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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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Kirk CousinsQB · Raiders · graded
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Jayden DanielsQB · Commanders · graded
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This week · each one's next game and the defense at his positionHalf PPR
Week 9 · Sunday · Kirk at 49ers49ers allow the 11th-fewest QB points
Week 9 · Sunday · Jayden vs RamsRams allow the 13th-fewest QB points
Where they rank · among 38 quarterbacks with 50 attempts+League percentiles
Kirk CousinsJayden Daniels
EPA per dropback
+0.1975th
+0.0454th
CPOEcompletion over expected
+0.959th
+4.983rd
Sack rateper dropback, lower is better
4%88th
8%33rd
Yards per attempt
7.567th
6.746th
TD rateper attempt
7%88th
4%41st
INT rateper attempt, lower is better
2%64th
0%97th
Depth of targetair yards per attempt
8.067th
8.678th
Rush EPA per game
-0.9214th
+2.8899th

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
Kirk CousinsJayden Daniels
KirkAttacks the middlePocket passerUnder center
JaydenScramblerDownfield throwerShotgun offense
Deep shareattempts 20+ yards downfield
10%37th
15%86th
Middle of the fieldattempts between the numbers
29%91st
23%62nd
Play actionshare of attempts
21%59th
19%30th
RPOshare of dropbacks
1%33rd
1%28th
Scramblesshare of dropbacks
2%9th
12%96th
Shotgunshare of dropbacks
72%20th
85%83rd
Against the blitzEPA per dropback, blitzed minus not
-0.1531st
-0.1242nd
Motiondropbacks with pre-snap motion
58%70th
40%20th

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
Kirk Cousins
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Jayden Daniels
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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

Kirk Cousins gets the most from the ball in the air (+64.2 EPA), Jayden Daniels gets the most scrambling (+18.0 EPA), and Jayden also gives the most back on sacks (−18.1).

Kirk Cousins+47.5
Jayden Daniels+21.2
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptionsSacksScramblesDesigned runsTwo-point tries
PartKirkJayden
Air yardson completions+64.2+0.21 a dropback · 88th+24.2+0.14 a dropback · 62nd
After the catchhis share, catch to whistle+110.1+0.37 a dropback · 38th+51.9+0.29 a dropback · 7th
Incompletionsspikes included−82.7−0.28 a dropback · 22nd−51.3−0.29 a dropback · 17th
Interceptions−19.8−0.07 a dropback · 54th0.00.00 a dropback · 97th
Sacks−14.1−0.05 a dropback · 99th−18.1−0.10 a dropback · 49th
Scrambles−2.0−0.01 a dropback · 7th+18.0+0.10 a dropback · 99th
Designed runskneels included−5.4 · 22nd−3.6 · 36th
Two-point triesnot in the rates−2.7+0.1
Total+47.5299 dropbacks+21.2178 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

Kirk Cousins

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Jayden Daniels

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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 · K.Cousins and J.DanielsSolid 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
Kirk CousinsJayden Daniels

Dropbackslast 3 games

2940
12345678
Kirk 38Jayden 35

Pass yardslast 3 games

172278
12345678
Kirk 285Jayden 238.7

EPA / dropbacklast 3 games

-0.17+0.27
12345678
Kirk +0.18Jayden +0.03

CPOElast 3 games

-5.1+6.6
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Kirk -3.2Jayden +9.3

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
K.Cousins
160Wk 1253Wk 2248Wk 3365Wk 4243Wk 5313Wk 6295Wk 7247Wk 8
266 ± 56
J.Daniels
164Wk 196Wk 23Wk 34Wk 4199Wk 5300Wk 67Wk 7217Wk 8
195 ± 67

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
StandardK.CousinsJ.Daniels
Points a game20.0QB720.1QB5
Season159.7QB4100.6QB21
Most weeks15.7–22.414.9–23.3
Booms · busts1 · 025+ · under 121 · 025+ · under 12
Half PPRK.CousinsJ.Daniels
Points a game20.0QB720.1QB5
Season159.7QB4100.6QB21
Most weeks15.7–22.414.9–23.3
Booms · busts1 · 025+ · under 121 · 025+ · under 12
PPRK.CousinsJ.Daniels
Points a game20.0QB720.1QB5
Season159.7QB4100.6QB21
Most weeks15.7–22.414.9–23.3
Booms · busts1 · 025+ · under 121 · 025+ · 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
WeekK.CousinsJ.Daniels
Wk 1160164
Wk 225396
Wk 3248·
Wk 4365·
Wk 5243199
Wk 6313300
Wk 7295·
Wk 8247217
Season2124976

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
SeasonK.CousinsJ.Daniels
Attempts283145
Completions18091
Pass yards2124976
Touchdowns196
EPA per dropback+0.1910th+0.0418th
CPOE+0.916th+4.97th
Sack rate4%5th8%26th
Yards per attempt7.513th6.721st
TD rate7%5th4%23rd
INT rate2%14th0%1st
Depth of target8.013th8.69th
Rush EPA per game-0.9233rd+2.881st
Careers · passing yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Kirk CousinsJayden Daniels
100200300
20122015201820212026*
PlayerGAttYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Kirk Cousins2012 to 2026 · 15 seasons1826,18246,824317257.32016: 4,917307.3 a game265.5above his career rate
Jayden Daniels2024 to 2026 · 3 seasons298135,80639200.22024: 3,568209.9 a game195.2below 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.