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

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John Bates
Commanders logoWashington Commanders

John Bates

TEpos#87jersey29age6'6"height256lbs6seasons

Boise State · 2021 draft, round 4, pick 124

VS1of 8 shown metrics led7
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 (2026 season, per game): Likely leads in 7 and Bates leads in 1. A count of who is ahead, not a verdict: the metrics overlap and do not weigh the same.

Usage

BatesLikely

Percentile chips: vs 75 TEs who played half the games, 2026 season

39.6%25thSnap share · average share of team snaps in the games he played75.0%81st

Receiving

BatesLikely

Percentile chips: vs 42 TEs who have 2.5+ targets a week (tight ends 2+), 2026 season

1.2Targets per game8.694th
1.0Receptions per game5.894th
5.4Receiving yards per game56.089th
0.0Receiving TD per game0.894th
5.9%Target share · of team targets in his games26.6%94th
-0.273EPA per target+0.26058th
5.2YAC per catch3.315th
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Usage

5Games with stats8
1.421stPlays with EPA per game8.897th
-0.3814thTotal EPA per game+2.2889th

Receiving

83.3%Catch rate66.7%24th
0.9%Air yards share20.9%89th
1.5aDOT7.677th

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Total EPA by week (bars) and running total (lines)John BatesIsaiah Likely
●Wk 1●Wk 2●Wk 3●Wk 4●Wk 5●Wk 6●Wk 7Wk 8●Wk 9

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.