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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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Joe BurrowQB · Bengals · graded
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Matthew StaffordQB · Rams · graded
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This week · each one's next game and the defense at his positionHalf PPR
Week 9 · Sunday · Joe at FalconsFalcons allow the 12th-fewest QB points
Week 9 · Sunday · Matthew at CommandersCommanders allow the 4th-most QB points
Where they rank · among 38 quarterbacks with 50 attempts+League percentiles
Joe BurrowMatthew Stafford
EPA per dropback
+0.2483rd
+0.0959th
CPOEcompletion over expected
+8.599th
+0.557th
Sack rateper dropback, lower is better
5%78th
4%86th
Yards per attempt
7.980th
7.157th
TD rateper attempt
7%93rd
5%62nd
INT rateper attempt, lower is better
2%33rd
3%25th
Depth of targetair yards per attempt
7.651st
7.649th
Rush EPA per game
+0.2549th
-1.467th

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
Joe BurrowMatthew Stafford
JoeStraight dropbackShotgun offenseStatic
MatthewPocket passerUnder centerPlay-action passer
Deep shareattempts 20+ yards downfield
9%20th
10%37th
Middle of the fieldattempts between the numbers
21%53rd
20%36th
Play actionshare of attempts
14%1st
26%80th
RPOshare of dropbacks
2%57th
1%25th
Scramblesshare of dropbacks
3%33rd
1%4th
Shotgunshare of dropbacks
90%96th
70%12th
Against the blitzEPA per dropback, blitzed minus not
-0.2415th
-0.1631st
Motiondropbacks with pre-snap motion
44%9th
62%70th

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
Joe Burrow
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Matthew Stafford
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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

Joe Burrow gets the most from the ball in the air (+62.3 EPA), he gets the most scrambling (+4.7 EPA), and Joe also gives the most back on sacks (−22.3).

Joe Burrow+69.7
Matthew Stafford+18.1
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptionsSacksScramblesDesigned runsTwo-point tries
PartJoeMatthew
Air yardson completions+62.3+0.22 a dropback · 91st+16.8+0.05 a dropback · 41st
After the catchhis share, catch to whistle+109.7+0.38 a dropback · 49th+143.8+0.45 a dropback · 83rd
Incompletionsspikes included−51.7−0.18 a dropback · 96th−74.7−0.23 a dropback · 64th
Interceptions−29.1−0.10 a dropback · 28th−34.8−0.11 a dropback · 22nd
Sacks−22.3−0.08 a dropback · 75th−19.4−0.06 a dropback · 88th
Scrambles+4.7+0.02 a dropback · 51st+1.8+0.01 a dropback · 30th
Designed runskneels included−2.9 · 49th−13.5 · 1st
Two-point triesnot in the rates−0.9−1.9
Total+69.7289 dropbacks+18.1319 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

Joe Burrow

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Matthew Stafford

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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.Burrow and M.StaffordSolid 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
Joe BurrowMatthew Stafford

Dropbackslast 3 games

2940
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Joe 38Matthew 30.7

Pass yardslast 3 games

172278
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Joe 314.7Matthew 191.3

EPA / dropbacklast 3 games

-0.17+0.27
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Joe +0.43Matthew -0.02

CPOElast 3 games

-5.1+6.6
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Joe +14.0Matthew +1.5

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.Burrow
254Wk 1207Wk 2282Wk 3428Wk 4190Wk 56Wk 6292Wk 7462Wk 8
302 ± 97
M.Stafford
155Wk 1327Wk 2390Wk 3317Wk 4383Wk 5222Wk 6195Wk 7157Wk 8
268 ± 91

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.BurrowM.Stafford
Points a game24.2QB216.5QB16
Season169.6QB2131.6QB10
Most weeks17.5–28.08.8–24.5
Booms · busts2 · 025+ · under 122 · 325+ · under 12
Half PPRJ.BurrowM.Stafford
Points a game24.2QB216.5QB16
Season169.6QB2131.6QB10
Most weeks17.5–28.08.8–24.5
Booms · busts2 · 025+ · under 122 · 325+ · under 12
PPRJ.BurrowM.Stafford
Points a game24.2QB216.5QB16
Season169.6QB2131.6QB10
Most weeks17.5–28.08.8–24.5
Booms · busts2 · 025+ · under 122 · 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.BurrowM.Stafford
Wk 1254155
Wk 2207327
Wk 3282390
Wk 4428317
Wk 5190383
Wk 6·222
Wk 7292195
Wk 8462157
Season21152146

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.BurrowM.Stafford
Attempts267303
Completions195204
Pass yards21152146
Touchdowns2015
EPA per dropback+0.247th+0.0916th
CPOE+8.51st+0.517th
Sack rate5%9th4%6th
Yards per attempt7.98th7.117th
TD rate7%3rd5%15th
INT rate2%26th3%29th
Depth of target7.619th7.620th
Rush EPA per game+0.2520th-1.4636th
Careers · passing yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Joe BurrowMatthew Stafford
100200300
200920122015201820212026*
PlayerGAttYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Joe Burrow2020 to 2026 · 7 seasons843,07322,925177272.92024: 4,918289.3 a game302.1above his career rate
Matthew Stafford2009 to 2026 · 18 seasons2479,07666,724438270.12011: 5,100318.8 a game268.3below 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.