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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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Van JeffersonWR · Titans · graded
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John Metchie IIIWR · Jets · graded
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Where they rank · among 146 wide receivers with 15 targets+League percentiles
Van JeffersonJohn Metchie III
Target shareof team targets
12%42nd
13%48th
Depth of targetair yards per target
12.057th
5.66th
After the catchyards per reception
2.926th
4.260th
Catch ratereceptions per target
56%27th
69%78th
EPA per target
+0.1739th
-0.0518th
First downsper target
33%32nd
31%25th
Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better
2%77th
6%29th
Yards per game
21.938th
17.122nd

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
Van JeffersonJohn Metchie III
VanStaticDropback target
JohnRarely deepStays outsideYards after the catch
Deep sharetargets 20+ yards downfield
17%50th
0%1st
Screensshare of his targets
2%33rd
14%87th
Middle of the fieldtargets between the numbers
21%59th
9%4th
After the catchshare of his yards after the catch
24%32nd
50%88th
Third-down shareof team targets on 3rd down
10%42nd
9%41st
Red-zone shareof team targets inside the 20
6%32nd
8%45th
Motiontargets with pre-snap motion
38%9th
61%74th
Play actiontargets off play action
13%24th
16%38th

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
Van Jefferson
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John Metchie III
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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

Van Jefferson gets the most from the ball in the air (+15.5 EPA), John Metchie III gets the most after the catch (+22.4 EPA), and Van also gives the most back on targets he does not catch (−19.6).

Van Jefferson+8.9
John Metchie III−2.3
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptions
PartVanJohn
Air yardson catches+15.5+0.30 a target · 38th−2.4−0.05 a target · 7th
After the catch+13.0+0.25 a target · 41st+22.4+0.47 a target · 85th
Incompletionstargets not caught−19.6−0.38 a target · 27th−15.8−0.33 a target · 46th
Interceptionswhen targeted0.00.00 a target · 88th−6.4−0.13 a target · 37th
Total+8.952 targets−2.348 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

Van Jefferson

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John Metchie III

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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 · V.Jefferson and J.MetchieSolid 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
Van JeffersonJohn Metchie III

Targetslast 3 games

27
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Van 3.3John 4

Rec yardslast 3 games

754
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Van 37.7John 21.7

EPA / targetlast 3 games

-0.35+0.75
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Van +0.72John -0.20

aDOTlast 3 games

6.314.6
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Van 17.8John 6.2

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
V.Jefferson
0Wk 110Wk 28Wk 36Wk 40Wk 575Wk 641Wk 76Wk 821Wk 910Wk 1022Wk 1111Wk 1220Wk 1317Wk 1443Wk 1524Wk 1646Wk 1718Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
22 ± 20
J.Metchie
0Wk 10Wk 28Wk 310Wk 40Wk 50Wk 67Wk 70Wk 89Wk 93Wk 1045Wk 1165Wk 1219Wk 1334Wk 1425Wk 154Wk 1641Wk 1720Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
17 ± 19

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
StandardV.JeffersonJ.Metchie
Points a game2.6WR922.4WR96
Season41.0WR9138.9WR99
Most weeks0.6–4.30.0–3.4
Booms · busts0 · 1412+ · under 51 · 1412+ · under 5
Half PPRV.JeffersonJ.Metchie
Points a game3.5WR893.5WR90
Season55.5WR8955.4WR91
Most weeks1.1–6.10.0–5.4
Booms · busts0 · 1416+ · under 6.50 · 1416+ · under 6.5
PPRV.JeffersonJ.Metchie
Points a game4.4WR904.5WR86
Season70.0WR8871.9WR87
Most weeks1.6–7.60.0–7.1
Booms · busts0 · 1320+ · under 80 · 1420+ · 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
WeekV.JeffersonJ.Metchie
Wk 1·0
Wk 2100
Wk 388
Wk 4610
Wk 5··
Wk 675·
Wk 741·
Wk 86·
Wk 921·
Wk 10·3
Wk 112245
Wk 121165
Wk 132019
Wk 141734
Wk 154325
Wk 16244
Wk 174641
Wk 18·20
Season350274

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
SeasonV.JeffersonJ.Metchie
Targets5248
Receptions2933
Yards350274
Touchdowns12
Target share12%85th13%76th
Depth of target12.063rd5.6138th
After the catch2.9108th4.259th
Catch rate56%107th69%32nd
EPA per target+0.1789th-0.05120th
First downs33%100th31%109th
Drop rate2%34th6%103rd
Yards per game21.991st17.1114th
Careers · receiving yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Van JeffersonJohn Metchie III
2550
202020212022202320242025*
PlayerGRecYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Van Jefferson2020 to 2025 · 6 seasons841662,2261326.52021: 80247.2 a game25.0below his career rate
John Metchie III2023 to 2025 · 3 seasons3773686318.52024: 25425.4 a game21.1above 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.