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2026 season · box score + nflverse play-by-play

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Denzel WardCB · CLE
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Joshua MetellusS · MIN
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Denzel Ward
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Denzel Ward

CBpos#21jersey29age5'11"height190lbs9seasons

Ohio State · 2018 draft, round 1, pick 4

VS2of 7 shown metrics led4
Joshua Metellus
Vikings logoMinnesota Vikings

Joshua Metellus

Spos#44jersey28age5'11"height208lbs7seasons

Michigan · 2020 draft, round 6, pick 205

Across the 7 shown metrics with numbers for at least two players (2026 season): Metellus leads in 4 and Ward leads in 2; 1 is level. A count of who is ahead, not a verdict: the metrics overlap and do not weigh the same.

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WardMetellus

Percentile chips: vs 122 CBs who played half the games, 2026 season

98.8%94thSnap share · average share of team snaps in the games he played99.1%92nd

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WardMetellus

Percentile chips: vs 121 CBs who played half the games, 2026 season

3476thTackles5893rd
0.042ndSacks0.578th
020thTackles for loss026th
183rdQB hits289th
993rdPasses defended481st
396thInterceptions030th
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9Games with stats8

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1955thSolo tackles2986th

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top passers · most targeted
Brock Purdy vs Trevor LawrenceJoe Burrow vs Josh AllenJared Goff vs Caleb WilliamsC.J. Stroud vs Jordan LoveCeeDee Lamb vs Jaxon Smith-NjigbaMatthew Golden vs Puka NacuaMichael Wilson vs Amon-Ra St. BrownChris Olave vs Malik Nabers

Box score totals from ESPN (regular season and playoffs; “last 4” is each player's four most recent games with a box score line). EPA, success rate, CPOE, aDOT, target and air-yard share from the nflverse play-by-play over the same games; snap share from nflverse snap counts. EPA per dropback includes sacks and scrambles. Carries are the official ESPN rush attempts; EPA per designed run leaves out quarterback scrambles (they count as dropbacks) and kneel-downs, so for a quarterback the two counts differ. Per opportunity divides counting stats by nflverse dropbacks (passing), ESPN targets (receiving) and ESPN carries (rushing); other counts go per game. Percentiles rank each value among players at the same position with enough volume in the same period (the same groups as the player cards: QBs 12 dropbacks a week, RBs 4.5 carries, wide receivers 2.5 targets, tight ends 2, defenders half the games; fewer than 8 peers, no percentile). The bars compare the players on the page only, not the league.