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2026

2026 season · compare · tight ends

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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.

45 in the league pool
Who · up to three, same position groupStart over
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Dallas GoedertTE · Eagles · graded
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Cade OttonTE · Buccaneers · graded
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This week · each one's next game and the defense at his positionHalf PPR
Week 9 · Sunday · Dallas vs GiantsGiants allow the 11th-fewest TE points
Week 9 · Sunday · Cade at BearsBears allow the 12th-fewest TE points
Where they rank · among 45 tight ends with 15 targets+League percentiles
Dallas GoedertCade Otton
Target shareof team targets
17%72nd
15%52nd
Depth of targetair yards per target
5.739th
6.357th
After the catchyards per reception
3.621st
6.992nd
Catch ratereceptions per target
74%72nd
63%14th
EPA per target
+0.2661st
+0.1637th
First downsper target
34%40th
43%72nd
Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better
3%50th
3%43rd
Yards per game
43.072nd
23.331st

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 tight endsamong 45 tight ends
Dallas GoedertCade Otton
DallasRarely deepDropback targetWins before the catch
CadeYards after the catchPlay-action targetWorks the middle
Deep sharetargets 20+ yards downfield
0%9th
7%64th
Screensshare of his targets
3%29th
10%77th
Middle of the fieldtargets between the numbers
26%49th
30%79th
After the catchshare of his yards after the catch
36%23rd
71%90th
Third-down shareof team targets on 3rd down
14%63rd
10%41st
Red-zone shareof team targets inside the 20
16%54th
10%37th
Motiontargets with pre-snap motion
57%41st
57%34th
Play actiontargets off play action
17%22nd
43%86th

Every trait is a share of his own targets, so volume does not move it. Each bar is the league's qualifying tight ends; 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
Dallas Goedert
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Cade Otton
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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

Dallas Goedert gets the most from the ball in the air (+10.0 EPA), Cade Otton gets the most after the catch (+12.4 EPA), and Cade also gives the most back on targets he does not catch (−6.9).

Dallas Goedert+9.2
Cade Otton+4.8
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptions
PartDallasCade
Air yardson catches+10.0+0.28 a target · 77th−0.7−0.02 a target · 30th
After the catch+10.3+0.29 a target · 23rd+12.4+0.41 a target · 52nd
Incompletionstargets not caught−5.7−0.16 a target · 74th−6.9−0.23 a target · 41st
Interceptionswhen targeted−5.4−0.15 a target · 34th0.00.00 a target · 76th
Total+9.235 targets+4.830 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 tight ends; the best rate in each row is green.

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

Dallas Goedert

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Cade Otton

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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 · D.Goedert and C.OttonSolid 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
Dallas GoedertCade Otton

Targetslast 3 games

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Dallas 6.3Cade 1

Rec yardslast 3 games

1153
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Dallas 46.3Cade 1.3

EPA / targetlast 3 games

-0.31+0.66
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Dallas +0.10Cade -0.08

aDOTlast 3 games

3.48.5
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Dallas 5.6Cade 1.7

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 53+ · dud under 11
D.Goedert
77Wk 14Wk 23Wk 34Wk 438Wk 561Wk 648Wk 730Wk 8
43 ± 23
C.Otton
26Wk 138Wk 256Wk 337Wk 425Wk 54Wk 60Wk 70Wk 8
23 ± 19

Thresholds are the quartiles of every game week by qualified tight ends this season (326 player weeks). The right column is the average week and its swing.

Fantasy · points, rank and range, week by week
StandardD.GoedertC.Otton
Points a game6.3TE142.3TE47
Season38.0TE2218.6TE44
Most weeks3.2–6.10.2–3.8
Booms · busts1 · 19+ · under 30 · 59+ · under 3
Half PPRD.GoedertC.Otton
Points a game8.5TE133.5TE42
Season51.0TE2128.1TE39
Most weeks5.2–9.10.4–6.1
Booms · busts1 · 112+ · under 40 · 312+ · under 4
PPRD.GoedertC.Otton
Points a game10.7TE134.7TE39
Season64.0TE2137.6TE34
Most weeks7.2–12.10.6–8.2
Booms · busts1 · 115+ · under 50 · 315+ · under 5

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
WeekD.GoedertC.Otton
Wk 17726
Wk 2438
Wk 3·56
Wk 4·37
Wk 53825
Wk 6614
Wk 7480
Wk 830·
Season258186

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
SeasonD.GoedertC.Otton
Targets3530
Receptions2619
Yards258186
Touchdowns20
Target share17%13th15%22nd
Depth of target5.728th6.320th
After the catch3.636th6.94th
Catch rate74%13th63%39th
EPA per target+0.2618th+0.1629th
First downs34%27th43%13th
Drop rate3%23rd3%26th
Yards per game43.013th23.331st
Careers · receiving yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Dallas GoedertCade Otton
2550
20182020202220242026*
PlayerGRecYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Dallas Goedert2018 to 2026 · 9 seasons1134354,9343743.72021: 83055.3 a game43.0below his career rate
Cade Otton2022 to 2026 · 5 seasons692262,2041131.92024: 60042.9 a game26.6below 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.