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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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Deshaun WatsonQB · Browns · graded
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18
Caleb WilliamsQB · Bears · graded
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This week · each one's next game and the defense at his positionHalf PPR
Week 9 · Sunday · Deshaun at SaintsSaints allow the 16th-fewest QB points
Week 9 · Sunday · Caleb vs BuccaneersBuccaneers allow the 3rd-fewest QB points
Where they rank · among 38 quarterbacks with 50 attempts+League percentiles
Deshaun WatsonCaleb Williams
EPA per dropback
-0.0238th
+0.2993rd
CPOEcompletion over expected
+0.054th
+7.293rd
Sack rateper dropback, lower is better
12%1st
8%36th
Yards per attempt
7.364th
8.086th
TD rateper attempt
3%17th
4%38th
INT rateper attempt, lower is better
1%79th
1%88th
Depth of targetair yards per attempt
7.225th
7.543rd
Rush EPA per game
+0.3054th
-0.5520th

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
Deshaun WatsonCaleb Williams
DeshaunShotgun offenseStraight dropbackScrambler
CalebStaticUnder centerPlay-action passer
Deep shareattempts 20+ yards downfield
11%51st
12%67th
Middle of the fieldattempts between the numbers
20%38th
23%64th
Play actionshare of attempts
18%20th
27%83rd
RPOshare of dropbacks
2%51st
1%20th
Scramblesshare of dropbacks
8%75th
8%80th
Shotgunshare of dropbacks
89%93rd
69%9th
Against the blitzEPA per dropback, blitzed minus not
-0.1536th
-0.0853rd
Motiondropbacks with pre-snap motion
50%25th
40%4th

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
Deshaun Watson
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Caleb Williams
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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

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

Deshaun Watson−2.1
Caleb Williams+46.6
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptionsSacksScramblesDesigned runsTwo-point tries
PartDeshaunCaleb
Air yardson completions+4.9+0.02 a dropback · 25th+4.9+0.03 a dropback · 28th
After the catchhis share, catch to whistle+121.5+0.40 a dropback · 59th+98.0+0.53 a dropback · 96th
Incompletionsspikes included−66.4−0.22 a dropback · 78th−36.1−0.19 a dropback · 91st
Interceptions−14.1−0.05 a dropback · 80th−2.0−0.01 a dropback · 93rd
Sacks−51.6−0.17 a dropback · 7th−15.5−0.08 a dropback · 72nd
Scrambles+10.4+0.03 a dropback · 72nd+10.2+0.05 a dropback · 80th
Designed runskneels included−8.0 · 14th−13.0 · 4th
Two-point triesnot in the rates+1.1–
Total−2.1306 dropbacks+46.6186 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

Deshaun Watson

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Caleb Williams

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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.Watson and C.WilliamsSolid 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
Deshaun WatsonCaleb Williams

Dropbackslast 3 games

2940
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Deshaun 38.3Caleb 37

Pass yardslast 3 games

172278
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Deshaun 265.3Caleb 286.7

EPA / dropbacklast 3 games

-0.17+0.27
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Deshaun -0.08Caleb +0.29

CPOElast 3 games

-5.1+6.6
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Deshaun +3.4Caleb +8.5

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
D.Watson
205Wk 1238Wk 2144Wk 3268Wk 4155Wk 5164Wk 6308Wk 7324Wk 8
226 ± 65
C.Williams
269Wk 1138Wk 23Wk 34Wk 45Wk 5305Wk 6308Wk 7247Wk 8
253 ± 62

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
StandardD.WatsonC.Williams
Points a game14.7QB2019.5QB8
Season117.9QB1697.6QB23
Most weeks11.6–19.112.7–25.1
Booms · busts0 · 225+ · under 121 · 125+ · under 12
Half PPRD.WatsonC.Williams
Points a game14.7QB2019.5QB8
Season117.9QB1697.6QB23
Most weeks11.6–19.112.7–25.1
Booms · busts0 · 225+ · under 121 · 125+ · under 12
PPRD.WatsonC.Williams
Points a game14.7QB2019.5QB8
Season117.9QB1697.6QB23
Most weeks11.6–19.112.7–25.1
Booms · busts0 · 225+ · under 121 · 125+ · 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.WatsonC.Williams
Wk 1205269
Wk 2238138
Wk 3144·
Wk 4268·
Wk 5155·
Wk 6164305
Wk 7308308
Wk 8324247
Season18061267

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.WatsonC.Williams
Attempts249158
Completions163112
Pass yards18061267
Touchdowns76
EPA per dropback-0.0224th+0.293rd
CPOE+0.018th+7.23rd
Sack rate12%38th8%25th
Yards per attempt7.314th8.06th
TD rate3%32nd4%24th
INT rate1%8th1%5th
Depth of target7.229th7.522nd
Rush EPA per game+0.3018th-0.5531st
Careers · passing yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Deshaun WatsonCaleb Williams
100200300
20172019202220242026*
PlayerGAttYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Deshaun Watson2017 to 2026 · 8 seasons812,55419,710130243.32020: 4,823301.4 a game225.8below his career rate
Caleb Williams2024 to 2026 · 3 seasons391,2888,75053224.42025: 3,942231.9 a game253.4above 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.