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2025 season · compare · backs

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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.

89 in the league pool
Who · up to three, same position groupStart over
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Michael CarterRB · Cardinals · graded
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David MontgomeryRB · Lions · graded
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Where they rank · among 89 backs with 30 touches+League percentiles
Michael CarterDavid Montgomery
Yards per carry
3.621st
4.563rd
Rush EPA per carry
-0.0742nd
+0.0072nd
EPA per targetreceiving, 5+ targets
+0.0454th
+0.1166th
Broken tacklesper touch
5%94th
0%11th
Explosive rate10+ run, 20+ catch per touch
4%11th
9%52nd
Touches per game
10.549th
11.051st
Receiving sharetargets per touch
33%80th
16%39th
Yards per touch
4.439th
4.966th

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 backsamong 89 backs
Michael CarterDavid Montgomery
MichaelStaticPass-catching back
DavidUnder centerBetween the tacklesShort-yardage back
Inside runscarries at guard or tackle
53%43rd
62%84th
Shotgun runscarries from the gun
43%54th
19%5th
Receiving sharetargets per touch
33%79th
15%37th
Third-down shareof team touches on 3rd down
7%37th
12%66th
Red-zone shareof team touches inside the 20
10%34th
21%60th
Short-yardage shareof team touches, 2 or fewer to go
19%49th
30%79th
RPOcarries on run-pass options
4%16th
8%26th
Motiontouches with pre-snap motion
31%2nd
62%71st

Every trait is a share of his own touches, so volume does not move it. Each bar is the league's qualifying backs; 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
YPCRush EPAEPA / tgtBrk tacklesExplosiveTouchesRec shareYds / touch
Where he wins · EPA per target by lane and depthSame scale across
Michael Carter
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David Montgomery
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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 playsRushing and receiving EPA

David Montgomery gets the most on runs (−0.6 EPA), Michael Carter gets the most after the catch (+32.6 EPA), and Michael also gives the most back on targets he does not catch (−10.3).

Michael Carter−5.0
David Montgomery+3.6
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptionsDesigned runsTwo-point tries
PartMichaelDavid
Air yardson catches−20.4−0.45 a target · 84th−16.7−0.58 a target · 67th
After the catch+32.6+0.72 a target · 29th+23.7+0.82 a target · 43rd
Incompletionstargets not caught−10.3−0.23 a target · 22nd−3.8−0.13 a target · 60th
Interceptionswhen targeted0.00.00 a target · 59th0.00.00 a target · 59th
Designed runs−6.8−0.07 a carry · 42nd−0.6−0.00 a carry · 70th
Two-point triesnot in the rates–+1.1
Total−5.0137 touches+3.6187 touches

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, and his designed runs. Bars share one scale, gains right of the line and losses left. The rate is per carry for runs and per target for catches, with its percentile among the league's qualifying backs; the best rate in each row is green.

Where the ball finds them · same scale, same fieldloading plays

Michael Carter

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David Montgomery

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Designed carries by gap, 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.Carter and D.MontgomerySolid 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
Michael CarterDavid Montgomery

Toucheslast 3 games

417
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Michael 11.3David 8.3

Scrimmage ydslast 3 games

1678
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Michael 49David 36.3

EPA / touchlast 3 games

-0.27+0.15
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Michael -0.08David -0.01

Targetslast 3 games

13
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Michael 3David 1

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 78+ · dud under 16
M.Carter
1Wk 12Wk 23Wk 31Wk 473Wk 564Wk 636Wk 78Wk 89Wk 94Wk 1028Wk 1158Wk 1264Wk 1331Wk 1494Wk 1565Wk 1643Wk 1739Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
46 ± 26
D.Montgomery
43Wk 161Wk 2164Wk 312Wk 471Wk 561Wk 639Wk 78Wk 850Wk 971Wk 1037Wk 1137Wk 1248Wk 1373Wk 1432Wk 1514Wk 1640Wk 1755Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
53 ± 33

Thresholds are the quartiles of every game week by qualified backs this season (1253 player weeks). The right column is the average week and its swing.

Fantasy · points, rank and range, week by week
StandardM.CarterD.Montgomery
Points a game5.1RB508.4RB30
Season66.0RB55142.9RB27
Most weeks2.9–6.53.7–11.8
Booms · busts1 · 712+ · under 54 · 712+ · under 5
Half PPRM.CarterD.Montgomery
Points a game6.4RB479.1RB31
Season82.5RB52154.9RB27
Most weeks4.3–8.34.9–12.4
Booms · busts0 · 716+ · under 6.52 · 816+ · under 6.5
PPRM.CarterD.Montgomery
Points a game7.6RB449.8RB32
Season99.0RB48166.9RB27
Most weeks5.3–10.45.9–13.0
Booms · busts0 · 820+ · under 81 · 720+ · under 8

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.CarterD.Montgomery
Wk 1·25
Wk 2·57
Wk 3·151
Wk 4112
Wk 55165
Wk 63424
Wk 71121
Wk 9·40
Wk 10471
Wk 11627
Wk 122818
Wk 131732
Wk 141360
Wk 155632
Wk 166514
Wk 172925
Wk 181842
Season333716

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.CarterD.Montgomery
Carries92158
Rush yards333716
Rush TD18
Targets4529
Yards per carry3.671st4.533rd
Rush EPA per carry-0.0752nd+0.0025th
EPA per target+0.0439th+0.1129th
Broken tackles5%6th0%71st
Explosive rate4%80th9%43rd
Touches per game10.546th11.044th
Receiving share33%18th16%55th
Yards per touch4.455th4.931st
Careers · scrimmage yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Michael CarterDavid Montgomery
255075100
2019202020212022202320242025*
PlayerGCarYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Michael Carter2021 to 2025 · 5 seasons614182,7301044.82021: 96468.9 a game46.2above his career rate
David Montgomery2019 to 2025 · 7 seasons1051,4778,0056376.22020: 1,508100.5 a game53.4below 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.