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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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Daniel JonesQB · Colts · 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 · Daniel vs CowboysCowboys allow the 3rd-most QB points
Where they rank · among 38 quarterbacks with 50 attempts+League percentiles
Geno SmithDaniel Jones
EPA per dropback
+0.1570th
-0.1812th
CPOEcompletion over expected
+4.880th
-3.822nd
Sack rateper dropback, lower is better
9%17th
8%38th
Yards per attempt
8.083rd
5.89th
TD rateper attempt
5%64th
2%7th
INT rateper attempt, lower is better
1%75th
3%14th
Depth of targetair yards per attempt
7.964th
7.541st
Rush EPA per game
-1.514th
+0.9267th

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 SmithDaniel Jones
GenoStaticSidelines
DanielBlitz-proofPlay-action passerMotion offense
Deep shareattempts 20+ yards downfield
12%64th
11%62nd
Middle of the fieldattempts between the numbers
13%12th
21%53rd
Play actionshare of attempts
21%38th
27%86th
RPOshare of dropbacks
2%59th
1%46th
Scramblesshare of dropbacks
4%46th
3%36th
Shotgunshare of dropbacks
76%30th
82%64th
Against the blitzEPA per dropback, blitzed minus not
-0.0561st
+0.1388th
Motiondropbacks with pre-snap motion
41%7th
66%83rd

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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Daniel Jones
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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

Geno Smith gets the most from the ball in the air (+41.3 EPA), he gets the most scrambling (+0.7 EPA), and Daniel Jones gives the most back on sacks (−48.3).

Geno Smith+26.5
Daniel Jones−45.3
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptionsSacksScramblesDesigned runsTwo-point tries
PartGenoDaniel
Air yardson completions+41.3+0.15 a dropback · 70th−4.2−0.01 a dropback · 17th
After the catchhis share, catch to whistle+102.4+0.38 a dropback · 43rd+118.4+0.39 a dropback · 54th
Incompletionsspikes included−53.1−0.19 a dropback · 88th−74.7−0.25 a dropback · 51st
Interceptions−10.1−0.04 a dropback · 83rd−44.0−0.15 a dropback · 12th
Sacks−43.1−0.16 a dropback · 14th−48.3−0.16 a dropback · 12th
Scrambles+0.7+0.00 a dropback · 25th−0.7−0.00 a dropback · 12th
Designed runskneels included−12.8 · 7th+8.1 · 99th
Two-point triesnot in the rates+1.2–
Total+26.5273 dropbacks−45.3300 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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Daniel Jones

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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 D.JonesSolid 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 SmithDaniel Jones

Dropbackslast 3 games

2940
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Geno 33Daniel 35

Pass yardslast 3 games

172278
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Geno 276.3Daniel 173.7

EPA / dropbacklast 3 games

-0.17+0.27
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Geno +0.30Daniel -0.27

CPOElast 3 games

-5.1+6.6
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Geno +8.5Daniel -6.3

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
D.Jones
166Wk 1210Wk 2235Wk 3143Wk 4267Wk 5269Wk 6108Wk 7144Wk 8
193 ± 57

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.SmithD.Jones
Points a game15.4QB198.9QB32
Season123.1QB1571.2QB29
Most weeks9.6–21.37.0–11.3
Booms · busts1 · 425+ · under 120 · 725+ · under 12
Half PPRG.SmithD.Jones
Points a game15.4QB198.9QB32
Season123.1QB1571.2QB29
Most weeks9.6–21.37.0–11.3
Booms · busts1 · 425+ · under 120 · 725+ · under 12
PPRG.SmithD.Jones
Points a game15.4QB198.9QB32
Season123.1QB1571.2QB29
Most weeks9.6–21.37.0–11.3
Booms · busts1 · 425+ · under 120 · 725+ · 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.SmithD.Jones
Wk 1215166
Wk 2247210
Wk 3321235
Wk 4119143
Wk 5182267
Wk 6252269
Wk 7287108
Wk 8290144
Season19131542

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.SmithD.Jones
Attempts239268
Completions165162
Pass yards19131542
Touchdowns125
EPA per dropback+0.1512th-0.1834th
CPOE+4.88th-3.830th
Sack rate9%32nd8%24th
Yards per attempt8.07th5.835th
TD rate5%14th2%36th
INT rate1%10th3%33rd
Depth of target7.914th7.523rd
Rush EPA per game-1.5137th+0.9213th
Careers · passing yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Geno SmithDaniel Jones
50100150200250
2013201520172019202120232026*
PlayerGAttYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Geno Smith2013 to 2026 · 13 seasons1163,34224,081136207.62024: 4,320254.1 a game239.1above his career rate
Daniel Jones2019 to 2026 · 8 seasons912,89319,22594211.32022: 3,205200.3 a game192.8below 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.