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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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Drake MayeQB · Patriots · graded
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9
Michael Penix Jr.QB · Falcons · graded
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This week · each one's next game and the defense at his positionHalf PPR
Week 9 · Sunday · Drake vs PackersPackers allow the 5th-fewest QB points
Week 9 · Sunday · Michael vs BengalsBengals allow the 16th-most QB points
Where they rank · among 38 quarterbacks with 50 attempts+League percentiles
Drake MayeMichael Penix Jr.
EPA per dropback
+0.2178th
+0.0246th
CPOEcompletion over expected
+7.396th
-4.617th
Sack rateper dropback, lower is better
6%49th
5%72nd
Yards per attempt
8.591st
7.672nd
TD rateper attempt
6%86th
5%75th
INT rateper attempt, lower is better
3%12th
3%20th
Depth of targetair yards per attempt
8.983rd
7.330th
Rush EPA per game
+2.0088th
+0.2041st

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
Drake MayeMichael Penix Jr.
DrakeScramblerSidelinesDownfield thrower
MichaelUnder centerPocket passerSidelines
Deep shareattempts 20+ yards downfield
13%75th
10%30th
Middle of the fieldattempts between the numbers
16%17th
17%22nd
Play actionshare of attempts
21%46th
24%64th
RPOshare of dropbacks
1%37th
1%37th
Scramblesshare of dropbacks
9%91st
3%18th
Shotgunshare of dropbacks
79%49th
71%17th
Against the blitzEPA per dropback, blitzed minus not
-0.0855th
-0.1342nd
Motiondropbacks with pre-snap motion
61%62nd
48%22nd

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
Drake Maye
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Michael Penix Jr.
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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

Drake Maye gets the most from the ball in the air (+73.2 EPA), he gets the most scrambling (+20.0 EPA), and Drake also gives the most back on sacks (−28.6).

Drake Maye+68.3
Michael Penix Jr.+4.3
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptionsSacksScramblesDesigned runsTwo-point tries
PartDrakeMichael
Air yardson completions+73.2+0.27 a dropback · 96th+15.0+0.08 a dropback · 51st
After the catchhis share, catch to whistle+100.8+0.37 a dropback · 36th+80.0+0.44 a dropback · 75th
Incompletionsspikes included−61.5−0.22 a dropback · 70th−57.7−0.32 a dropback · 7th
Interceptions−32.6−0.12 a dropback · 17th−21.6−0.12 a dropback · 14th
Sacks−28.6−0.10 a dropback · 43rd−15.8−0.09 a dropback · 70th
Scrambles+20.0+0.07 a dropback · 91st+0.3+0.00 a dropback · 20th
Designed runskneels included−4.0 · 30th+0.9 · 78th
Two-point triesnot in the rates+1.1+3.2
Total+68.3276 dropbacks+4.3182 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

Drake Maye

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Michael Penix Jr.

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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.Maye and M.PenixSolid 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
Drake MayeMichael Penix Jr.

Dropbackslast 3 games

2940
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Drake 29.3Michael 32

Pass yardslast 3 games

172278
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Drake 251.7Michael 187.7

EPA / dropbacklast 3 games

-0.17+0.27
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Drake +0.36Michael -0.26

CPOElast 3 games

-5.1+6.6
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Drake +8.3Michael -8.8

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.Maye
178Wk 1208Wk 2199Wk 3269Wk 4374Wk 5235Wk 6321Wk 7199Wk 8
248 ± 64
M.Penix
1Wk 12Wk 2256Wk 3223Wk 4240Wk 5225Wk 6213Wk 7125Wk 8
214 ± 42

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.MayeM.Penix
Points a game20.1QB613.8QB24
Season160.9QB382.8QB25
Most weeks8.7–26.912.7–20.4
Booms · busts3 · 325+ · under 120 · 125+ · under 12
Half PPRD.MayeM.Penix
Points a game20.1QB613.8QB25
Season160.9QB382.8QB25
Most weeks8.7–26.912.7–20.4
Booms · busts3 · 325+ · under 120 · 125+ · under 12
PPRD.MayeM.Penix
Points a game20.1QB613.8QB25
Season160.9QB382.8QB25
Most weeks8.7–26.912.7–20.4
Booms · busts3 · 325+ · under 120 · 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.MayeM.Penix
Wk 1178·
Wk 2208·
Wk 3199256
Wk 4269223
Wk 5374240
Wk 6235225
Wk 7321213
Wk 8199125
Season19831282

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.MayeM.Penix
Attempts234168
Completions157104
Pass yards19831282
Touchdowns159
EPA per dropback+0.219th+0.0221st
CPOE+7.32nd-4.632nd
Sack rate6%20th5%11th
Yards per attempt8.54th7.611th
TD rate6%6th5%10th
INT rate3%34th3%31st
Depth of target8.97th7.327th
Rush EPA per game+2.005th+0.2023rd
Careers · passing yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Drake MayeMichael Penix Jr.
50100150200250
202420252026*
PlayerGAttYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Drake Maye2024 to 2026 · 3 seasons381,0648,65361227.72025: 4,394258.5 a game247.9above his career rate
Michael Penix Jr.2024 to 2026 · 3 seasons205494,03921202.02025: 1,982220.2 a game213.7above 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.