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2025 season · compare · tight ends

Compare players

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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Tyler HigbeeTE · Rams · graded
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Where they rank · among 72 tight ends with 15 targets+League percentiles
Pat FreiermuthTyler Higbee
Target shareof team targets
11%52nd
11%48th
Depth of targetair yards per target
6.053rd
6.156th
After the catchyards per reception
6.281st
5.664th
Catch ratereceptions per target
76%67th
69%31st
EPA per target
+0.4376th
+0.2656th
First downsper target
39%62nd
47%84th
Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better
0%91st
8%16th
Yards per game
28.662nd
28.159th

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 FreiermuthTyler Higbee
PatStaticDropback targetScreen game
TylerScreen gamePlay-action targetDownfield
Deep sharetargets 20+ yards downfield
9%73rd
10%79th
Screensshare of his targets
12%92nd
12%91st
Middle of the fieldtargets between the numbers
30%75th
21%28th
After the catchshare of his yards after the catch
51%53rd
48%43rd
Third-down shareof team targets on 3rd down
12%73rd
8%50th
Red-zone shareof team targets inside the 20
11%56th
8%40th
Motiontargets with pre-snap motion
33%4th
50%30th
Play actiontargets off play action
9%6th
48%80th

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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Tyler Higbee
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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), he gets the most after the catch (+36.3 EPA), and Tyler Higbee gives the most back on targets he does not catch (−14.6).

Pat Freiermuth+23.3
Tyler Higbee+9.4
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptions
PartPatTyler
Air yardson catches+4.8+0.09 a target · 53rd+0.7+0.02 a target · 47th
After the catch+36.3+0.67 a target · 85th+23.3+0.65 a target · 78th
Incompletionstargets not caught−12.6−0.23 a target · 33rd−14.6−0.40 a target · 2nd
Interceptionswhen targeted−5.2−0.10 a target · 37th0.00.00 a target · 73rd
Total+23.354 targets+9.436 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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Tyler Higbee

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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 T.HigbeeSolid 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 FreiermuthTyler Higbee

Targetslast 3 games

15
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Pat 4.7Tyler 3.7

Rec yardslast 3 games

538
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Pat 44.7Tyler 49

EPA / targetlast 3 games

-0.24+0.76
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Pat +0.40Tyler +0.81

aDOTlast 3 games

3.08.7
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Pat 6.6Tyler 8.5

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
T.Higbee
0Wk 137Wk 20Wk 325Wk 45Wk 540Wk 619Wk 78Wk 813Wk 933Wk 1023Wk 1112Wk 1213Wk 1314Wk 1415Wk 1516Wk 1617Wk 1791Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
28 ± 25

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.FreiermuthT.Higbee
Points a game4.3TE264.6TE24
Season72.6TE2246.1TE36
Most weeks0.9–6.11.5–7.8
Booms · busts1 · 99+ · under 32 · 59+ · under 3
Half PPRP.FreiermuthT.Higbee
Points a game5.5TE295.9TE24
Season93.1TE2458.6TE37
Most weeks1.7–7.62.2–9.4
Booms · busts1 · 712+ · under 42 · 512+ · under 4
PPRP.FreiermuthT.Higbee
Points a game6.7TE307.1TE28
Season113.6TE2571.1TE40
Most weeks2.3–9.12.6–11.0
Booms · busts1 · 715+ · under 51 · 515+ · 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.FreiermuthT.Higbee
Wk 1280
Wk 23137
Wk 360
Wk 4·25
Wk 61140
Wk 711119
Wk 813·
Wk 92713
Wk 103333
Wk 111923
Wk 1219·
Wk 13··
Wk 149·
Wk 1545·
Wk 1620·
Wk 1763·
Wk 185191
Season486281

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.FreiermuthT.Higbee
Targets5436
Receptions4125
Yards486281
Touchdowns43
Target share11%35th11%38th
Depth of target6.034th6.132nd
After the catch6.214th5.626th
Catch rate76%24th69%50th
EPA per target+0.4318th+0.2632nd
First downs39%28th47%12th
Drop rate0%1st8%61st
Yards per game28.628th28.130th
Careers · receiving yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Pat FreiermuthTyler Higbee
2550
20162018202020222025*
PlayerGRecYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Pat Freiermuth2021 to 2025 · 5 seasons742612,6762236.22022: 73248.8 a game32.4below his career rate
Tyler Higbee2016 to 2025 · 10 seasons1283863,9492730.92019: 73452.4 a game28.1below 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.