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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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Sam DarnoldQB · Seahawks · graded
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5
Jayden DanielsQB · Commanders · graded
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Where they rank · among 56 quarterbacks with 50 attempts+League percentiles
Sam DarnoldJayden Daniels
EPA per dropback
+0.1585th
-0.0238th
CPOEcompletion over expected
+6.194th
-3.031st
Sack rateper dropback, lower is better
5%65th
9%33rd
Yards per attempt
8.596th
6.744th
TD rateper attempt
5%84th
4%49th
INT rateper attempt, lower is better
3%33rd
2%74th
Depth of targetair yards per attempt
7.954th
7.442nd
Rush EPA per game
-0.7613th
+0.2538th

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
Sam DarnoldJayden Daniels
SamUnder centerMotion offensePocket passer
JaydenScramblerRPO offenseShotgun offense
Deep shareattempts 20+ yards downfield
12%51st
10%26th
Middle of the fieldattempts between the numbers
22%65th
17%26th
Play actionshare of attempts
25%76th
18%28th
RPOshare of dropbacks
0%10th
6%96th
Scramblesshare of dropbacks
3%21st
16%99th
Shotgunshare of dropbacks
67%3rd
98%96th
Against the blitzEPA per dropback, blitzed minus not
-0.1821st
+0.0549th
Motiondropbacks with pre-snap motion
66%92nd
51%40th

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
Sam Darnold
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Jayden Daniels
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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

Sam Darnold gets the most from the ball in the air (+85.8 EPA), Jayden Daniels gets the most scrambling (+10.6 EPA), and Sam also gives the most back on sacks (−59.0).

Sam Darnold+61.6
Jayden Daniels−3.0
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptionsSacksScramblesDesigned runsTwo-point tries
PartSamJayden
Air yardson completions+85.8+0.17 a dropback · 81st+25.2+0.10 a dropback · 58th
After the catchhis share, catch to whistle+226.4+0.44 a dropback · 83rd+85.2+0.35 a dropback · 31st
Incompletionsspikes included−108.3−0.21 a dropback · 87th−73.5−0.30 a dropback · 17th
Interceptions−72.5−0.14 a dropback · 24th−15.4−0.06 a dropback · 65th
Sacks−59.0−0.11 a dropback · 42nd−27.3−0.11 a dropback · 44th
Scrambles+6.1+0.01 a dropback · 31st+10.6+0.04 a dropback · 78th
Designed runskneels included−19.1 · 6th−7.9 · 21st
Two-point triesnot in the rates+2.1+0.1
Total+61.6518 dropbacks−3.0244 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

Sam Darnold

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Jayden Daniels

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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 · S.Darnold and J.DanielsSolid 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
Sam DarnoldJayden Daniels

Dropbackslast 3 games

2538
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Sam 32Jayden 23.7

Pass yardslast 3 games

150262
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Sam 205Jayden 129

EPA / dropbacklast 3 games

-0.22+0.28
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Sam -0.06Jayden -0.26

CPOElast 3 games

-5.5+6.9
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Sam +2.8Jayden -7.4

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
S.Darnold
150Wk 1295Wk 2218Wk 3242Wk 4341Wk 5295Wk 6213Wk 78Wk 8330Wk 9178Wk 10279Wk 11244Wk 12128Wk 13249Wk 14271Wk 15270Wk 16147Wk 17198Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
238 ± 61
J.Daniels
233Wk 1200Wk 23Wk 34Wk 4231Wk 5211Wk 6156Wk 78Wk 8153Wk 910Wk 1011Wk 1112Wk 1213Wk 1378Wk 1415Wk 1516Wk 1617Wk 1718Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
180 ± 51

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
StandardS.DarnoldJ.Daniels
Points a game13.9QB2316.3
Season235.4QB14114.3QB34
Most weeks5.5–19.915.6–20.0
Booms · busts2 · 825+ · under 120 · 125+ · under 12
Half PPRS.DarnoldJ.Daniels
Points a game13.9QB2316.3
Season235.4QB14114.3QB34
Most weeks5.5–19.915.6–20.0
Booms · busts2 · 825+ · under 120 · 125+ · under 12
PPRS.DarnoldJ.Daniels
Points a game13.9QB2316.3
Season235.4QB14114.3QB34
Most weeks5.5–19.915.6–20.0
Booms · busts2 · 825+ · under 120 · 125+ · 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
WeekS.DarnoldJ.Daniels
Wk 1150233
Wk 2295200
Wk 3218·
Wk 4242·
Wk 5341231
Wk 6295211
Wk 7213156
Wk 9330153
Wk 10178·
Wk 11279·
Wk 12244·
Wk 13128·
Wk 1424978
Wk 15271·
Wk 16270·
Wk 17147·
Wk 18198·
Season40481262

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
SeasonS.DarnoldJ.Daniels
Attempts477188
Completions323114
Pass yards40481262
Touchdowns258
EPA per dropback+0.159th-0.0235th
CPOE+6.14th-3.039th
Sack rate5%20th9%38th
Yards per attempt8.53rd6.732nd
TD rate5%9th4%29th
INT rate3%38th2%15th
Depth of target7.926th7.433rd
Rush EPA per game-0.7649th+0.2535th
Careers · passing yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Sam DarnoldJayden Daniels
50100150200250
2018202020222025*
PlayerGAttYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Sam Darnold2018 to 2025 · 8 seasons1002,83320,431123204.32024: 4,319254.1 a game238.1above his career rate
Jayden Daniels2024 to 2025 · 2 seasons246684,83033201.32024: 3,568209.9 a game180.3below 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.