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

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

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
Matthew Stafford
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Joe Burrow
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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).

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

Matthew Stafford

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Joe Burrow

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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 · M.Stafford and J.BurrowSolid 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
Matthew StaffordJoe Burrow

Dropbackslast 3 games

2940
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Matthew 30.7Joe 38

Pass yardslast 3 games

172278
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Matthew 191.3Joe 314.7

EPA / dropbacklast 3 games

-0.17+0.27
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Matthew -0.02Joe +0.43

CPOElast 3 games

-5.1+6.6
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Matthew +1.5Joe +14.0

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

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
StandardM.StaffordJ.Burrow
Points a game16.5QB1624.2QB2
Season131.6QB10169.6QB2
Most weeks8.8–24.517.5–28.0
Booms · busts2 · 325+ · under 122 · 025+ · under 12
Half PPRM.StaffordJ.Burrow
Points a game16.5QB1624.2QB2
Season131.6QB10169.6QB2
Most weeks8.8–24.517.5–28.0
Booms · busts2 · 325+ · under 122 · 025+ · under 12
PPRM.StaffordJ.Burrow
Points a game16.5QB1624.2QB2
Season131.6QB10169.6QB2
Most weeks8.8–24.517.5–28.0
Booms · busts2 · 325+ · under 122 · 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
WeekM.StaffordJ.Burrow
Wk 1155254
Wk 2327207
Wk 3390282
Wk 4317428
Wk 5383190
Wk 6222·
Wk 7195292
Wk 8157462
Season21462115

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
SeasonM.StaffordJ.Burrow
Attempts303267
Completions204195
Pass yards21462115
Touchdowns1520
EPA per dropback+0.0916th+0.247th
CPOE+0.517th+8.51st
Sack rate4%6th5%9th
Yards per attempt7.117th7.98th
TD rate5%15th7%3rd
INT rate3%29th2%26th
Depth of target7.620th7.619th
Rush EPA per game-1.4636th+0.2520th
Careers · passing yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Matthew StaffordJoe Burrow
100200300
200920122015201820212026*
PlayerGAttYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Matthew Stafford2009 to 2026 · 18 seasons2479,07666,724438270.12011: 5,100318.8 a game268.3below his career rate
Joe Burrow2020 to 2026 · 7 seasons843,07322,925177272.92024: 4,918289.3 a game302.1above 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.