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2025 season · compare · wide receivers

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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.

146 in the league pool
Who · up to three, same position groupStart over
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Tee HigginsWR · Bengals · graded
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DK MetcalfWR · Steelers · graded
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Where they rank · among 146 wide receivers with 15 targets+League percentiles
Tee HigginsDK Metcalf
Target shareof team targets
18%70th
22%81st
Depth of targetair yards per target
13.480th
10.539th
After the catchyards per reception
2.825th
7.096th
Catch ratereceptions per target
60%42nd
60%40th
EPA per target
+0.3771st
+0.3368th
First downsper target
42%73rd
37%52nd
Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better
2%75th
6%32nd
Yards per game
56.480th
56.781st

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 wide receiversamong 146 wide receivers
Tee HigginsDK Metcalf
TeeNo screensDropback targetWins before the catch
DKYards after the catchScreen game
Deep sharetargets 20+ yards downfield
26%83rd
18%56th
Screensshare of his targets
0%12th
10%77th
Middle of the fieldtargets between the numbers
22%67th
15%27th
After the catchshare of his yards after the catch
19%16th
50%87th
Third-down shareof team targets on 3rd down
20%80th
14%65th
Red-zone shareof team targets inside the 20
20%82nd
16%74th
Motiontargets with pre-snap motion
43%17th
57%59th
Play actiontargets off play action
10%15th
22%71st

Every trait is a share of his own targets, so volume does not move it. Each bar is the league's qualifying wide receivers; 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
Tee Higgins
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DK Metcalf
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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

Tee Higgins gets the most from the ball in the air (+61.3 EPA), DK Metcalf gets the most after the catch (+49.4 EPA), and Tee also gives the most back on targets he does not catch (−32.0).

Tee Higgins+36.0
DK Metcalf+32.9
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptionsTwo-point tries
PartTeeDK
Air yardson catches+61.3+0.63 a target · 89th+25.3+0.26 a target · 32nd
After the catch+27.6+0.28 a target · 54th+49.4+0.50 a target · 87th
Incompletionstargets not caught−32.0−0.33 a target · 49th−29.4−0.30 a target · 56th
Interceptionswhen targeted−22.0−0.22 a target · 16th−12.3−0.12 a target · 39th
Two-point triesnot in the rates+1.1–
Total+36.098 targets+32.999 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 wide receivers; the best rate in each row is green.

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

Tee Higgins

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DK Metcalf

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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 · T.Higgins and D.MetcalfSolid 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
Tee HigginsDK Metcalf

Targetslast 3 games

27
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Tee 5.7DK 8

Rec yardslast 3 games

754
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Tee 59.7DK 81.7

EPA / targetlast 3 games

-0.35+0.75
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Tee +0.16DK +0.55

aDOTlast 3 games

6.314.6
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Tee 14.2DK 12.7

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 54+ · dud under 7
T.Higgins
33Wk 156Wk 215Wk 332Wk 422Wk 562Wk 696Wk 744Wk 8121Wk 910Wk 1063Wk 1131Wk 1213Wk 1392Wk 1415Wk 1553Wk 1659Wk 1767Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
56 ± 28
D.Metcalf
83Wk 120Wk 232Wk 3126Wk 45Wk 595Wk 650Wk 755Wk 86Wk 935Wk 1049Wk 1122Wk 1232Wk 13148Wk 1455Wk 1542Wk 1617Wk 1718Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
57 ± 39

Thresholds are the quartiles of every game week by qualified wide receivers this season (2044 player weeks). The right column is the average week and its swing.

Fantasy · points, rank and range, week by week
StandardT.HigginsD.Metcalf
Points a game10.2WR108.6WR19
Season152.6WR11128.2WR20
Most weeks3.3–13.34.1–12.2
Booms · busts5 · 412+ · under 53 · 512+ · under 5
Half PPRT.HigginsD.Metcalf
Points a game12.1WR1010.5WR20
Season182.1WR12157.7WR26
Most weeks5.4–16.36.0–14.7
Booms · busts3 · 416+ · under 6.53 · 416+ · under 6.5
PPRT.HigginsD.Metcalf
Points a game14.1WR1312.5WR20
Season211.6WR16187.2WR26
Most weeks7.7–19.37.7–17.1
Booms · busts3 · 320+ · under 82 · 320+ · under 8

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
WeekT.HigginsD.Metcalf
Wk 13383
Wk 25620
Wk 31532
Wk 432126
Wk 522·
Wk 66295
Wk 79650
Wk 84455
Wk 91216
Wk 10·35
Wk 116349
Wk 123122
Wk 13·32
Wk 1492148
Wk 15·55
Wk 165342
Wk 1759·
Wk 1867·
Season846850

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
SeasonT.HigginsD.Metcalf
Targets9899
Receptions5959
Yards846850
Touchdowns116
Target share18%45th22%28th
Depth of target13.429th10.589th
After the catch2.8110th7.07th
Catch rate60%85th60%88th
EPA per target+0.3743rd+0.3347th
First downs42%40th37%71st
Drop rate2%37th6%99th
Yards per game56.430th56.728th
Careers · receiving yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Tee HigginsDK Metcalf
255075
2019202020212022202320242025*
PlayerGRecYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Tee Higgins2020 to 2025 · 6 seasons823895,4414566.42021: 1,09177.9 a game56.4below his career rate
DK Metcalf2019 to 2025 · 7 seasons1124977,1745464.12020: 1,30381.4 a game56.7below 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.