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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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Geno SmithQB · Jets · graded
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C.J. StroudQB · Texans · graded
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This week · each one's next game and the defense at his positionHalf PPR
Week 9 · Sunday · Geno at ChiefsChiefs allow the 6th-fewest QB points
Week 9 · Sunday · C.J. at ChargersChargers allow the 7th-fewest QB points
Where they rank · among 38 quarterbacks with 50 attempts+League percentiles
Geno SmithC.J. Stroud
EPA per dropback
+0.1570th
+0.1262nd
CPOEcompletion over expected
+4.880th
+3.275th
Sack rateper dropback, lower is better
9%17th
6%64th
Yards per attempt
8.083rd
7.670th
TD rateper attempt
5%64th
4%46th
INT rateper attempt, lower is better
1%75th
0%92nd
Depth of targetair yards per attempt
7.964th
9.293rd
Rush EPA per game
-1.514th
+1.2075th

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
Geno SmithC.J. Stroud
GenoStaticSidelines
C.J.Blitz-proofAttacks the middleDownfield thrower
Deep shareattempts 20+ yards downfield
12%64th
15%83rd
Middle of the fieldattempts between the numbers
13%12th
28%88th
Play actionshare of attempts
21%38th
22%54th
RPOshare of dropbacks
2%59th
3%80th
Scramblesshare of dropbacks
4%46th
3%28th
Shotgunshare of dropbacks
76%30th
83%75th
Against the blitzEPA per dropback, blitzed minus not
-0.0561st
+0.2093rd
Motiondropbacks with pre-snap motion
41%7th
61%57th

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
Geno Smith
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C.J. Stroud
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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

C.J. Stroud gets the most from the ball in the air (+45.8 EPA), he gets the most scrambling (+6.7 EPA), and Geno Smith gives the most back on sacks (−43.1).

Geno Smith+26.5
C.J. Stroud+39.6
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptionsSacksScramblesDesigned runsTwo-point tries
PartGenoC.J.
Air yardson completions+41.3+0.15 a dropback · 70th+45.8+0.17 a dropback · 78th
After the catchhis share, catch to whistle+102.4+0.38 a dropback · 43rd+83.0+0.31 a dropback · 12th
Incompletionsspikes included−53.1−0.19 a dropback · 88th−64.1−0.24 a dropback · 59th
Interceptions−10.1−0.04 a dropback · 83rd−6.0−0.02 a dropback · 86th
Sacks−43.1−0.16 a dropback · 14th−28.4−0.11 a dropback · 41st
Scrambles+0.7+0.00 a dropback · 25th+6.7+0.02 a dropback · 67th
Designed runskneels included−12.8 · 7th+1.7 · 80th
Two-point triesnot in the rates+1.2+1.1
Total+26.5273 dropbacks+39.6270 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

Geno Smith

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C.J. Stroud

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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 · G.Smith and C.StroudSolid 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
Geno SmithC.J. Stroud

Dropbackslast 3 games

2940
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Geno 33C.J. 33

Pass yardslast 3 games

172278
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Geno 276.3C.J. 242

EPA / dropbacklast 3 games

-0.17+0.27
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Geno +0.30C.J. +0.24

CPOElast 3 games

-5.1+6.6
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Geno +8.5C.J. +4.9

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
G.Smith
215Wk 1247Wk 2321Wk 3119Wk 4182Wk 5252Wk 6287Wk 7290Wk 8
239 ± 61
C.Stroud
274Wk 1353Wk 2167Wk 3347Wk 4261Wk 5312Wk 6153Wk 78Wk 8
267 ± 75

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
StandardG.SmithC.Stroud
Points a game15.4QB1918.4QB12
Season123.1QB15128.7QB11
Most weeks9.6–21.316.5–22.6
Booms · busts1 · 425+ · under 120 · 125+ · under 12
Half PPRG.SmithC.Stroud
Points a game15.4QB1918.4QB12
Season123.1QB15128.7QB11
Most weeks9.6–21.316.5–22.6
Booms · busts1 · 425+ · under 120 · 125+ · under 12
PPRG.SmithC.Stroud
Points a game15.4QB1918.4QB12
Season123.1QB15128.7QB11
Most weeks9.6–21.316.5–22.6
Booms · busts1 · 425+ · 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
WeekG.SmithC.Stroud
Wk 1215274
Wk 2247353
Wk 3321167
Wk 4119347
Wk 5182261
Wk 6252312
Wk 7287153
Wk 8290·
Season19131867

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
SeasonG.SmithC.Stroud
Attempts239247
Completions165160
Pass yards19131867
Touchdowns1211
EPA per dropback+0.1512th+0.1215th
CPOE+4.88th+3.210th
Sack rate9%32nd6%14th
Yards per attempt8.07th7.612th
TD rate5%14th4%21st
INT rate1%10th0%3rd
Depth of target7.914th9.23rd
Rush EPA per game-1.5137th+1.2010th
Careers · passing yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Geno SmithC.J. Stroud
100200300
2013201520172020202220242026*
PlayerGAttYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Geno Smith2013 to 2026 · 13 seasons1163,34224,081136207.62024: 4,320254.1 a game239.1above his career rate
C.J. Stroud2023 to 2026 · 4 seasons531,70112,74373240.42023: 4,108273.9 a game266.7above 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.