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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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Patrick MahomesQB · Chiefs · graded
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Where they rank · among 56 quarterbacks with 50 attempts+League percentiles
Matthew StaffordPatrick Mahomes
EPA per dropback
+0.2497th
+0.1378th
CPOEcompletion over expected
+1.771st
+0.156th
Sack rateper dropback, lower is better
4%90th
6%54th
Yards per attempt
7.987th
7.163rd
TD rateper attempt
8%99th
4%53rd
INT rateper attempt, lower is better
1%83rd
2%44th
Depth of targetair yards per attempt
9.394th
8.165th
Rush EPA per game
-1.871st
+2.0892nd

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 StaffordPatrick Mahomes
MatthewUnder centerDownfield throwerPlay-action passer
PatrickRPO offenseStraight dropbackScrambler
Deep shareattempts 20+ yards downfield
16%96th
13%69th
Middle of the fieldattempts between the numbers
22%63rd
18%29th
Play actionshare of attempts
32%96th
14%4th
RPOshare of dropbacks
0%6th
10%99th
Scramblesshare of dropbacks
1%10th
9%87th
Shotgunshare of dropbacks
62%1st
93%87th
Against the blitzEPA per dropback, blitzed minus not
+0.1887th
-0.1426th
Motiondropbacks with pre-snap motion
54%56th
55%58th

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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Patrick Mahomes
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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), Patrick Mahomes gets the most scrambling (+30.8 EPA), and Matthew also gives the most back on sacks (−46.3).

Matthew Stafford+118.6
Patrick Mahomes+97.4
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptionsSacksScramblesDesigned runsTwo-point tries
PartMatthewPatrick
Air yardson completions+158.1+0.25 a dropback · 94th+41.1+0.07 a dropback · 49th
After the catchhis share, catch to whistle+252.1+0.40 a dropback · 65th+256.6+0.44 a dropback · 81st
Incompletionsspikes included−169.1−0.27 a dropback · 35th−144.0−0.24 a dropback · 60th
Interceptions−44.3−0.07 a dropback · 58th−47.7−0.08 a dropback · 47th
Sacks−46.3−0.07 a dropback · 87th−38.9−0.07 a dropback · 92nd
Scrambles−2.1−0.00 a dropback · 8th+30.8+0.05 a dropback · 88th
Designed runskneels included−29.7 · 1st−1.6 · 62nd
Two-point triesnot in the rates–+1.2
Total+118.6627 dropbacks+97.4588 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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Patrick Mahomes

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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 P.MahomesSolid 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 StaffordPatrick Mahomes

Dropbackslast 3 games

2538
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Matthew 43.7Patrick 35

Pass yardslast 3 games

150262
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Matthew 328.3Patrick 203.3

EPA / dropbacklast 3 games

-0.22+0.28
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Matthew +0.30Patrick -0.11

CPOElast 3 games

-5.5+6.9
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Matthew -2.6Patrick -5.0

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 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
P.Mahomes
258Wk 1187Wk 2224Wk 3270Wk 4318Wk 5257Wk 6286Wk 7299Wk 8250Wk 910Wk 10276Wk 11352Wk 12261Wk 13160Wk 14189Wk 1516Wk 1617Wk 1718Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
256 ± 51

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.StaffordP.Mahomes
Points a game20.6QB320.3QB4
Season350.4QB3284.7QB11
Most weeks13.3–26.913.1–27.0
Booms · busts7 · 225+ · under 126 · 225+ · under 12
Half PPRM.StaffordP.Mahomes
Points a game20.6QB320.4QB4
Season350.4QB3285.2QB11
Most weeks13.3–26.913.1–27.0
Booms · busts7 · 225+ · under 126 · 225+ · under 12
PPRM.StaffordP.Mahomes
Points a game20.6QB320.4QB4
Season350.4QB3285.7QB11
Most weeks13.3–26.913.1–27.0
Booms · busts7 · 225+ · under 126 · 225+ · 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.StaffordP.Mahomes
Wk 1245258
Wk 2298187
Wk 3196224
Wk 4375270
Wk 5389318
Wk 6181257
Wk 7182286
Wk 8·299
Wk 9281250
Wk 10280·
Wk 11130276
Wk 12273352
Wk 13243261
Wk 14281160
Wk 15368189
Wk 16457·
Wk 17269·
Wk 18259·
Season47073587

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.StaffordP.Mahomes
Attempts597502
Completions388315
Pass yards47073587
Touchdowns4622
EPA per dropback+0.242nd+0.1313th
CPOE+1.717th+0.125th
Sack rate4%6th6%26th
Yards per attempt7.98th7.121st
TD rate8%1st4%27th
INT rate1%10th2%32nd
Depth of target9.34th8.120th
Rush EPA per game-1.8756th+2.085th
Careers · passing yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Matthew StaffordPatrick Mahomes
100200300
200920122015201820212025*
PlayerGAttYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Matthew Stafford2009 to 2025 · 17 seasons2398,77364,578423270.22011: 5,100318.8 a game276.9above his career rate
Patrick Mahomes2017 to 2025 · 9 seasons1264,67335,939267285.22022: 5,250308.8 a game256.2below 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.