2025
2025 season · QB · #14 · 15th season
Andy Dalton
Age 39 · 6'2" · 220 lb · TCU · Pick 35 overall (2011). Snap share 38% across 4 games.
- How goodDalton has -14.3 EPA on 46 dropbacks; percentiles arrive once he reaches 50 attempts.
- Where it comes fromThe biggest share comes in the air (+17.8).
- Fantasy2.4 standard points a game.2.4 half-PPR points a game.2.4 PPR points a game.
- How he's usedAndy gets a fingerprint once he reaches 50 attempts; the bars show his shares so far without a league percentile.
- LatelyDropbacks are steady: 15 a game over his last three against 11.3 for the season.
How good is hehis line against the league at his position
| Stat | Value | Rank | League | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPA per dropback | -0.13 | |||
| CPOEcompletion over expected | +9.6 | |||
| Sack rateper dropback, lower is better | 18% | |||
| Yards per attempt | 7.9 | |||
| TD rateper attempt | 3% | |||
| INT rateper attempt, lower is better | 3% |
| Stat | Value | Rank | League | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depth of targetair yards per attempt | 9.4 | |||
| Rush EPA per game | -2.16 | |||
| Success rate | 43% | |||
| ANY/A | 4.76 | |||
| Total EPA | -14.3 |
Graded once he reaches 50 attempts. 56 quarterbacks qualify so far.
Dalton scores 2.4 standard points a game, not enough games to rank yet. Most weeks land between 0.6 and 3.8; 0 boom weeks (25+) and 4 busts (under 12).
Dalton scores 2.4 half-PPR points a game, not enough games to rank yet. Most weeks land between 0.6 and 3.8; 0 boom weeks (25+) and 4 busts (under 12).
Dalton scores 2.4 PPR points a game, not enough games to rank yet. Most weeks land between 0.6 and 3.8; 0 boom weeks (25+) and 4 busts (under 12).
How this is measured
Fantasy points are nflverse's standard and full-PPR scoring (6 points for a rushing or receiving touchdown, 4 for a passing touchdown, minus 2 for an interception or a lost fumble); half PPR is the average of the two. Ranks are points a game among players at his position with at least half the most games played. Most weeks is his 20th to 80th percentile game. Bars are green on a boom week and red on a bust; the dashed line is the starter line, the points a game of the QB12 in a 12-team league. The format you pick is remembered on this device.
How he's usedhis fingerprint, where the ball finds him and when
Andy gets a fingerprint once he reaches 50 attempts; the bars show his shares so far without a league percentile.
How this is measured
Every trait is a share of his own dropbacks, so volume does not move it. The marker is him among the league's qualifying quarterbacks; the dashed line is the median. Styles are not grades: a high or low percentile is a description, not a verdict. Play action, screen, RPO, motion and blitz flags come from FTN charting and read low in a week it has not published.
Dalton has -14.3 EPA on 46 dropbacks; percentiles arrive once he reaches 50 attempts. The biggest share comes in the air (+17.8).
career +0.03 over 2014–2024 · the lowest of his 12 seasons
How this is measured
Every dropback and run this season, split by what happened. Completions divide at the catch: the yards in the air, and his credited share of what came after (nflverse's air EPA and QB EPA). Per dropback counts scrambles as dropbacks. The percentile is him among the qualifying quarterbacks, higher is better, so a cost smaller than most ranks high. The parts add up to the totals above; the career strip counts seasons with at least 50 attempts.
He throws intermediate right 2.1× as often as the league (16% of his attempts against 8%) and gains +0.79 EPA a throw there.
How this is measured
Every pass attempt with a charted depth and direction this season; sacks and throws with no charted direction are left out. Left and right are as the offense sees the field. Cells with fewer than three throws show no EPA.
On the field
By depth of target
Who he works withthe connection, and the rest of the huddle
By depth
Week by weekthe shape of his season, the game log and the defenses behind it
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Snap | Cmp/Att | Yds | TD | INT | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at JAX L 10-26Did not play | |||||||
| 2 | at ARI L 22-27Did not play | |||||||
| 3 | vs ATL W 30-013th D | 13th vs the pass | 2% | 0/0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| 4 | at NE L 13-426th D | 6th vs the pass | 19% | 5/6 | 58 | 1 | +9.9 | |
| 5 | vs MIA W 27-24Did not play | |||||||
| 6 | vs DAL W 30-27Did not play | |||||||
| 7 | at NYJ W 13-632nd D | 32nd vs the pass | 31% | 4/7 | 60 | -2.7 | ||
| 8 | vs BUF L 9-409th D | 9th vs the pass | 100% | 16/24 | 175 | 1 | -12.9 | |
| 9 | at GB W 16-13Did not play · Questionable (thumb) | |||||||
| 10 | vs NO L 7-17Did not play | |||||||
| 11 | at ATL W 30-27Did not play | |||||||
| 12 | at SF L 9-20Did not play | |||||||
| 13 | vs LA W 31-28Did not play | |||||||
| 14 | Bye week | |||||||
| 15 | at NO L 17-20Did not play | |||||||
| 16 | vs TB W 23-20Did not play | |||||||
| 17 | vs SEA L 10-27Did not play | |||||||
| 18 | at TB L 14-16Did not play | |||||||
| 19 | vs LA L 31-34Stats not posted yet | |||||||
| 20 | Bye week | |||||||
| 21 | Bye week | |||||||
| 22 | Bye week | |||||||
| 4 games | 38% | 25/37 | 293 | 1 | 1 | -5.7 |
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | EPA/DB | CPOE | aDOT | Sk | Sk % | Rush EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at JAX L 10-26Did not play | |||||||
| 2 | at ARI L 22-27Did not play | |||||||
| 3 | vs ATL W 30-013th D | 13th vs the pass | - | - | - | - | 0.0 | |
| 4 | at NE L 13-426th D | 6th vs the pass | +1.65 | +23.4 | 7.7 | 0% | 0.0 | |
| 5 | vs MIA W 27-24Did not play | |||||||
| 6 | vs DAL W 30-27Did not play | |||||||
| 7 | at NYJ W 13-632nd D | 32nd vs the pass | -0.34 | +1.7 | 15.3 | 1 | 13% | -3.0 |
| 8 | vs BUF L 9-409th D | 9th vs the pass | -0.41 | +3.7 | 8.1 | 7 | 23% | -5.7 |
| 9 | at GB W 16-13Did not play · Questionable (thumb) | |||||||
| 10 | vs NO L 7-17Did not play | |||||||
| 11 | at ATL W 30-27Did not play | |||||||
| 12 | at SF L 9-20Did not play | |||||||
| 13 | vs LA W 31-28Did not play | |||||||
| 14 | Bye week | |||||||
| 15 | at NO L 17-20Did not play | |||||||
| 16 | vs TB W 23-20Did not play | |||||||
| 17 | vs SEA L 10-27Did not play | |||||||
| 18 | at TB L 14-16Did not play | |||||||
| 19 | vs LA L 31-34Stats not posted yet | |||||||
| 20 | Bye week | |||||||
| 21 | Bye week | |||||||
| 22 | Bye week | |||||||
| 4 games | -0.13 | +9.6 | 9.4 | 8 | 18% | -8.7 |
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | TD | INT | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at JAX L 10-26Did not play | |||||||||
| 2 | at ARI L 22-27Did not play | |||||||||
| 3 | vs ATL W 30-013th D | 13th vs the pass | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | ||
| 4 | at NE L 13-426th D | 6th vs the pass | 5 | 6 | 83% | 58 | 9.7 | 1 | 146.5 | |
| 5 | vs MIA W 27-24Did not play | |||||||||
| 6 | vs DAL W 30-27Did not play | |||||||||
| 7 | at NYJ W 13-632nd D | 32nd vs the pass | 4 | 7 | 57% | 60 | 8.6 | 85.4 | ||
| 8 | vs BUF L 9-409th D | 9th vs the pass | 16 | 24 | 67% | 175 | 7.3 | 1 | 70.7 | |
| 9 | at GB W 16-13Did not play · Questionable (thumb) | |||||||||
| 10 | vs NO L 7-17Did not play | |||||||||
| 11 | at ATL W 30-27Did not play | |||||||||
| 12 | at SF L 9-20Did not play | |||||||||
| 13 | vs LA W 31-28Did not play | |||||||||
| 14 | Bye week | |||||||||
| 15 | at NO L 17-20Did not play | |||||||||
| 16 | vs TB W 23-20Did not play | |||||||||
| 17 | vs SEA L 10-27Did not play | |||||||||
| 18 | at TB L 14-16Did not play | |||||||||
| 19 | vs LA L 31-34Stats not posted yet | |||||||||
| 20 | Bye week | |||||||||
| 21 | Bye week | |||||||||
| 22 | Bye week | |||||||||
| 4 games | 25 | 37 | 68% | 293 | 7.9 | 1 | 1 | 89.1 |
Dropbacks are steady: 15 a game over his last three against 11.3 for the season. 4 straight games below a starter's median in dropbacks. Week 8 was his season high in yards.
How this is measured
Bars are his week. The shaded band is the league's middle half at his position, every qualifying player-game this season, and the dashed line is its median. The solid line is his trailing three games. An × on the baseline is a game his team played without him; a dotted tick is the bye.
He has faced the 8th-toughest slate vs the pass: his opponents rank 15.0 of 32 on average (league middle 16.7).
The slate · played solid, ahead dashed
His line by defense faced
| Defenses | G | Att/g | Yds/g | EPA/db |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ranked 1 to 10Top-10 defenses | 2 | 15.0 | 117 | -0.08 |
| 11 to 22Middle | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | – |
| 23 to 32Bottom-10 | 1 | 7.0 | 60 | -0.34 |
| All games | 4 | 9.3 | 73 | -0.13 |
Yards against the rank of the defense
His production barely moves with the opponent (r = -0.21); it has traveled.
Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year
His best year was 2013, 4,293 passing yards in 16 games with CIN. This season's 73.3 a game puts him on pace for 1,245 over 17, short of it.
| Season | Team | G | Cmp/Att | Pct | Yds | TD | INT | Y/A | Rating | EPA/db |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | CIN | 16 | 300/516 | 58% | 3,398 | 20 | 13 | 6.6 | 80.4 | +0.00 |
| 2012 | CIN | 16 | 329/528 | 62% | 3,669 | 27 | 16 | 6.9 | 87.4 | 0.00 |
| 2013 | CIN | 16 | 363/586 | 62% | 4,293 | 33 | 20 | 7.3 | 88.8 | +0.11 |
| 2014 | CIN | 16 | 309/481 | 64% | 3,398 | 19 | 17 | 7.1 | 83.5 | +0.01 |
| 2015 | CIN | 13 | 255/386 | 66% | 3,250 | 25 | 7 | 8.4 | 106.3 | +0.29 |
| 2016 | CIN | 16 | 364/563 | 65% | 4,206 | 18 | 8 | 7.5 | 91.8 | +0.11 |
| 2017 | CIN | 16 | 297/496 | 60% | 3,320 | 25 | 12 | 6.7 | 86.6 | -0.06 |
| 2018 | CIN | 11 | 226/365 | 62% | 2,566 | 21 | 11 | 7.0 | 89.6 | +0.07 |
| 2019 | CIN | 13 | 314/528 | 59% | 3,494 | 16 | 14 | 6.6 | 78.3 | -0.03 |
| 2020 | DAL | 11 | 216/333 | 65% | 2,170 | 14 | 8 | 6.5 | 87.3 | -0.03 |
| 2021 | CHI | 8 | 149/236 | 63% | 1,515 | 8 | 9 | 6.4 | 76.9 | -0.12 |
| 2022 | NO | 14 | 252/378 | 67% | 2,871 | 18 | 9 | 7.6 | 95.2 | +0.05 |
| 2023 | CAR | 2 | 34/58 | 59% | 361 | 2 | 0 | 6.2 | 88.4 | +0.07 |
| 2024 | CAR | 6 | 106/160 | 66% | 989 | 7 | 6 | 6.2 | 82.0 | -0.11 |
| 2025 | CAR | 4 | 25/37 | 68% | 293 | 1 | 1 | 7.9 | 89.1 | -0.13 |
| Career | 5 tm | 178 | 3,539/5,651 | 63% | 39,793 | 254 | 151 | 7.0 | 87.5 | +0.03 |
How this is measured
Regular season only, from nflverse weekly stats back to 1999. This season is partial and drawn hollow; the pace is his per-game rate over 17 games. Bold cells are career highs.
Intel & playsthe report, his best snaps, his teammates
- Depth chart
- not listed
- Injury report
- clean
- Red zone touches
- …
- Third down
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- Explosive plays
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- CPOE
- +9.6 pts over expected
- Sack rate
- 18%
- Play action
- …
- Blitzed
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| Player | Touches | Yds | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|
 Rico DowdleRB | 286 | 1373 · 7 TD | -3.2 |
 Chuba HubbardRB | 173 | 734 · 4 TD | -11.1 |
 Tetairoa McMillanWR | 122 | 1014 · 7 TD | +25.3 |
 Xavier LegetteWR | 65 | 363 · 3 TD | -4.6 |
 Bryce YoungQB | 54 | 216 · 2 TD | +4.2 |
 Jalen CokerWR | 43 | 394 · 3 TD | +21.9 |
 Tommy TrembleTE | 37 | 249 · 2 TD | +8.2 |
 Ja'Tavion SandersTE | 34 | 190 · 1 TD | +4.4 |