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John Bates
Commanders logoWashington Commanders

John Bates

TEpos#87jersey29age6'6"height256lbs6seasons

Boise State · 2021 draft, round 4, pick 124

VS0of 8 shown metrics led8
Isaiah Likely
Giants logoNew York Giants

Isaiah Likely

TEpos#9jersey26age6'4"height241lbs5seasons

Coastal Carolina · 2022 draft, round 4, pick 139

Across the 8 shown metrics with numbers for at least two players (last 4 games): Likely leads in 8 and Bates leads in 0. A count of who is ahead, not a verdict: the metrics overlap and do not weigh the same.

Usage

BatesLikely

Percentile chips: vs 111 TEs who played half the games, last 4 games

42.8%42ndSnap share · average share of team snaps in the games he played83.0%91st

Receiving

BatesLikely

Percentile chips: vs 58 TEs who have 2.5+ targets a week (tight ends 2+), last 4 games

3Targets3495th
3Receptions2496th
14Receiving yards25894th
0Receiving TD499th
3.4%Target share · of team targets in his games23.2%92nd
-0.092EPA per target+0.35968th
3.7YAC per catch4.137th
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Usage

4Games with stats4
319thPlays with EPA3598th
-0.336thTotal EPA+12.697th

Receiving

100.0%Catch rate70.6%52nd
0.4%Air yards share19.0%82nd
1.0aDOT8.280th

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Total EPA by week (bars) and running total (lines)John BatesIsaiah Likely
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Expected points added across every role (passing, rushing, receiving) in the nflverse play-by-play model, in the period you picked. Lines run the total; a missing bar is a week without plays. The dot marks the best week among the 2 players.

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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.