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2026

2026 season · compare · wide receivers

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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.

100 in the league pool
Who · up to three, same position groupStart over
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Jaxon Smith-NjigbaWR · Seahawks · graded
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Puka NacuaWR · Rams · graded
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This week · each one's next game and the defense at his positionHalf PPR
Week 9 · Sunday · Jaxon vs CardinalsCardinals allow the 10th-most WR points
Week 9 · Sunday · Puka at CommandersCommanders allow the 13th-most WR points
Where they rank · among 100 wide receivers with 15 targets+League percentiles
Jaxon Smith-NjigbaPuka Nacua
Target shareof team targets
36%100th
34%99th
Depth of targetair yards per target
10.539th
7.716th
After the catchyards per reception
5.176th
5.885th
Catch ratereceptions per target
72%86th
76%93rd
EPA per target
+0.7295th
+0.1939th
First downsper target
55%96th
35%36th
Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better
3%54th
3%65th
Yards per game
123.1100th
94.298th

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 wide receiversamong 100 wide receivers
Jaxon Smith-NjigbaPuka Nacua
JaxonThird-down guyRed-zone guyStatic
PukaYards after the catchScreen gameThird-down guy
Deep sharetargets 20+ yards downfield
17%46th
12%28th
Screensshare of his targets
6%56th
16%89th
Middle of the fieldtargets between the numbers
27%75th
23%59th
After the catchshare of his yards after the catch
33%67th
57%95th
Third-down shareof team targets on 3rd down
43%100th
30%89th
Red-zone shareof team targets inside the 20
33%97th
26%89th
Motiontargets with pre-snap motion
38%13th
64%76th
Play actiontargets off play action
16%47th
24%84th

Every trait is a share of his own targets, so volume does not move it. Each bar is the league's qualifying wide receivers; 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
Jaxon Smith-Njigba
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Puka Nacua
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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

Jaxon Smith-Njigba gets the most from the ball in the air (+51.7 EPA), Puka Nacua gets the most after the catch (+41.4 EPA), and Jaxon also gives the most back on targets he does not catch (−19.6).

Jaxon Smith-Njigba+64.5
Puka Nacua+14.4
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptions
PartJaxonPuka
Air yardson catches+51.7+0.58 a target · 78th−9.3−0.13 a target · 6th
After the catch+40.9+0.46 a target · 84th+41.4+0.56 a target · 90th
Incompletionstargets not caught−19.6−0.22 a target · 82nd−12.2−0.16 a target · 92nd
Interceptionswhen targeted−8.6−0.10 a target · 48th−5.5−0.07 a target · 56th
Total+64.589 targets+14.474 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 wide receivers; the best rate in each row is green.

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

Jaxon Smith-Njigba

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Puka Nacua

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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.Smith-Njigba and P.NacuaSolid 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
Jaxon Smith-NjigbaPuka Nacua

Targetslast 3 games

38
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Jaxon 13Puka 9.7

Rec yardslast 3 games

1766
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Jaxon 134Puka 76

EPA / targetlast 3 games

-0.20+0.78
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Jaxon +0.77Puka +0.30

aDOTlast 3 games

7.514.3
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Jaxon 10.9Puka 4.7

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 66+ · dud under 17
J.Smith-Njigba
122Wk 1155Wk 2128Wk 376Wk 4102Wk 5134Wk 6150Wk 7118Wk 8
123 ± 24
P.Nacua
74Wk 12Wk 23Wk 3125Wk 4138Wk 580Wk 668Wk 780Wk 8
94 ± 27

Thresholds are the quartiles of every game week by qualified wide receivers this season (690 player weeks). The right column is the average week and its swing.

Fantasy · points, rank and range, week by week
StandardJ.Smith-NjigbaP.Nacua
Points a game19.5WR113.8WR3
Season156.0WR182.6WR8
Most weeks15.2–24.18.0–18.7
Booms · busts7 · 012+ · under 54 · 012+ · under 5
Half PPRJ.Smith-NjigbaP.Nacua
Points a game23.5WR118.4WR2
Season188.0WR1110.6WR6
Most weeks19.8–28.911.0–23.2
Booms · busts7 · 016+ · under 6.54 · 016+ · under 6.5
PPRJ.Smith-NjigbaP.Nacua
Points a game27.5WR123.1WR2
Season220.0WR1138.6WR6
Most weeks23.2–33.714.0–27.7
Booms · busts7 · 020+ · under 84 · 020+ · under 8

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.Smith-NjigbaP.Nacua
Wk 112274
Wk 2155·
Wk 3128·
Wk 476125
Wk 5102138
Wk 613480
Wk 715068
Wk 811880
Season985565

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.Smith-NjigbaP.Nacua
Targets8974
Receptions6456
Yards985565
Touchdowns93
Target share36%1st34%2nd
Depth of target10.562nd7.785th
After the catch5.125th5.816th
Catch rate72%15th76%8th
EPA per target+0.726th+0.1962nd
First downs55%5th35%64th
Drop rate3%46th3%35th
Yards per game123.11st94.23rd
Careers · receiving yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Jaxon Smith-NjigbaPuka Nacua
50100
2023202420252026*
PlayerGRecYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Jaxon Smith-Njigba2023 to 2026 · 4 seasons593464,5362976.92025: 1,793105.5 a game123.1above his career rate
Puka Nacua2023 to 2026 · 4 seasons503694,7562295.12025: 1,715107.2 a game94.2below 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.