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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
14
Sam DarnoldQB · Seahawks · graded
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17
Josh AllenQB · Bills · graded
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This week · each one's next game and the defense at his positionHalf PPR
Week 8 · Monday · Sam vs BearsBears allow the 8th-most QB points
Week 9 · Monday · Josh at VikingsVikings allow the fewest QB points
Where they rank · among 38 quarterbacks with 50 attempts+League percentiles
Sam DarnoldJosh Allen
EPA per dropback
-0.0536th
+0.2788th
CPOEcompletion over expected
-3.222nd
+3.778th
Sack rateper dropback, lower is better
7%43rd
6%57th
Yards per attempt
7.364th
8.796th
TD rateper attempt
5%51st
5%78th
INT rateper attempt, lower is better
5%9th
2%28th
Depth of targetair yards per attempt
6.917th
9.086th
Rush EPA per game
+0.9064th
+2.8696th

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 DarnoldJosh Allen
SamMotion offensePlay-action passerUnder center
JoshUnder centerDownfield throwerRPO offense
Deep shareattempts 20+ yards downfield
10%33rd
16%88th
Middle of the fieldattempts between the numbers
23%62nd
24%70th
Play actionshare of attempts
23%78th
22%59th
RPOshare of dropbacks
2%51st
2%80th
Scramblesshare of dropbacks
4%41st
8%78th
Shotgunshare of dropbacks
73%22nd
65%1st
Against the blitzEPA per dropback, blitzed minus not
+0.0674th
+0.0877th
Motiondropbacks with pre-snap motion
62%86th
57%62nd

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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Josh Allen
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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

Josh Allen gets the most from the ball in the air (+34.4 EPA), he gets the most scrambling (+22.2 EPA), and Josh also gives the most back on sacks (−22.1).

Sam Darnold−4.4
Josh Allen+79.4
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptionsSacksScramblesDesigned runsTwo-point tries
PartSamJosh
Air yardson completions+15.0+0.08 a dropback · 46th+34.4+0.15 a dropback · 64th
After the catchhis share, catch to whistle+84.1+0.42 a dropback · 70th+114.9+0.48 a dropback · 91st
Incompletionsspikes included−48.2−0.24 a dropback · 54th−51.8−0.22 a dropback · 75th
Interceptions−40.5−0.20 a dropback · 1st−14.2−0.06 a dropback · 62nd
Sacks−21.3−0.11 a dropback · 41st−22.1−0.09 a dropback · 62nd
Scrambles+9.2+0.05 a dropback · 78th+22.2+0.09 a dropback · 96th
Designed runskneels included−3.8 · 33rd−2.2 · 54th
Two-point triesnot in the rates+1.1−1.8
Total−4.4198 dropbacks+79.4237 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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Josh Allen

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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 J.AllenSolid 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 DarnoldJosh Allen

Dropbackslast 3 games

2940
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Sam 39.3Josh 30

Pass yardslast 3 games

170278
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Sam 243.3Josh 251.3

EPA / dropbacklast 3 games

-0.17+0.27
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Sam -0.06Josh +0.28

CPOElast 3 games

-5.0+6.7
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Sam -1.1Josh +1.3

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 170
S.Darnold
13Wk 12Wk 2379Wk 3168Wk 4195Wk 5278Wk 6257Wk 78Wk 8
215 ± 113
J.Allen
334Wk 1248Wk 2204Wk 3253Wk 4210Wk 5255Wk 67Wk 7289Wk 8
256 ± 42

Thresholds are the quartiles of every game week by qualified quarterbacks this season (243 player weeks). The right column is the average week and its swing.

Fantasy · points, rank and range, week by week
StandardS.DarnoldJ.Allen
Points a game12.5QB2726.7QB1
Season74.8QB27186.8QB1
Most weeks8.3–14.018.3–34.6
Booms · busts1 · 325+ · under 124 · 025+ · under 12
Half PPRS.DarnoldJ.Allen
Points a game12.5QB2726.8QB1
Season74.8QB27187.3QB1
Most weeks8.3–14.018.3–34.6
Booms · busts1 · 325+ · under 124 · 025+ · under 12
PPRS.DarnoldJ.Allen
Points a game12.5QB2726.8QB1
Season74.8QB27187.8QB1
Most weeks8.3–14.018.3–34.6
Booms · busts1 · 325+ · under 124 · 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.DarnoldJ.Allen
Wk 113334
Wk 2·248
Wk 3379204
Wk 4168253
Wk 5195210
Wk 6278255
Wk 7257·
Wk 8·289
Season12901793

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.DarnoldJ.Allen
Attempts177205
Completions110135
Pass yards12901793
Touchdowns811
EPA per dropback-0.0525th+0.275th
CPOE-3.230th+3.79th
Sack rate7%22nd6%17th
Yards per attempt7.314th8.72nd
TD rate5%19th5%9th
INT rate5%35th2%28th
Depth of target6.932nd9.06th
Rush EPA per game+0.9014th+2.862nd
Careers · passing yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Sam DarnoldJosh Allen
100200300
20182020202220242026*
PlayerGAttYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Sam Darnold2018 to 2026 · 9 seasons1063,01021,721131204.92024: 4,319254.1 a game215.0above his career rate
Josh Allen2018 to 2026 · 9 seasons1334,29231,865231239.62020: 4,544284.0 a game256.1above 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.