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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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10
Justin HerbertQB · Chargers · graded
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Where they rank · among 56 quarterbacks with 50 attempts+League percentiles
Sam DarnoldJustin Herbert
EPA per dropback
+0.1585th
+0.0353rd
CPOEcompletion over expected
+6.194th
+1.669th
Sack rateper dropback, lower is better
5%65th
10%19th
Yards per attempt
8.596th
7.372nd
TD rateper attempt
5%84th
5%78th
INT rateper attempt, lower is better
3%33rd
3%35th
Depth of targetair yards per attempt
7.954th
7.853rd
Rush EPA per game
-0.7613th
+0.9972nd

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 DarnoldJustin Herbert
SamUnder centerMotion offensePocket passer
JustinScrambler
Deep shareattempts 20+ yards downfield
12%51st
13%63rd
Middle of the fieldattempts between the numbers
22%65th
22%67th
Play actionshare of attempts
25%76th
22%49th
RPOshare of dropbacks
0%10th
1%21st
Scramblesshare of dropbacks
3%21st
9%79th
Shotgunshare of dropbacks
67%3rd
85%62nd
Against the blitzEPA per dropback, blitzed minus not
-0.1821st
+0.0658th
Motiondropbacks with pre-snap motion
66%92nd
52%44th

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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Justin Herbert
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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), Justin Herbert gets the most scrambling (+29.0 EPA), and Justin also gives the most back on sacks (−84.4).

Sam Darnold+61.6
Justin Herbert+32.0
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptionsSacksScramblesDesigned runsTwo-point tries
PartSamJustin
Air yardson completions+85.8+0.17 a dropback · 81st+69.8+0.11 a dropback · 64th
After the catchhis share, catch to whistle+226.4+0.44 a dropback · 83rd+236.3+0.38 a dropback · 54th
Incompletionsspikes included−108.3−0.21 a dropback · 87th−139.1−0.23 a dropback · 71st
Interceptions−72.5−0.14 a dropback · 24th−66.5−0.11 a dropback · 37th
Sacks−59.0−0.11 a dropback · 42nd−84.4−0.14 a dropback · 24th
Scrambles+6.1+0.01 a dropback · 31st+29.0+0.05 a dropback · 81st
Designed runskneels included−19.1 · 6th−14.1 · 12th
Two-point triesnot in the rates+2.1+1.1
Total+61.6518 dropbacks+32.0615 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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Justin Herbert

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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.HerbertSolid 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 DarnoldJustin Herbert

Dropbackslast 3 games

2538
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Sam 32Justin 33

Pass yardslast 3 games

150262
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Sam 205Justin 248.7

EPA / dropbacklast 3 games

-0.22+0.28
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Sam -0.06Justin +0.15

CPOElast 3 games

-5.5+6.9
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Sam +2.8Justin +8.4

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.Herbert
318Wk 1242Wk 2300Wk 3203Wk 4166Wk 5264Wk 6420Wk 7227Wk 8250Wk 9220Wk 1081Wk 1112Wk 12151Wk 13139Wk 14210Wk 15300Wk 16236Wk 1718Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
233 ± 78

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.Herbert
Points a game13.9QB2317.9QB10
Season235.4QB14286.9QB10
Most weeks5.5–19.912.5–27.7
Booms · busts2 · 825+ · under 125 · 225+ · under 12
Half PPRS.DarnoldJ.Herbert
Points a game13.9QB2317.9QB10
Season235.4QB14286.9QB10
Most weeks5.5–19.912.5–27.7
Booms · busts2 · 825+ · under 125 · 225+ · under 12
PPRS.DarnoldJ.Herbert
Points a game13.9QB2317.9QB10
Season235.4QB14286.9QB10
Most weeks5.5–19.912.5–27.7
Booms · busts2 · 825+ · under 125 · 225+ · 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.Herbert
Wk 1150318
Wk 2295242
Wk 3218300
Wk 4242203
Wk 5341166
Wk 6295264
Wk 7213420
Wk 8·227
Wk 9330250
Wk 10178220
Wk 1127981
Wk 12244·
Wk 13128151
Wk 14249139
Wk 15271210
Wk 16270300
Wk 17147236
Wk 18198·
Season40483727

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.Herbert
Attempts477512
Completions323340
Pass yards40483727
Touchdowns2526
EPA per dropback+0.159th+0.0327th
CPOE+6.14th+1.618th
Sack rate5%20th10%46th
Yards per attempt8.53rd7.316th
TD rate5%9th5%13th
INT rate3%38th3%37th
Depth of target7.926th7.827th
Rush EPA per game-0.7649th+0.9916th
Careers · passing yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Sam DarnoldJustin Herbert
100200300
2018202020222025*
PlayerGAttYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Sam Darnold2018 to 2025 · 8 seasons1002,83320,431123204.32024: 4,319254.1 a game238.1above his career rate
Justin Herbert2020 to 2025 · 6 seasons953,43824,820163261.32021: 5,014294.9 a game232.9below 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.