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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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Sam DarnoldQB · Seahawks · graded
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Brock PurdyQB · 49ers · graded
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This week · each one's next game and the defense at his positionHalf PPR
Week 9 · Sunday · Sam vs CardinalsCardinals allow the 2nd-most QB points
Week 9 · Sunday · Brock vs RaidersRaiders allow the 6th-most QB points
Where they rank · among 38 quarterbacks with 50 attempts+League percentiles
Sam DarnoldBrock Purdy
EPA per dropback
-0.0728th
+0.2996th
CPOEcompletion over expected
-5.114th
+5.486th
Sack rateper dropback, lower is better
7%41st
3%99th
Yards per attempt
7.054th
8.388th
TD rateper attempt
5%54th
7%91st
INT rateper attempt, lower is better
4%9th
2%54th
Depth of targetair yards per attempt
6.817th
7.862nd
Rush EPA per game
+0.8062nd
+2.0591st

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
Sam DarnoldBrock Purdy
SamBlitz-proofUnder centerStraight dropback
BrockMotion offenseUnder centerKeeps it short
Deep shareattempts 20+ yards downfield
10%28th
9%17th
Middle of the fieldattempts between the numbers
23%59th
25%78th
Play actionshare of attempts
19%25th
20%28th
RPOshare of dropbacks
1%41st
1%30th
Scramblesshare of dropbacks
4%41st
6%64th
Shotgunshare of dropbacks
73%22nd
69%7th
Against the blitzEPA per dropback, blitzed minus not
+0.0985th
+0.0277th
Motiondropbacks with pre-snap motion
52%30th
75%99th

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
Sam Darnold
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Brock Purdy
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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

Brock Purdy gets the most from the ball in the air (+48.8 EPA), he gets the most scrambling (+13.6 EPA), and Sam Darnold gives the most back on sacks (−23.5).

Sam Darnold−10.7
Brock Purdy+77.6
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptionsSacksScramblesDesigned runsTwo-point tries
PartSamBrock
Air yardson completions+13.9+0.06 a dropback · 43rd+48.8+0.21 a dropback · 83rd
After the catchhis share, catch to whistle+99.1+0.42 a dropback · 64th+98.3+0.42 a dropback · 67th
Incompletionsspikes included−62.1−0.26 a dropback · 38th−51.8−0.22 a dropback · 72nd
Interceptions−45.8−0.19 a dropback · 7th−19.3−0.08 a dropback · 36th
Sacks−23.5−0.10 a dropback · 51st−13.7−0.06 a dropback · 91st
Scrambles+9.4+0.04 a dropback · 75th+13.6+0.06 a dropback · 83rd
Designed runskneels included−3.8 · 33rd+0.7 · 75th
Two-point triesnot in the rates+2.1+1.1
Total−10.7237 dropbacks+77.6233 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

Sam Darnold

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Brock Purdy

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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 · S.Darnold and B.PurdySolid 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
Sam DarnoldBrock Purdy

Dropbackslast 3 games

2940
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Sam 40.3Brock 35

Pass yardslast 3 games

172278
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Sam 241Brock 247

EPA / dropbacklast 3 games

-0.17+0.27
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Sam -0.01Brock +0.03

CPOElast 3 games

-5.1+6.6
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Sam -6.2Brock +3.9

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
S.Darnold
13Wk 12Wk 2379Wk 3168Wk 4195Wk 5278Wk 6257Wk 7188Wk 8
211 ± 105
B.Purdy
205Wk 1287Wk 2297Wk 3218Wk 4189Wk 5264Wk 6288Wk 78Wk 8
250 ± 41

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
StandardS.DarnoldB.Purdy
Points a game13.2QB2620.9QB3
Season92.3QB24146.0QB7
Most weeks8.8–16.816.4–27.0
Booms · busts1 · 325+ · under 122 · 025+ · under 12
Half PPRS.DarnoldB.Purdy
Points a game13.2QB2620.9QB3
Season92.3QB24146.0QB7
Most weeks8.8–16.816.4–27.0
Booms · busts1 · 325+ · under 122 · 025+ · under 12
PPRS.DarnoldB.Purdy
Points a game13.2QB2620.9QB3
Season92.3QB24146.0QB7
Most weeks8.8–16.816.4–27.0
Booms · busts1 · 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
WeekS.DarnoldB.Purdy
Wk 113205
Wk 2·287
Wk 3379297
Wk 4168218
Wk 5195189
Wk 6278264
Wk 7257288
Wk 8188·
Season14781748

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
SeasonS.DarnoldB.Purdy
Attempts211211
Completions127146
Pass yards14781748
Touchdowns1015
EPA per dropback-0.0728th+0.292nd
CPOE-5.133rd+5.46th
Sack rate7%23rd3%1st
Yards per attempt7.018th8.35th
TD rate5%18th7%4th
INT rate4%35th2%18th
Depth of target6.832nd7.815th
Rush EPA per game+0.8015th+2.054th
Careers · passing yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Sam DarnoldBrock Purdy
50100150200250
20182020202220242026*
PlayerGAttYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Sam Darnold2018 to 2026 · 9 seasons1073,04421,909133204.82024: 4,319254.1 a game211.1above his career rate
Brock Purdy2022 to 2026 · 5 seasons561,56413,43399239.92023: 4,280267.5 a game249.7above 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.