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2026 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.

100 in the league pool
Who · up to three, same position groupStart over
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A.J. BrownWR · Patriots · graded

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This week · each one's next game and the defense at his positionHalf PPR
Week 9 · Sunday · A.J. vs PackersPackers allow the 11th-most WR points
Where they rank · among 100 wide receivers with 15 targets+League percentiles
A.J. Brown
Target shareof team targets
22%74th
Depth of targetair yards per target
13.470th
After the catchyards per reception
2.616th
Catch ratereceptions per target
45%8th
EPA per target
-0.238th
First downsper target
30%17th
Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better
15%1st
Yards per game
33.734th

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 100 wide receivers
A.J. Brown
A.J.Stays outsideNo screensNot the red-zone option
Deep sharetargets 20+ yards downfield
15%39th
Screensshare of his targets
0%16th
Middle of the fieldtargets between the numbers
10%12th
After the catchshare of his yards after the catch
23%27th
Third-down shareof team targets on 3rd down
10%20th
Red-zone shareof team targets inside the 20
9%18th
Motiontargets with pre-snap motion
50%54th
Play actiontargets off play action
10%23rd

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
A.J. Brown
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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
A.J. Brown−4.6
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptions
PartA.J.
Air yardson catches+4.9+0.24 a target · 30th
After the catch+2.2+0.11 a target · 6th
Incompletionstargets not caught−11.6−0.58 a target · 6th
Interceptionswhen targeted0.00.00 a target · 82nd
Total−4.620 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

A.J. Brown

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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 · A.BrownSolid 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 7
A.J. Brown

Targetslast 3 games

38
1234567
A.J. 6.7

Rec yardslast 3 games

1766
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A.J. 33.7

EPA / targetlast 3 games

-0.20+0.78
1234567
A.J. -0.23

aDOTlast 3 games

7.514.3
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A.J. 13.4

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 66+ · dud under 17
A.Brown
26Wk 12Wk 23Wk 34Wk 45Wk 527Wk 648Wk 78Wk 8
34 ± 10

Thresholds are the quartiles of every game week by qualified wide receivers this season (690 player weeks). The right column is the average week and its swing.

Fantasy · points, rank and range, week by week
StandardA.Brown
Points a game3.4
Season10.1WR115
Most weeks2.6–4.0
Booms · busts0 · 312+ · under 5
Half PPRA.Brown
Points a game4.9
Season14.6WR111
Most weeks4.1–5.5
Booms · busts0 · 316+ · under 6.5
PPRA.Brown
Points a game6.4
Season19.1WR110
Most weeks5.6–7.0
Booms · busts0 · 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
WeekA.Brown
Wk 126
Wk 627
Wk 748
Season101

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
SeasonA.Brown
Targets20
Receptions9
Yards101
Touchdowns0
Target share22%27th
Depth of target13.431st
After the catch2.685th
Catch rate45%93rd
EPA per target-0.2393rd
First downs30%84th
Drop rate15%100th
Yards per game33.766th
Careers · receiving yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
A.J. Brown
255075
2019202120232026*
PlayerGRecYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
A.J. Brown2019 to 2026 · 8 seasons1085338,1305675.32022: 1,49688.0 a game33.7below his career rate

Regular season only, from each player's career file. * 2026 is through Week 8; 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.