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2026

2026 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.

38 in the league pool
Who · up to three, same position groupStart over
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Bo NixQB · Broncos · graded
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Deshaun WatsonQB · Browns · graded
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This week · each one's next game and the defense at his positionHalf PPR
Week 9 · Sunday · Bo at PanthersPanthers allow the 15th-fewest QB points
Week 9 · Sunday · Deshaun at SaintsSaints allow the 16th-fewest QB points
Where they rank · among 38 quarterbacks with 50 attempts+League percentiles
Bo NixDeshaun Watson
EPA per dropback
-0.0141st
-0.0238th
CPOEcompletion over expected
-2.430th
+0.054th
Sack rateper dropback, lower is better
4%83rd
12%1st
Yards per attempt
6.012th
7.364th
TD rateper attempt
4%30th
3%17th
INT rateper attempt, lower is better
1%79th
1%79th
Depth of targetair yards per attempt
5.41st
7.225th
Rush EPA per game
-0.2730th
+0.3054th

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 38 quarterbacks
Bo NixDeshaun Watson
BoSidelinesBlitz himPocket passer
DeshaunShotgun offenseStraight dropbackScrambler
Deep shareattempts 20+ yards downfield
10%33rd
11%51st
Middle of the fieldattempts between the numbers
10%1st
20%38th
Play actionshare of attempts
23%57th
18%20th
RPOshare of dropbacks
2%62nd
2%51st
Scramblesshare of dropbacks
3%25th
8%75th
Shotgunshare of dropbacks
82%70th
89%93rd
Against the blitzEPA per dropback, blitzed minus not
-0.294th
-0.1536th
Motiondropbacks with pre-snap motion
56%49th
50%25th

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
Bo Nix
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Deshaun Watson
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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

Deshaun Watson gets the most from the ball in the air (+4.9 EPA), he gets the most scrambling (+10.4 EPA), and Deshaun also gives the most back on sacks (−51.6).

Bo Nix−5.2
Deshaun Watson−2.1
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptionsSacksScramblesDesigned runsTwo-point tries
PartBoDeshaun
Air yardson completions−22.2−0.08 a dropback · 1st+4.9+0.02 a dropback · 25th
After the catchhis share, catch to whistle+128.3+0.48 a dropback · 87th+121.5+0.40 a dropback · 59th
Incompletionsspikes included−85.2−0.32 a dropback · 4th−66.4−0.22 a dropback · 78th
Interceptions−12.8−0.05 a dropback · 75th−14.1−0.05 a dropback · 80th
Sacks−14.3−0.05 a dropback · 93rd−51.6−0.17 a dropback · 7th
Scrambles+2.1+0.01 a dropback · 43rd+10.4+0.03 a dropback · 72nd
Designed runskneels included−4.3 · 25th−8.0 · 14th
Two-point triesnot in the rates+3.2+1.1
Total−5.2268 dropbacks−2.1306 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

Bo Nix

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Deshaun Watson

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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 · B.Nix and D.WatsonSolid 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 8
Bo NixDeshaun Watson

Dropbackslast 3 games

2940
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Bo 30.7Deshaun 38.3

Pass yardslast 3 games

172278
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Bo 183.7Deshaun 265.3

EPA / dropbacklast 3 games

-0.17+0.27
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Bo +0.06Deshaun -0.08

CPOElast 3 games

-5.1+6.6
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Bo -2.6Deshaun +3.4

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 278+ · dud under 172
B.Nix
131Wk 1288Wk 2186Wk 3214Wk 4123Wk 5107Wk 6222Wk 7222Wk 8
187 ± 58
D.Watson
205Wk 1238Wk 2144Wk 3268Wk 4155Wk 5164Wk 6308Wk 7324Wk 8
226 ± 65

Thresholds are the quartiles of every game week by qualified quarterbacks this season (245 player weeks). The right column is the average week and its swing.

Fantasy · points, rank and range, week by week
StandardB.NixD.Watson
Points a game14.4QB2314.7QB20
Season115.1QB18117.9QB16
Most weeks6.4–22.211.6–19.1
Booms · busts1 · 325+ · under 120 · 225+ · under 12
Half PPRB.NixD.Watson
Points a game14.4QB2314.7QB20
Season115.1QB18117.9QB16
Most weeks6.4–22.211.6–19.1
Booms · busts1 · 325+ · under 120 · 225+ · under 12
PPRB.NixD.Watson
Points a game14.4QB2314.7QB20
Season115.1QB18117.9QB16
Most weeks6.4–22.211.6–19.1
Booms · busts1 · 325+ · under 120 · 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
WeekB.NixD.Watson
Wk 1131205
Wk 2288238
Wk 3186144
Wk 4214268
Wk 5123155
Wk 6107164
Wk 7222308
Wk 8222324
Season14931806

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
SeasonB.NixD.Watson
Attempts250249
Completions149163
Pass yards14931806
Touchdowns97
EPA per dropback-0.0123rd-0.0224th
CPOE-2.427th+0.018th
Sack rate4%7th12%38th
Yards per attempt6.034th7.314th
TD rate4%27th3%32nd
INT rate1%8th1%8th
Depth of target5.438th7.229th
Rush EPA per game-0.2727th+0.3018th
Careers · passing yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Bo NixDeshaun Watson
100200300
20172019202220242026*
PlayerGAttYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Bo Nix2024 to 2026 · 3 seasons421,4299,19963219.02025: 3,931231.2 a game186.6below his career rate
Deshaun Watson2017 to 2026 · 8 seasons812,55419,710130243.32020: 4,823301.4 a game225.8below 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.