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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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Philip RiversQB · Colts · graded
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9
Michael Penix Jr.QB · Falcons · graded
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Where they rank · among 56 quarterbacks with 50 attempts+League percentiles
Philip RiversMichael Penix Jr.
EPA per dropback
-0.1224th
+0.0251st
CPOEcompletion over expected
-3.826th
-2.535th
Sack rateper dropback, lower is better
5%72nd
5%81st
Yards per attempt
5.917th
7.267th
TD rateper attempt
4%51st
3%26th
INT rateper attempt, lower is better
3%26th
1%90th
Depth of targetair yards per attempt
7.851st
8.372nd
Rush EPA per game
-0.3822nd
+0.7962nd

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
Philip RiversMichael Penix Jr.
PhilipPocket passerStraight dropbackShotgun offense
MichaelShotgun offenseSidelinesBlitz him
Deep shareattempts 20+ yards downfield
11%42nd
13%65th
Middle of the fieldattempts between the numbers
27%90th
11%3rd
Play actionshare of attempts
12%3rd
18%26th
RPOshare of dropbacks
3%83rd
0%3rd
Scramblesshare of dropbacks
0%2nd
4%42nd
Shotgunshare of dropbacks
98%96th
99%99th
Against the blitzEPA per dropback, blitzed minus not
+0.2592nd
-0.316th
Motiondropbacks with pre-snap motion
58%67th
66%88th

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
Philip Rivers
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Michael Penix Jr.
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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

Michael Penix Jr. gets the most from the ball in the air (+49.6 EPA), he gets the most scrambling (+11.6 EPA), and Michael also gives the most back on sacks (−28.4).

Philip Rivers−12.3
Michael Penix Jr.+12.3
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptionsSacksScramblesDesigned runsTwo-point tries
PartPhilipMichael
Air yardson completions−5.0−0.05 a dropback · 19th+49.6+0.16 a dropback · 78th
After the catchhis share, catch to whistle+48.4+0.50 a dropback · 92nd+99.2+0.33 a dropback · 22nd
Incompletionsspikes included−29.1−0.30 a dropback · 21st−97.6−0.32 a dropback · 6th
Interceptions−16.1−0.17 a dropback · 12th−18.7−0.06 a dropback · 71st
Sacks−9.4−0.10 a dropback · 69th−28.4−0.09 a dropback · 74th
Scrambles0.00.00 a dropback · 14th+11.6+0.04 a dropback · 71st
Designed runskneels included−1.1 · 63rd−4.5 · 40th
Two-point triesnot in the rates–+1.1
Total−12.397 dropbacks+12.3302 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

Philip Rivers

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Michael Penix Jr.

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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 · P.Rivers and M.PenixSolid 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 17
Philip RiversMichael Penix Jr.

Dropbackslast 3 games

2538
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Philip 32.3Michael 28.3

Pass yardslast 3 games

150262
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Philip 181.3Michael 191

EPA / dropbacklast 3 games

-0.22+0.28
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Philip -0.12Michael +0.08

CPOElast 3 games

-5.5+6.9
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Philip -3.7Michael -0.4

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
P.Rivers
1Wk 12Wk 23Wk 34Wk 45Wk 56Wk 67Wk 78Wk 89Wk 910Wk 1011Wk 1112Wk 1213Wk 1314Wk 14120Wk 15277Wk 16147Wk 1718Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
181 ± 69
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

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
StandardP.RiversM.Penix
Points a game10.613.4QB25
Season31.7QB49120.3QB33
Most weeks7.2–13.46.9–20.3
Booms · busts0 · 225+ · under 120 · 425+ · under 12
Half PPRP.RiversM.Penix
Points a game10.613.4QB25
Season31.7QB49120.3QB33
Most weeks7.2–13.46.9–20.3
Booms · busts0 · 225+ · under 120 · 425+ · under 12
PPRP.RiversM.Penix
Points a game10.613.4QB25
Season31.7QB49120.3QB33
Most weeks7.2–13.46.9–20.3
Booms · busts0 · 225+ · under 120 · 425+ · 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
WeekP.RiversM.Penix
Wk 1·298
Wk 2·135
Wk 3·172
Wk 4·313
Wk 6·250
Wk 7·241
Wk 9·221
Wk 10·177
Wk 11·175
Wk 15120·
Wk 16277·
Wk 17147·
Season5441982

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.RiversM.Penix
Attempts92276
Completions58166
Pass yards5441982
Touchdowns49
EPA per dropback-0.1243rd+0.0228th
CPOE-3.842nd-2.537th
Sack rate5%16th5%11th
Yards per attempt5.947th7.219th
TD rate4%28th3%42nd
INT rate3%42nd1%6th
Depth of target7.828th8.316th
Rush EPA per game-0.3844th+0.7922nd
Careers · passing yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Philip RiversMichael Penix Jr.
100200300
2004200720102013201620192025*
PlayerGAttYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Philip Rivers2004 to 2025 · 18 seasons2478,22663,978425259.02015: 4,792299.5 a game181.3below his career rate
Michael Penix Jr.2024 to 2025 · 2 seasons143812,75712196.92024: 775155.0 a game220.2above 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.