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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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Michael Penix Jr.QB · Falcons · graded
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C.J. StroudQB · Texans · graded
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Where they rank · among 56 quarterbacks with 50 attempts+League percentiles
Michael Penix Jr.C.J. Stroud
EPA per dropback
+0.0251st
+0.1176th
CPOEcompletion over expected
-2.535th
+0.258th
Sack rateper dropback, lower is better
5%81st
5%71st
Yards per attempt
7.267th
7.269th
TD rateper attempt
3%26th
4%58th
INT rateper attempt, lower is better
1%90th
2%58th
Depth of targetair yards per attempt
8.372nd
8.063rd
Rush EPA per game
+0.7962nd
+1.0778th

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
Michael Penix Jr.C.J. Stroud
MichaelShotgun offenseSidelinesBlitz him
C.J.Blitz him
Deep shareattempts 20+ yards downfield
13%65th
11%40th
Middle of the fieldattempts between the numbers
11%3rd
19%37th
Play actionshare of attempts
18%26th
23%63rd
RPOshare of dropbacks
0%3rd
1%26th
Scramblesshare of dropbacks
4%42nd
5%47th
Shotgunshare of dropbacks
99%99th
81%35th
Against the blitzEPA per dropback, blitzed minus not
-0.316th
-0.1917th
Motiondropbacks with pre-snap motion
66%88th
54%51st

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
Michael Penix Jr.
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C.J. Stroud
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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

C.J. Stroud gets the most from the ball in the air (+60.9 EPA), he gets the most scrambling (+13.6 EPA), and C.J. also gives the most back on sacks (−38.5).

Michael Penix Jr.+12.3
C.J. Stroud+62.7
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptionsSacksScramblesDesigned runsTwo-point tries
PartMichaelC.J.
Air yardson completions+49.6+0.16 a dropback · 78th+60.9+0.13 a dropback · 71st
After the catchhis share, catch to whistle+99.2+0.33 a dropback · 22nd+176.5+0.37 a dropback · 49th
Incompletionsspikes included−97.6−0.32 a dropback · 6th−120.8−0.26 a dropback · 42nd
Interceptions−18.7−0.06 a dropback · 71st−27.6−0.06 a dropback · 74th
Sacks−28.4−0.09 a dropback · 74th−38.5−0.08 a dropback · 79th
Scrambles+11.6+0.04 a dropback · 71st+13.6+0.03 a dropback · 56th
Designed runskneels included−4.5 · 40th+1.4 · 81st
Two-point triesnot in the rates+1.1−2.8
Total+12.3302 dropbacks+62.7471 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

Michael Penix Jr.

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C.J. Stroud

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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.Penix and C.StroudSolid 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 Penix Jr.C.J. Stroud

Dropbackslast 3 games

2538
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Michael 28.3C.J. 28.7

Pass yardslast 3 games

150262
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Michael 191C.J. 200

EPA / dropbacklast 3 games

-0.22+0.28
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Michael +0.08C.J. +0.03

CPOElast 3 games

-5.5+6.9
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Michael -0.4C.J. -4.3

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.Penix
298Wk 1135Wk 2172Wk 3313Wk 45Wk 5250Wk 6241Wk 78Wk 8221Wk 9177Wk 10175Wk 1112Wk 1213Wk 1314Wk 1415Wk 1516Wk 1617Wk 1718Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
220 ± 57
C.Stroud
188Wk 1207Wk 2204Wk 3233Wk 4244Wk 56Wk 6229Wk 7318Wk 879Wk 910Wk 1011Wk 1112Wk 12276Wk 13203Wk 14260Wk 15187Wk 16244Wk 17169Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
217 ± 54

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.PenixC.Stroud
Points a game13.4QB2514.9QB20
Season120.3QB33208.5QB21
Most weeks6.9–20.39.8–19.7
Booms · busts0 · 425+ · under 121 · 525+ · under 12
Half PPRM.PenixC.Stroud
Points a game13.4QB2514.9QB20
Season120.3QB33208.5QB21
Most weeks6.9–20.39.8–19.7
Booms · busts0 · 425+ · under 121 · 525+ · under 12
PPRM.PenixC.Stroud
Points a game13.4QB2514.9QB20
Season120.3QB33208.5QB21
Most weeks6.9–20.39.8–19.7
Booms · busts0 · 425+ · under 121 · 525+ · 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.PenixC.Stroud
Wk 1298188
Wk 2135207
Wk 3172204
Wk 4313233
Wk 5·244
Wk 6250·
Wk 7241229
Wk 8·318
Wk 922179
Wk 10177·
Wk 11175·
Wk 13·276
Wk 14·203
Wk 15·260
Wk 16·187
Wk 17·244
Wk 18·169
Season19823041

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.PenixC.Stroud
Attempts276423
Completions166273
Pass yards19823041
Touchdowns919
EPA per dropback+0.0228th+0.1114th
CPOE-2.537th+0.224th
Sack rate5%11th5%17th
Yards per attempt7.219th7.218th
TD rate3%42nd4%24th
INT rate1%6th2%24th
Depth of target8.316th8.021st
Rush EPA per game+0.7922nd+1.0713th
Careers · passing yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Michael Penix Jr.C.J. Stroud
100200300
202320242025*
PlayerGAttYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Michael Penix Jr.2024 to 2025 · 2 seasons143812,75712196.92024: 775155.0 a game220.2above his career rate
C.J. Stroud2023 to 2025 · 3 seasons461,45410,87662236.42023: 4,108273.9 a game217.2below 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.