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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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Daniel JonesQB · Colts · graded
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8
Kirk CousinsQB · Raiders · graded
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This week · each one's next game and the defense at his positionHalf PPR
Week 9 · Sunday · Daniel vs CowboysCowboys allow the 3rd-most QB points
Week 9 · Sunday · Kirk at 49ers49ers allow the 11th-fewest QB points
Where they rank · among 38 quarterbacks with 50 attempts+League percentiles
Daniel JonesKirk Cousins
EPA per dropback
-0.1812th
+0.1975th
CPOEcompletion over expected
-3.820th
+0.959th
Sack rateper dropback, lower is better
8%38th
4%88th
Yards per attempt
5.89th
7.567th
TD rateper attempt
2%7th
7%88th
INT rateper attempt, lower is better
3%14th
2%64th
Depth of targetair yards per attempt
7.543rd
8.067th
Rush EPA per game
+0.9267th
-0.9214th

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
Daniel JonesKirk Cousins
DanielPlay-action passerBlitz-proof
KirkAttacks the middlePocket passerUnder center
Deep shareattempts 20+ yards downfield
11%64th
10%37th
Middle of the fieldattempts between the numbers
21%55th
29%91st
Play actionshare of attempts
26%86th
21%57th
RPOshare of dropbacks
1%43rd
1%30th
Scramblesshare of dropbacks
3%36th
2%9th
Shotgunshare of dropbacks
82%64th
72%20th
Against the blitzEPA per dropback, blitzed minus not
+0.1185th
-0.1534th
Motiondropbacks with pre-snap motion
61%72nd
58%67th

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
Daniel Jones
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Kirk Cousins
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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

Kirk Cousins gets the most from the ball in the air (+64.2 EPA), Daniel Jones gets the most scrambling (−0.7 EPA), and Daniel also gives the most back on sacks (−48.3).

Daniel Jones−45.3
Kirk Cousins+47.5
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptionsSacksScramblesDesigned runsTwo-point tries
PartDanielKirk
Air yardson completions−4.2−0.01 a dropback · 17th+64.2+0.21 a dropback · 88th
After the catchhis share, catch to whistle+118.4+0.39 a dropback · 54th+110.1+0.37 a dropback · 38th
Incompletionsspikes included−74.7−0.25 a dropback · 49th−82.7−0.28 a dropback · 22nd
Interceptions−44.0−0.15 a dropback · 12th−19.8−0.07 a dropback · 54th
Sacks−48.3−0.16 a dropback · 12th−14.1−0.05 a dropback · 99th
Scrambles−0.7−0.00 a dropback · 12th−2.0−0.01 a dropback · 7th
Designed runskneels included+8.1 · 99th−5.4 · 22nd
Two-point triesnot in the rates–−2.7
Total−45.3300 dropbacks+47.5299 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

Daniel Jones

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Kirk Cousins

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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 · D.Jones and K.CousinsSolid 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
Daniel JonesKirk Cousins

Dropbackslast 3 games

2940
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Daniel 35Kirk 38

Pass yardslast 3 games

170278
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Daniel 173.7Kirk 285

EPA / dropbacklast 3 games

-0.17+0.27
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Daniel -0.27Kirk +0.18

CPOElast 3 games

-5.0+6.7
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Daniel -6.3Kirk -3.2

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 278+ · dud under 170
D.Jones
166Wk 1210Wk 2235Wk 3143Wk 4267Wk 5269Wk 6108Wk 7144Wk 8
193 ± 57
K.Cousins
160Wk 1253Wk 2248Wk 3365Wk 4243Wk 5313Wk 6295Wk 7247Wk 8
266 ± 56

Thresholds are the quartiles of every game week by qualified quarterbacks this season (243 player weeks). The right column is the average week and its swing.

Fantasy · points, rank and range, week by week
StandardD.JonesK.Cousins
Points a game8.9QB3220.0QB8
Season71.2QB29159.7QB4
Most weeks7.0–11.315.7–22.4
Booms · busts0 · 725+ · under 121 · 025+ · under 12
Half PPRD.JonesK.Cousins
Points a game8.9QB3220.0QB8
Season71.2QB29159.7QB4
Most weeks7.0–11.315.7–22.4
Booms · busts0 · 725+ · under 121 · 025+ · under 12
PPRD.JonesK.Cousins
Points a game8.9QB3220.0QB8
Season71.2QB29159.7QB4
Most weeks7.0–11.315.7–22.4
Booms · busts0 · 725+ · under 121 · 025+ · 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
WeekD.JonesK.Cousins
Wk 1166160
Wk 2210253
Wk 3235248
Wk 4143365
Wk 5267243
Wk 6269313
Wk 7108295
Wk 8144247
Season15422124

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.JonesK.Cousins
Attempts268283
Completions162180
Pass yards15422124
Touchdowns519
EPA per dropback-0.1834th+0.1910th
CPOE-3.831st+0.916th
Sack rate8%24th4%5th
Yards per attempt5.835th7.513th
TD rate2%36th7%5th
INT rate3%33rd2%14th
Depth of target7.522nd8.013th
Rush EPA per game+0.9213th-0.9233rd
Careers · passing yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Daniel JonesKirk Cousins
100200300
20122015201820212026*
PlayerGAttYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Daniel Jones2019 to 2026 · 8 seasons912,89319,22594211.32022: 3,205200.3 a game192.8below his career rate
Kirk Cousins2012 to 2026 · 15 seasons1826,18246,824317257.32016: 4,917307.3 a game265.5above 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.