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2026

2026 season · compare · tight ends

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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.

45 in the league pool
Who · up to three, same position groupStart over
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Jake FergusonTE · Cowboys · graded
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Darnell WashingtonTE · Steelers · graded
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This week · each one's next game and the defense at his positionHalf PPR
Week 9 · Sunday · Jake at ColtsColts allow the 12th-most TE points
Week 10 · Sunday · Darnell at BengalsBengals allow the 8th-most TE points
Where they rank · among 45 tight ends with 15 targets+League percentiles
Jake FergusonDarnell Washington
Target shareof team targets
9%14th
11%28th
Depth of targetair yards per target
5.023rd
5.434th
After the catchyards per reception
2.86th
8.497th
Catch ratereceptions per target
68%32nd
68%30th
EPA per target
-0.278th
+0.3068th
First downsper target
24%8th
36%46th
Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better
8%10th
0%80th
Yards per game
14.410th
31.850th

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 tight endsamong 45 tight ends
Jake FergusonDarnell Washington
JakeRarely deepNot the third-down optionStatic
DarnellStaticNot the third-down optionWorks the middle
Deep sharetargets 20+ yards downfield
0%9th
4%32nd
Screensshare of his targets
4%36th
14%83rd
Middle of the fieldtargets between the numbers
28%70th
32%88th
After the catchshare of his yards after the catch
41%32nd
63%81st
Third-down shareof team targets on 3rd down
4%12th
3%8th
Red-zone shareof team targets inside the 20
10%34th
20%66th
Motiontargets with pre-snap motion
48%12th
32%3rd
Play actiontargets off play action
28%50th
25%46th

Every trait is a share of his own targets, so volume does not move it. Each bar is the league's qualifying tight ends; 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
Target shareDepthYACCatch rateEPA / tgtFirst downsDropsYds / game
Where he wins · EPA per target by lane and depthSame scale across
Jake Ferguson
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Darnell Washington
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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 playsReceiving EPA

Jake Ferguson gets the most from the ball in the air (+4.5 EPA), Darnell Washington gets the most after the catch (+14.9 EPA), and Jake also gives the most back on targets he does not catch (−7.7).

Jake Ferguson−6.8
Darnell Washington+8.3
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptions
PartJakeDarnell
Air yardson catches+4.5+0.18 a target · 68th+4.3+0.15 a target · 59th
After the catch+0.9+0.04 a target · 6th+14.9+0.53 a target · 70th
Incompletionstargets not caught−7.7−0.31 a target · 12th−5.6−0.20 a target · 59th
Interceptionswhen targeted−4.4−0.18 a target · 26th−5.3−0.19 a target · 23rd
Total−6.825 targets+8.328 targets

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. Bars share one scale, gains right of the line and losses left. The rate is per target, with its percentile among the league's qualifying tight ends; the best rate in each row is green.

Where the ball finds them · same scale, same fieldloading plays

Jake Ferguson

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Darnell Washington

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Targets placed by air yards and side of the field, from each team's play file.

On one field · every target, same fieldFilled is caught, a ring is not
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Depth butterfly · J.Ferguson and D.WashingtonSolid 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
Jake FergusonDarnell Washington

Targetslast 3 games

26
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Jake 1.3Darnell 4

Rec yardslast 3 games

1153
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Jake 4.3Darnell 41

EPA / targetlast 3 games

-0.31+0.66
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Jake -0.31Darnell +0.31

aDOTlast 3 games

3.48.5
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Jake 8.0Darnell 5.7

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 53+ · dud under 11
J.Ferguson
6Wk 143Wk 223Wk 311Wk 419Wk 513Wk 60Wk 70Wk 8
14 ± 13
D.Washington
18Wk 17Wk 267Wk 327Wk 412Wk 525Wk 64Wk 794Wk 8
32 ± 30

Thresholds are the quartiles of every game week by qualified tight ends this season (326 player weeks). The right column is the average week and its swing.

Fantasy · points, rank and range, week by week
StandardJ.FergusonD.Washington
Points a game3.4TE325.4TE20
Season27.5TE2943.4TE15
Most weeks0.2–4.51.4–8.6
Booms · busts1 · 69+ · under 31 · 39+ · under 3
Half PPRJ.FergusonD.Washington
Points a game4.5TE346.6TE23
Season36.0TE3052.9TE20
Most weeks0.6–6.02.4–10.4
Booms · busts1 · 612+ · under 40 · 312+ · under 4
PPRJ.FergusonD.Washington
Points a game5.6TE347.8TE22
Season44.5TE3062.4TE22
Most weeks1.0–7.53.4–12.1
Booms · busts1 · 615+ · under 50 · 315+ · under 5

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
WeekJ.FergusonD.Washington
Wk 1618
Wk 2437
Wk 32367
Wk 41127
Wk 51912
Wk 61325
Wk 704
Wk 8·94
Season115254

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
SeasonJ.FergusonD.Washington
Targets2528
Receptions1719
Yards115254
Touchdowns33
Target share9%39th11%33rd
Depth of target5.035th5.430th
After the catch2.843rd8.42nd
Catch rate68%31st68%32nd
EPA per target-0.2742nd+0.3015th
First downs24%42nd36%25th
Drop rate8%41st0%1st
Yards per game14.441st31.823rd
Careers · receiving yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Jake FergusonDarnell Washington
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20222023202420252026*
PlayerGRecYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Jake Ferguson2022 to 2026 · 5 seasons662482,1441832.52023: 76144.8 a game16.4below his career rate
Darnell Washington2023 to 2026 · 4 seasons4276879520.92025: 36428.0 a game31.8above 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.