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2026

2026 season · compare · tight ends

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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.

45 in the league pool
Who · up to three, same position groupStart over
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Terrance FergusonTE · Rams · not yet qualified
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88
AJ BarnerTE · Seahawks · graded
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This week · each one's next game and the defense at his positionHalf PPR
Week 9 · Sunday · Terrance at CommandersCommanders allow the 2nd-most TE points
Week 9 · Sunday · AJ vs CardinalsCardinals allow the 9th-most TE points
Where they rank · among 45 tight ends with 15 targets+League percentiles
Terrance FergusonAJ Barner
Target shareof team targets
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13%46th
Depth of targetair yards per target
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2.11st
After the catchyards per reception
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7.994th
Catch ratereceptions per target
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62%10th
EPA per target
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-0.403rd
First downsper target
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32%32nd
Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better
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6%21st
Yards per game
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25.441st

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 tight endsamong 45 tight ends
Terrance FergusonAJ Barner
Terrancenot graded yet
AJYards after the catchRarely deepScreen game
Deep sharetargets 20+ yards downfield
8%–
0%9th
Screensshare of his targets
8%–
18%91st
Middle of the fieldtargets between the numbers
25%–
21%34th
After the catchshare of his yards after the catch
60%–
81%97th
Third-down shareof team targets on 3rd down
5%–
7%28th
Red-zone shareof team targets inside the 20
2%–
21%68th
Motiontargets with pre-snap motion
75%–
62%57th
Play actiontargets off play action
8%–
38%79th

Every trait is a share of his own targets, so volume does not move it. Each bar is the league's qualifying tight ends; 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
Target shareDepthYACCatch rateEPA / tgtFirst downsDropsYds / game

Terrance Ferguson is not graded yet, so no shape.

Where he wins · EPA per target by lane and depthSame scale across
Terrance Ferguson
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AJ Barner
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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 playsReceiving EPA

Terrance Ferguson gets the most from the ball in the air (−1.3 EPA), AJ Barner gets the most after the catch (+19.6 EPA), and AJ also gives the most back on targets he does not catch (−10.0).

Terrance Ferguson−0.3
AJ Barner−13.8
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptions
PartTerranceAJ
Air yardson catches−1.3−0.11 a target−9.2−0.27 a target · 10th
After the catch+8.6+0.71 a target+19.6+0.58 a target · 77th
Incompletionstargets not caught−7.5−0.63 a target−10.0−0.30 a target · 19th
Interceptionswhen targeted0.00.00 a target−14.1−0.41 a target · 6th
Total−0.312 targets−13.834 targets

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. Bars share one scale, gains right of the line and losses left. The rate is per target, with its percentile among the league's qualifying tight ends; the best rate in each row is green.

Where the ball finds them · same scale, same fieldloading plays

Terrance Ferguson

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AJ Barner

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Targets placed by air yards and side of the field, from each team's play file.

On one field · every target, same fieldFilled is caught, a ring is not
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Depth butterfly · T.Ferguson and A.BarnerSolid 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
Terrance FergusonAJ Barner

Targetslast 3 games

26
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Terrance 4AJ 4.7

Rec yardslast 3 games

1153
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Terrance 21AJ 27

EPA / targetlast 3 games

-0.31+0.66
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Terrance -0.03AJ -0.42

aDOTlast 3 games

3.48.5
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Terrance 6.6AJ 2.2

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 53+ · dud under 11
T.Ferguson
0Wk 154Wk 29Wk 34Wk 45Wk 56Wk 67Wk 78Wk 8
21 ± 24
A.Barner
13Wk 18Wk 269Wk 312Wk 420Wk 516Wk 642Wk 723Wk 8
25 ± 19

Thresholds are the quartiles of every game week by qualified tight ends this season (326 player weeks). The right column is the average week and its swing.

Fantasy · points, rank and range, week by week
StandardT.FergusonA.Barner
Points a game4.13.4TE34
Season12.3TE5226.8TE31
Most weeks0.4–7.21.4–6.0
Booms · busts1 · 29+ · under 30 · 59+ · under 3
Half PPRT.FergusonA.Barner
Points a game5.34.7TE33
Season15.8TE5137.3TE28
Most weeks0.6–9.22.6–7.1
Booms · busts1 · 212+ · under 40 · 512+ · under 4
PPRT.FergusonA.Barner
Points a game6.46.0TE32
Season19.3TE5147.8TE27
Most weeks0.8–11.23.7–8.3
Booms · busts1 · 215+ · under 50 · 415+ · under 5

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
WeekT.FergusonA.Barner
Wk 1013
Wk 2548
Wk 3969
Wk 4·12
Wk 5·20
Wk 6·16
Wk 7·42
Wk 8·23
Season63203

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
SeasonT.FergusonA.Barner
Targets1234
Receptions721
Yards63203
Touchdowns10
Target share-13%25th
Depth of target-2.145th
After the catch-7.93rd
Catch rate-62%41st
EPA per target--0.4044th
First downs-32%31st
Drop rate-6%36th
Yards per game-25.427th
Careers · receiving yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Terrance FergusonAJ Barner
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202420252026*
PlayerGRecYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Terrance Ferguson2025 to 2026 · 2 seasons1418294421.02025: 23121.0 a game21.0above his career rate
AJ Barner2024 to 2026 · 3 seasons401039671024.22025: 51930.5 a game25.4above 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.