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2025 season · compare · tight ends

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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.

72 in the league pool
Who · up to three, same position groupStart over
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Pat FreiermuthTE · Steelers · graded
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88
Cade OttonTE · Buccaneers · graded
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Where they rank · among 72 tight ends with 15 targets+League percentiles
Pat FreiermuthCade Otton
Target shareof team targets
11%52nd
17%80th
Depth of targetair yards per target
6.053rd
5.242nd
After the catchyards per reception
6.281st
5.258th
Catch ratereceptions per target
76%67th
73%48th
EPA per target
+0.4376th
+0.0417th
First downsper target
39%62nd
31%28th
Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better
0%91st
1%80th
Yards per game
28.662nd
35.874th

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 tight endsamong 72 tight ends
Pat FreiermuthCade Otton
PatStaticDropback targetScreen game
CadeDropback targetWorks the middleThird-down guy
Deep sharetargets 20+ yards downfield
9%73rd
1%25th
Screensshare of his targets
12%92nd
5%49th
Middle of the fieldtargets between the numbers
30%75th
32%81st
After the catchshare of his yards after the catch
51%53rd
54%60th
Third-down shareof team targets on 3rd down
12%73rd
13%77th
Red-zone shareof team targets inside the 20
11%56th
9%44th
Motiontargets with pre-snap motion
33%4th
57%53rd
Play actiontargets off play action
9%6th
13%12th

Every trait is a share of his own targets, so volume does not move it. Each bar is the league's qualifying tight ends; 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
Where he wins · EPA per target by lane and depthSame scale across
Pat Freiermuth
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Cade Otton
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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

Pat Freiermuth gets the most from the ball in the air (+4.8 EPA), Cade Otton gets the most after the catch (+48.5 EPA), and Cade also gives the most back on targets he does not catch (−13.7).

Pat Freiermuth+23.3
Cade Otton+3.1
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptionsTwo-point tries
PartPatCade
Air yardson catches+4.8+0.09 a target · 53rd−17.6−0.22 a target · 10th
After the catch+36.3+0.67 a target · 85th+48.5+0.60 a target · 69th
Incompletionstargets not caught−12.6−0.23 a target · 33rd−13.7−0.17 a target · 69th
Interceptionswhen targeted−5.2−0.10 a target · 37th−13.2−0.16 a target · 23rd
Two-point triesnot in the rates–−0.9
Total+23.354 targets+3.181 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 tight ends; the best rate in each row is green.

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

Pat Freiermuth

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Cade Otton

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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 · P.Freiermuth and C.OttonSolid 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
Pat FreiermuthCade Otton

Targetslast 3 games

15
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Pat 4.7Cade 5

Rec yardslast 3 games

538
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Pat 44.7Cade 47.3

EPA / targetlast 3 games

-0.24+0.76
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Pat +0.40Cade +0.42

aDOTlast 3 games

3.08.7
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Pat 6.6Cade 4.8

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 38+ · dud under 5
P.Freiermuth
28Wk 131Wk 26Wk 30Wk 45Wk 511Wk 6111Wk 713Wk 827Wk 933Wk 1019Wk 1119Wk 120Wk 139Wk 1445Wk 1520Wk 1663Wk 1751Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
29 ± 27
C.Otton
0Wk 125Wk 20Wk 39Wk 481Wk 551Wk 665Wk 740Wk 89Wk 982Wk 1028Wk 1121Wk 129Wk 1319Wk 1415Wk 1515Wk 1633Wk 1794Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
36 ± 29

Thresholds are the quartiles of every game week by qualified tight ends this season (1057 player weeks). The right column is the average week and its swing.

Fantasy · points, rank and range, week by week
StandardP.FreiermuthC.Otton
Points a game4.3TE264.0TE30
Season72.6TE2263.2TE28
Most weeks0.9–6.10.9–6.5
Booms · busts1 · 99+ · under 31 · 99+ · under 3
Half PPRP.FreiermuthC.Otton
Points a game5.5TE295.8TE27
Season93.1TE2492.7TE25
Most weeks1.7–7.62.4–10.0
Booms · busts1 · 712+ · under 42 · 712+ · under 4
PPRP.FreiermuthC.Otton
Points a game6.7TE307.6TE24
Season113.6TE25122.2TE22
Most weeks2.3–9.13.5–12.1
Booms · busts1 · 715+ · under 52 · 715+ · under 5

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
WeekP.FreiermuthC.Otton
Wk 1280
Wk 23125
Wk 36·
Wk 4·9
Wk 5·81
Wk 61151
Wk 711165
Wk 81340
Wk 927·
Wk 103382
Wk 111928
Wk 121921
Wk 13·9
Wk 14919
Wk 1545·
Wk 162015
Wk 176333
Wk 185194
Season486572

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
SeasonP.FreiermuthC.Otton
Targets5481
Receptions4159
Yards486572
Touchdowns41
Target share11%35th17%15th
Depth of target6.034th5.242nd
After the catch6.214th5.231st
Catch rate76%24th73%38th
EPA per target+0.4318th+0.0460th
First downs39%28th31%52nd
Drop rate0%1st1%15th
Yards per game28.628th35.819th
Careers · receiving yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Pat FreiermuthCade Otton
2550
20212022202320242025*
PlayerGRecYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Pat Freiermuth2021 to 2025 · 5 seasons742612,6762236.22022: 73248.8 a game32.4below his career rate
Cade Otton2022 to 2025 · 4 seasons622072,0181132.52024: 60042.9 a game38.1above 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.