2026
2026 season · QB · #15 · 8th season
Gardner Minshew
Age 30 · 6'1" · 225 lb · Washington State · Pick 178 overall (2019). Listed QB2 on the 3WR 1TE depth chart. Snap share 42% across 1 game.
- How goodMinshew has +14.3 EPA on 24 dropbacks; percentiles arrive once he reaches 50 attempts.
- Where it comes fromThe biggest share comes after the catch (+14.7).
- Fantasy19.5 standard points a game.19.5 half-PPR points a game.19.5 PPR points a game.
- How he's usedGardner gets a fingerprint once he reaches 50 attempts; the bars show his shares so far without a league percentile.
- LatelyToo few games for a trend yet: 1 played.
- This weekA tough matchup: the Seahawks rank 3rd vs the pass, allowing -0.14 EPA per dropback.
How good is hehis line against the league at his position
| Stat | Value | Rank | League | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPA per dropback | +0.60 | |||
| CPOEcompletion over expected | +17.1 | |||
| Sack rateper dropback, lower is better | 4% | |||
| Yards per attempt | 8.2 | |||
| TD rateper attempt | 13% | |||
| INT rateper attempt, lower is better | 0% |
| Stat | Value | Rank | League | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depth of targetair yards per attempt | 5.8 | |||
| Rush EPA per game | 0.00 | |||
| Success rate | 58% | |||
| ANY/A | 10.08 | |||
| Total EPA | +14.3 |
Graded once he reaches 50 attempts. 38 quarterbacks qualify so far.
Minshew scores 19.5 standard points a game, not enough games to rank yet. 0 boom weeks (25+) and 0 busts (under 12). Next up, in Week 9, the Seahawks allow the 2nd-fewest standard points to QBs, 10.4 a game.
Minshew scores 19.5 half-PPR points a game, not enough games to rank yet. 0 boom weeks (25+) and 0 busts (under 12). Next up, in Week 9, the Seahawks allow the 2nd-fewest half-PPR points to QBs, 10.4 a game.
Minshew scores 19.5 PPR points a game, not enough games to rank yet. 0 boom weeks (25+) and 0 busts (under 12). Next up, in Week 9, the Seahawks allow the 2nd-fewest PPR points to QBs, 10.4 a game.
How this is measured
Fantasy points are nflverse's standard and full-PPR scoring (6 points for a rushing or receiving touchdown, 4 for a passing touchdown, minus 2 for an interception or a lost fumble); half PPR is the average of the two. Ranks are points a game among players at his position with at least half the most games played. Most weeks is his 20th to 80th percentile game. Bars are green on a boom week and red on a bust; the dashed line is the starter line, the points a game of the QB12 in a 12-team league. The format you pick is remembered on this device.
How he's usedhis fingerprint, where the ball finds him and when
Gardner gets a fingerprint once he reaches 50 attempts; the bars show his shares so far without a league percentile.
How this is measured
Every trait is a share of his own dropbacks, so volume does not move it. The marker is him among the league's qualifying quarterbacks; the dashed line is the median. Styles are not grades: a high or low percentile is a description, not a verdict. Play action, screen, RPO, motion and blitz flags come from FTN charting and read low in a week it has not published.
Minshew has +14.3 EPA on 24 dropbacks; percentiles arrive once he reaches 50 attempts. The biggest share comes after the catch (+14.7).
career -0.01 over 2019–2024 · the best of his 7 seasons so far
How this is measured
Every dropback and run this season, split by what happened. Completions divide at the catch: the yards in the air, and his credited share of what came after (nflverse's air EPA and QB EPA). Per dropback counts scrambles as dropbacks. The percentile is him among the qualifying quarterbacks, higher is better, so a cost smaller than most ranks high. The parts add up to the totals above; the career strip counts seasons with at least 50 attempts.
His throws spread much like the league's: no spot with five or more runs 15% above the league's share.
How this is measured
Every pass attempt with a charted depth and direction this season; sacks and throws with no charted direction are left out. Left and right are as the offense sees the field. Cells with fewer than three throws show no EPA.
On the field
By depth of target
Who he works withthe connection, and the rest of the huddle
By depth
Week by weekthe shape of his season, the game log and the defenses behind it
The game
at SeahawksLumen Field
SEA −11.5 · O/U 44.5
His history
First meeting this season
His status
A tough matchup: the Seahawks rank 3rd vs the pass, allowing -0.14 EPA per dropback.
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Snap | Cmp/Att | Yds | TD | INT | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at LAC W 26-14Did not play | |||||||
| 2 | vs SEA L 7-31Did not play | |||||||
| 3 | at SF L 30-36Did not play | |||||||
| 4 | at NYG L 24-36Did not play | |||||||
| 5 | vs DET L 21-45Did not play | |||||||
| 6 | at LA W 18-16Did not play | |||||||
| 7 | vs DEN L 16-30Did not play | |||||||
| 8 | at DAL W 33-3030th D | 30th vs the pass | 42% | 17/23 | 188 | 3 | +14.3 | |
| 9 | at SEASun Nov 8 · next up | |||||||
| 10 | vs LASun Nov 15 | |||||||
| 11 | at KCSun Nov 22 | |||||||
| 12 | vs WASSun Nov 29 | |||||||
| 13 | vs PHISun Dec 6 | |||||||
| 14 | Bye week | |||||||
| 15 | vs NYJSun Dec 20 | |||||||
| 16 | at NOSun Dec 27 | |||||||
| 17 | vs LVSun Jan 3 | |||||||
| 18 | vs SFSun Jan 10 | |||||||
| 1 games | 42% | 17/23 | 188 | 3 | 0 | +14.3 |
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | EPA/DB | CPOE | aDOT | Sk | Sk % | Rush EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at LAC W 26-14Did not play | |||||||
| 2 | vs SEA L 7-31Did not play | |||||||
| 3 | at SF L 30-36Did not play | |||||||
| 4 | at NYG L 24-36Did not play | |||||||
| 5 | vs DET L 21-45Did not play | |||||||
| 6 | at LA W 18-16Did not play | |||||||
| 7 | vs DEN L 16-30Did not play | |||||||
| 8 | at DAL W 33-3030th D | 30th vs the pass | +0.60 | +17.1 | 5.8 | 1 | 4% | 0.0 |
| 9 | at SEASun Nov 8 · next up | |||||||
| 10 | vs LASun Nov 15 | |||||||
| 11 | at KCSun Nov 22 | |||||||
| 12 | vs WASSun Nov 29 | |||||||
| 13 | vs PHISun Dec 6 | |||||||
| 14 | Bye week | |||||||
| 15 | vs NYJSun Dec 20 | |||||||
| 16 | at NOSun Dec 27 | |||||||
| 17 | vs LVSun Jan 3 | |||||||
| 18 | vs SFSun Jan 10 | |||||||
| 1 games | +0.60 | +17.1 | 5.8 | 1 | 4% | 0.0 |
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | TD | INT | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at LAC W 26-14Did not play | |||||||||
| 2 | vs SEA L 7-31Did not play | |||||||||
| 3 | at SF L 30-36Did not play | |||||||||
| 4 | at NYG L 24-36Did not play | |||||||||
| 5 | vs DET L 21-45Did not play | |||||||||
| 6 | at LA W 18-16Did not play | |||||||||
| 7 | vs DEN L 16-30Did not play | |||||||||
| 8 | at DAL W 33-3030th D | 30th vs the pass | 17 | 23 | 74% | 188 | 8.2 | 3 | 137.3 | |
| 9 | at SEASun Nov 8 · next up | |||||||||
| 10 | vs LASun Nov 15 | |||||||||
| 11 | at KCSun Nov 22 | |||||||||
| 12 | vs WASSun Nov 29 | |||||||||
| 13 | vs PHISun Dec 6 | |||||||||
| 14 | Bye week | |||||||||
| 15 | vs NYJSun Dec 20 | |||||||||
| 16 | at NOSun Dec 27 | |||||||||
| 17 | vs LVSun Jan 3 | |||||||||
| 18 | vs SFSun Jan 10 | |||||||||
| 1 games | 17 | 23 | 74% | 188 | 8.2 | 3 | 0 | 137.3 |
Too few games for a trend yet: 1 played.
How this is measured
Bars are his week. The shaded band is the league's middle half at his position, every qualifying player-game this season, and the dashed line is its median. The solid line is his trailing three games. An × on the baseline is a game his team played without him; a dotted tick is the bye.
He has faced the 33rd-toughest slate vs the pass: his opponents rank 30.0 of 32 on average (league middle 16.6). Ahead: 2 of his next 9 are top-10 vs the pass and 4 are bottom-10, starting with the Seahawks (3rd, away) in Week 9.
The slate · played solid, ahead dashed
His line by defense faced
| Defenses | G | Att/g | Yds/g | EPA/db |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ranked 1 to 10Top-10 defenses | – | – | – | – |
| 11 to 22Middle | – | – | – | – |
| 23 to 32Bottom-10 | 1 | 23.0 | 188 | +0.60 |
| All games | 1 | 23.0 | 188 | +0.60 |
Yards against the rank of the defense
Too few games to read a pattern yet.
Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year
His best year was 2023, 3,305 passing yards in 16 games with IND. This season's 188.0 a game puts him on pace for 3,196 over 17, close to it.
| Season | Team | G | Cmp/Att | Pct | Yds | TD | INT | Y/A | Rating | EPA/db |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | JAX | 14 | 285/470 | 61% | 3,271 | 21 | 6 | 7.0 | 91.2 | -0.02 |
| 2020 | JAX | 9 | 216/327 | 66% | 2,259 | 16 | 5 | 6.9 | 95.9 | +0.05 |
| 2021 | PHI | 3 | 41/60 | 68% | 439 | 4 | 1 | 7.3 | 104.8 | +0.24 |
| 2022 | PHI | 5 | 44/76 | 58% | 663 | 3 | 3 | 8.7 | 83.4 | +0.09 |
| 2023 | IND | 16 | 305/490 | 62% | 3,305 | 15 | 9 | 6.7 | 84.6 | -0.01 |
| 2024 | LV | 10 | 203/306 | 66% | 2,013 | 9 | 10 | 6.6 | 81.0 | -0.14 |
| 2025 | KC | 4 | 6/13 | 46% | 37 | 0 | 1 | 2.8 | 21.0 | -0.49 |
| 2026 | ARI | 1 | 17/23 | 74% | 188 | 3 | 0 | 8.2 | 137.3 | +0.60 |
| Career | 6 tm | 62 | 1,117/1,765 | 63% | 12,175 | 71 | 35 | 6.9 | 88.7 | -0.01 |
How this is measured
Regular season only, from nflverse weekly stats back to 1999. This season is partial and drawn hollow; the pace is his per-game rate over 17 games. Bold cells are career highs.
Intel & playsthe report, his best snaps, his teammates
- Depth chart
- QB2 · 3WR 1TE
- Injury report
- clean
- Red zone touches
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- Third down
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- Explosive plays
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- CPOE
- +17.1 pts over expected
- Sack rate
- 4%
- Play action
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- Blitzed
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| Player | Touches | Yds | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|
 Tyler AllgeierRB | 94 | 451 · 3 TD | -3.9 |
 Jeremiyah LoveRB | 90 | 304 · 2 TD | -12.9 |
 Trey McBrideTE | 86 | 544 · 5 TD | +25.2 |
 Michael WilsonWR | 84 | 514 · 2 TD | +1.0 |
 Kendrick BourneWR | 38 | 263 | +6.8 |
 Bam KnightRB | 37 | 211 | -8.2 |
 Jacoby BrissettQB | 30 | 94 · 1 TD | +16.2 |
 Elijah HigginsTE | 18 | 151 · 1 TD | +2.7 |