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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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Jayden DanielsQB · Commanders · graded
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Drake MayeQB · Patriots · graded
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This week · each one's next game and the defense at his positionHalf PPR
Week 9 · Sunday · Jayden vs RamsRams allow the 13th-fewest QB points
Week 9 · Sunday · Drake vs PackersPackers allow the 5th-fewest QB points
Where they rank · among 38 quarterbacks with 50 attempts+League percentiles
Jayden DanielsDrake Maye
EPA per dropback
+0.0454th
+0.2178th
CPOEcompletion over expected
+4.983rd
+7.396th
Sack rateper dropback, lower is better
8%33rd
6%49th
Yards per attempt
6.746th
8.591st
TD rateper attempt
4%41st
6%86th
INT rateper attempt, lower is better
0%97th
3%12th
Depth of targetair yards per attempt
8.678th
8.983rd
Rush EPA per game
+2.8899th
+2.0088th

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
Jayden DanielsDrake Maye
JaydenScramblerDownfield throwerShotgun offense
DrakeScramblerSidelinesDownfield thrower
Deep shareattempts 20+ yards downfield
15%86th
13%75th
Middle of the fieldattempts between the numbers
23%62nd
16%17th
Play actionshare of attempts
22%51st
21%46th
RPOshare of dropbacks
1%22nd
1%37th
Scramblesshare of dropbacks
12%96th
9%91st
Shotgunshare of dropbacks
85%83rd
79%49th
Against the blitzEPA per dropback, blitzed minus not
+0.0172nd
-0.0855th
Motiondropbacks with pre-snap motion
55%43rd
61%62nd

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
Jayden Daniels
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Drake Maye
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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).

Jayden Daniels+21.2
Drake Maye+68.3
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptionsSacksScramblesDesigned runsTwo-point tries
PartJaydenDrake
Air yardson completions+24.2+0.14 a dropback · 62nd+73.2+0.27 a dropback · 96th
After the catchhis share, catch to whistle+51.9+0.29 a dropback · 7th+100.8+0.37 a dropback · 36th
Incompletionsspikes included−51.3−0.29 a dropback · 17th−61.5−0.22 a dropback · 70th
Interceptions0.00.00 a dropback · 97th−32.6−0.12 a dropback · 17th
Sacks−18.1−0.10 a dropback · 49th−28.6−0.10 a dropback · 43rd
Scrambles+18.0+0.10 a dropback · 99th+20.0+0.07 a dropback · 91st
Designed runskneels included−3.6 · 36th−4.0 · 30th
Two-point triesnot in the rates+0.1+1.1
Total+21.2178 dropbacks+68.3276 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

Jayden Daniels

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Drake Maye

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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 · J.Daniels and D.MayeSolid 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
Jayden DanielsDrake Maye

Dropbackslast 3 games

2940
12345678
Jayden 35Drake 29.3

Pass yardslast 3 games

172278
12345678
Jayden 238.7Drake 251.7

EPA / dropbacklast 3 games

-0.17+0.27
12345678
Jayden +0.03Drake +0.36

CPOElast 3 games

-5.1+6.6
12345678
Jayden +9.3Drake +8.3

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
J.Daniels
164Wk 196Wk 23Wk 34Wk 4199Wk 5300Wk 67Wk 7217Wk 8
195 ± 67
D.Maye
178Wk 1208Wk 2199Wk 3269Wk 4374Wk 5235Wk 6321Wk 7199Wk 8
248 ± 64

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
StandardJ.DanielsD.Maye
Points a game20.1QB520.1QB6
Season100.6QB21160.9QB3
Most weeks14.9–23.38.7–26.9
Booms · busts1 · 025+ · under 123 · 325+ · under 12
Half PPRJ.DanielsD.Maye
Points a game20.1QB520.1QB6
Season100.6QB21160.9QB3
Most weeks14.9–23.38.7–26.9
Booms · busts1 · 025+ · under 123 · 325+ · under 12
PPRJ.DanielsD.Maye
Points a game20.1QB520.1QB6
Season100.6QB21160.9QB3
Most weeks14.9–23.38.7–26.9
Booms · busts1 · 025+ · under 123 · 325+ · 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
WeekJ.DanielsD.Maye
Wk 1164178
Wk 296208
Wk 3·199
Wk 4·269
Wk 5199374
Wk 6300235
Wk 7·321
Wk 8217199
Season9761983

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.DanielsD.Maye
Attempts145234
Completions91157
Pass yards9761983
Touchdowns615
EPA per dropback+0.0418th+0.219th
CPOE+4.97th+7.32nd
Sack rate8%26th6%20th
Yards per attempt6.721st8.54th
TD rate4%23rd6%6th
INT rate0%1st3%34th
Depth of target8.69th8.97th
Rush EPA per game+2.881st+2.005th
Careers · passing yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Jayden DanielsDrake Maye
50100150200250
202420252026*
PlayerGAttYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Jayden Daniels2024 to 2026 · 3 seasons298135,80639200.22024: 3,568209.9 a game195.2below his career rate
Drake Maye2024 to 2026 · 3 seasons381,0648,65361227.72025: 4,394258.5 a game247.9above 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.