts
32%96th
17%15th
RPOshare of dropbacks
0%6th
1%24th
Scramblesshare of dropbacks
1%10th
3%22nd
Shotgunshare of dropbacks
62%1st
92%85th
Against the blitzEPA per dropback, blitzed minus not
+0.1887th
+0.1683rd
Motiondropbacks with pre-snap motion
54%56th
50%34th

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
Matthew Stafford
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Joe Burrow
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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

Matthew Stafford gets the most from the ball in the air (+158.1 EPA), he gets the most scrambling (−2.1 EPA), and Matthew also gives the most back on sacks (−46.3).

Matthew Stafford+118.6
Joe Burrow+40.2
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptionsSacksScramblesDesigned runsTwo-point tries
PartMatthewJoe
Air yardson completions+158.1+0.25 a dropback · 94th+59.1+0.21 a dropback · 88th
After the catchhis share, catch to whistle+252.1+0.40 a dropback · 65th+110.9+0.39 a dropback · 56th
Incompletionsspikes included−169.1−0.27 a dropback · 35th−62.4−0.22 a dropback · 74th
Interceptions−44.3−0.07 a dropback · 58th−44.0−0.15 a dropback · 13th
Sacks−46.3−0.07 a dropback · 87th−25.2−0.09 a dropback · 76th
Scrambles−2.1−0.00 a dropback · 8th−3.3−0.01 a dropback · 1st
Designed runskneels included−29.7 · 1st+6.9 · 90th
Two-point triesnot in the rates–−1.9
Total+118.6627 dropbacks+40.2284 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

Matthew Stafford

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Joe Burrow

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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 · M.Stafford and J.BurrowSolid 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
Matthew StaffordJoe Burrow

Dropbackslast 3 games

2538
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Matthew 43.7Joe 36.3

Pass yardslast 3 games

150262
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Matthew 328.3Joe 283.3

EPA / dropbacklast 3 games

-0.22+0.28
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Matthew +0.30Joe +0.33

CPOElast 3 games

-5.5+6.9
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Matthew -2.6Joe +11.7

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
M.Stafford
245Wk 1298Wk 2196Wk 3375Wk 4389Wk 5181Wk 6182Wk 78Wk 8281Wk 9280Wk 10130Wk 11273Wk 12243Wk 13281Wk 14368Wk 15457Wk 16269Wk 17259Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
277 ± 81
J.Burrow
113Wk 176Wk 23Wk 34Wk 45Wk 56Wk 67Wk 78Wk 89Wk 910Wk 1011Wk 1112Wk 12261Wk 13284Wk 14225Wk 15309Wk 16305Wk 17236Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
226 ± 81

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
StandardM.StaffordJ.Burrow
Points a game20.6QB316.8
Season350.4QB3134.5QB29
Most weeks13.3–26.97.8–22.5
Booms · busts7 · 225+ · under 121 · 325+ · under 12
Half PPRM.StaffordJ.Burrow
Points a game20.6QB316.8
Season350.4QB3134.5QB29
Most weeks13.3–26.97.8–22.5
Booms · busts7 · 225+ · under 121 · 325+ · under 12
PPRM.StaffordJ.Burrow
Points a game20.6QB316.8
Season350.4QB3134.5QB29
Most weeks13.3–26.97.8–22.5
Booms · busts7 · 225+ · under 121 · 325+ · 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
WeekM.StaffordJ.Burrow
Wk 1245113
Wk 229876
Wk 3196·
Wk 4375·
Wk 5389·
Wk 6181·
Wk 7182·
Wk 9281·
Wk 10280·
Wk 11130·
Wk 12273·
Wk 13243261
Wk 14281284
Wk 15368225
Wk 16457309
Wk 17269305
Wk 18259236
Season47071809

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.StaffordJ.Burrow
Attempts597259
Completions388173
Pass yards47071809
Touchdowns4617
EPA per dropback+0.242nd+0.1312th
CPOE+1.717th+4.67th
Sack rate4%6th6%23rd
Yards per attempt7.98th7.023rd
TD rate8%1st7%4th
INT rate1%10th2%25th
Depth of target9.34th7.239th
Rush EPA per game-1.8756th+0.4529th
Careers · passing yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Matthew StaffordJoe Burrow
100200300
200920122015201820212025*
PlayerGAttYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Matthew Stafford2009 to 2025 · 17 seasons2398,77364,578423270.22011: 5,100318.8 a game276.9above his career rate
Joe Burrow2020 to 2025 · 6 seasons772,80620,810157270.32024: 4,918289.3 a game226.1below 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.