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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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Sam DarnoldQB · Seahawks · 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 · Sam vs CardinalsCardinals allow the 2nd-most QB points
Where they rank · among 38 quarterbacks with 50 attempts+League percentiles
Jayden DanielsSam Darnold
EPA per dropback
+0.0454th
-0.0728th
CPOEcompletion over expected
+4.983rd
-5.114th
Sack rateper dropback, lower is better
8%33rd
7%41st
Yards per attempt
6.746th
7.054th
TD rateper attempt
4%41st
5%54th
INT rateper attempt, lower is better
0%97th
4%9th
Depth of targetair yards per attempt
8.678th
6.817th
Rush EPA per game
+2.8899th
+0.8062nd

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 DanielsSam Darnold
JaydenScramblerDownfield throwerShotgun offense
SamBlitz-proofUnder centerStraight dropback
Deep shareattempts 20+ yards downfield
15%86th
10%28th
Middle of the fieldattempts between the numbers
23%62nd
23%59th
Play actionshare of attempts
22%51st
19%25th
RPOshare of dropbacks
1%22nd
1%41st
Scramblesshare of dropbacks
12%96th
4%41st
Shotgunshare of dropbacks
85%83rd
73%22nd
Against the blitzEPA per dropback, blitzed minus not
+0.0172nd
+0.0985th
Motiondropbacks with pre-snap motion
55%43rd
52%30th

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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Sam Darnold
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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

Jayden Daniels gets the most from the ball in the air (+24.2 EPA), he gets the most scrambling (+18.0 EPA), and Sam Darnold gives the most back on sacks (−23.5).

Jayden Daniels+21.2
Sam Darnold−10.7
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptionsSacksScramblesDesigned runsTwo-point tries
PartJaydenSam
Air yardson completions+24.2+0.14 a dropback · 62nd+13.9+0.06 a dropback · 43rd
After the catchhis share, catch to whistle+51.9+0.29 a dropback · 7th+99.1+0.42 a dropback · 64th
Incompletionsspikes included−51.3−0.29 a dropback · 17th−62.1−0.26 a dropback · 38th
Interceptions0.00.00 a dropback · 97th−45.8−0.19 a dropback · 7th
Sacks−18.1−0.10 a dropback · 49th−23.5−0.10 a dropback · 51st
Scrambles+18.0+0.10 a dropback · 99th+9.4+0.04 a dropback · 75th
Designed runskneels included−3.6 · 36th−3.8 · 33rd
Two-point triesnot in the rates+0.1+2.1
Total+21.2178 dropbacks−10.7237 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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Sam Darnold

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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 S.DarnoldSolid 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 DanielsSam Darnold

Dropbackslast 3 games

2940
12345678
Jayden 35Sam 40.3

Pass yardslast 3 games

172278
12345678
Jayden 238.7Sam 241

EPA / dropbacklast 3 games

-0.17+0.27
12345678
Jayden +0.03Sam -0.01

CPOElast 3 games

-5.1+6.6
12345678
Jayden +9.3Sam -6.2

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
S.Darnold
13Wk 12Wk 2379Wk 3168Wk 4195Wk 5278Wk 6257Wk 7188Wk 8
211 ± 105

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.DanielsS.Darnold
Points a game20.1QB513.2QB26
Season100.6QB2192.3QB24
Most weeks14.9–23.38.8–16.8
Booms · busts1 · 025+ · under 121 · 325+ · under 12
Half PPRJ.DanielsS.Darnold
Points a game20.1QB513.2QB26
Season100.6QB2192.3QB24
Most weeks14.9–23.38.8–16.8
Booms · busts1 · 025+ · under 121 · 325+ · under 12
PPRJ.DanielsS.Darnold
Points a game20.1QB513.2QB26
Season100.6QB2192.3QB24
Most weeks14.9–23.38.8–16.8
Booms · busts1 · 025+ · under 121 · 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.DanielsS.Darnold
Wk 116413
Wk 296·
Wk 3·379
Wk 4·168
Wk 5199195
Wk 6300278
Wk 7·257
Wk 8217188
Season9761478

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.DanielsS.Darnold
Attempts145211
Completions91127
Pass yards9761478
Touchdowns610
EPA per dropback+0.0418th-0.0728th
CPOE+4.97th-5.133rd
Sack rate8%26th7%23rd
Yards per attempt6.721st7.018th
TD rate4%23rd5%18th
INT rate0%1st4%35th
Depth of target8.69th6.832nd
Rush EPA per game+2.881st+0.8015th
Careers · passing yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Jayden DanielsSam Darnold
50100150200250
20182020202220242026*
PlayerGAttYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Jayden Daniels2024 to 2026 · 3 seasons298135,80639200.22024: 3,568209.9 a game195.2below his career rate
Sam Darnold2018 to 2026 · 9 seasons1073,04421,909133204.82024: 4,319254.1 a game211.1above 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.