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2025 season · compare · wide receivers

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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.

146 in the league pool
Who · up to three, same position groupStart over
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Noah BrownWR · Commanders · not yet qualified
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16
Adam ThielenWR · Steelers · graded
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Where they rank · among 146 wide receivers with 15 targets+League percentiles
Noah BrownAdam Thielen
Target shareof team targets
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8%15th
Depth of targetair yards per target
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8.726th
After the catchyards per reception
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2.313th
Catch ratereceptions per target
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54%24th
EPA per target
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+0.1537th
First downsper target
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29%18th
Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better
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9%13th
Yards per game
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11.67th

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 wide receiversamong 146 wide receivers
Noah BrownAdam Thielen
Noahnot graded yet
AdamWorks the middleRarely deepNot the third-down option
Deep sharetargets 20+ yards downfield
20%–
5%8th
Screensshare of his targets
0%–
5%56th
Middle of the fieldtargets between the numbers
10%–
37%97th
After the catchshare of his yards after the catch
13%–
30%54th
Third-down shareof team targets on 3rd down
3%–
4%12th
Red-zone shareof team targets inside the 20
4%–
4%17th
Motiontargets with pre-snap motion
60%–
58%61st
Play actiontargets off play action
30%–
16%36th

Every trait is a share of his own targets, so volume does not move it. Each bar is the league's qualifying wide receivers; 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

Noah Brown is not graded yet, so no shape.

Where he wins · EPA per target by lane and depthSame scale across
Noah Brown
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Adam Thielen
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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

Adam Thielen gets the most from the ball in the air (+15.5 EPA), he gets the most after the catch (+3.4 EPA), and Adam also gives the most back on targets he does not catch (−14.8).

Noah Brown+2.3
Adam Thielen+5.2
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptionsTwo-point tries
PartNoahAdam
Air yardson catches+5.3+0.53 a target+15.5+0.44 a target · 65th
After the catch+1.8+0.18 a target+3.4+0.10 a target · 4th
Incompletionstargets not caught−4.8−0.48 a target−14.8−0.42 a target · 13th
Interceptionswhen targeted0.00.00 a target0.00.00 a target · 88th
Two-point triesnot in the rates–+1.1
Total+2.310 targets+5.235 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 wide receivers; the best rate in each row is green.

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

Noah Brown

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Adam Thielen

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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 · N.Brown and A.ThielenSolid 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
Noah BrownAdam Thielen

Targetslast 3 games

27
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Noah 2.3Adam 5

Rec yardslast 3 games

754
123456789101112131415161718
Noah 18.7Adam 35.3

EPA / targetlast 3 games

-0.35+0.75
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Noah +0.10Adam +0.21

aDOTlast 3 games

6.314.6
123456789101112131415161718
Noah 15.9Adam 10.2

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 54+ · dud under 7
N.Brown
27Wk 19Wk 23Wk 34Wk 45Wk 56Wk 67Wk 78Wk 89Wk 910Wk 1011Wk 1112Wk 1213Wk 1319Wk 1428Wk 1516Wk 1617Wk 1718Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
21 ± 8
A.Thielen
0Wk 126Wk 20Wk 311Wk 40Wk 56Wk 610Wk 70Wk 80Wk 916Wk 106Wk 110Wk 1213Wk 134Wk 147Wk 1549Wk 1614Wk 1743Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
12 ± 15

Thresholds are the quartiles of every game week by qualified wide receivers this season (2044 player weeks). The right column is the average week and its swing.

Fantasy · points, rank and range, week by week
StandardN.BrownA.Thielen
Points a game2.11.3WR127
Season8.3WR16920.6WR130
Most weeks1.5–2.70.0–2.0
Booms · busts0 · 412+ · under 50 · 1612+ · under 5
Half PPRN.BrownA.Thielen
Points a game2.71.9WR123
Season10.8WR16930.1WR125
Most weeks2.0–3.50.0–2.6
Booms · busts0 · 416+ · under 6.50 · 1516+ · under 6.5
PPRN.BrownA.Thielen
Points a game3.32.5WR121
Season13.3WR17339.6WR120
Most weeks2.5–4.20.0–3.6
Booms · busts0 · 420+ · under 80 · 1520+ · 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
WeekN.BrownA.Thielen
Wk 1270
Wk 2926
Wk 3·0
Wk 4·11
Wk 5··
Wk 7·10
Wk 8·0
Wk 9··
Wk 10·16
Wk 11·6
Wk 12·0
Wk 14194
Wk 15287
Wk 16·49
Wk 17·14
Wk 18·43
Season83186

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
SeasonN.BrownA.Thielen
Targets1035
Receptions519
Yards83186
Touchdowns00
Target share-8%124th
Depth of target-8.7109th
After the catch-2.3127th
Catch rate-54%111th
EPA per target-+0.1593rd
First downs-29%120th
Drop rate-9%127th
Yards per game-11.6136th
Careers · receiving yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Noah BrownAdam Thielen
255075
201420162018202020222025*
PlayerGRecYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Noah Brown2017 to 2025 · 8 seasons741552,083628.12023: 56756.7 a game20.8below his career rate
Adam Thielen2014 to 2025 · 12 seasons1667048,4976451.22018: 1,37385.8 a game13.3below 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.