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

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Michael Penix Jr.QB · ATL

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C.J. StroudQB · HOU

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Michael Penix Jr.QB · ATL

C.J. StroudQB · HOU

Across the 8 shown metrics with numbers for at least two players (2026 season): Stroud leads in 7 and Penix Jr. leads in 1. A count of who is ahead, not a verdict: the metrics overlap and do not weigh the same.

Usage

Penix Jr.Stroud

Percentile chips: vs 34 QBs who played half the games, 2026 season

+8.449thTotal EPA+62.084th

Passing

Penix Jr.Stroud

Percentile chips: vs 35 QBs who have 12+ dropbacks a week, 2026 season

1,44430thPass yards2,25181st

1047thTouchdowns1677th

631stInterceptions · lower is better287th

+0.02550thEPA per dropback+0.19179th

-4.016thCPOE · completion % over expected+1.867th

4.1%81stSack rate · lower is better5.2%70th

Rushing

Penix Jr.Stroud

65Rush yards100

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Usage

7Games with stats8

99.3%78thSnap share · average share of team snaps in the games he played98.6%63rd

22222ndPlays with EPA31359th

Passing

62.3%33rdCompletion %64.2%53rd

7.361stYards per attempt8.081st

45.4%47thSuccess rate47.9%70th

7.327thaDOT · average depth of target9.796th

Rushing

20Carries · official rush attempts20

4Designed runs in EPA · QB scrambles count as dropbacks, kneels are left out8

3.3Yards per carry5.0

0Rush TD1

+0.723EPA per designed run+0.484

50.0%Success rate75.0%

010+ yard runs0

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Total EPA by week (bars) and running total (lines)Michael Penix Jr.C.J. Stroud

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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.

Matchups to start with

top passers · most targeted

Brock Purdy vs Trevor Lawrence Joe Burrow vs Josh Allen Jared Goff vs Caleb Williams C.J. Stroud vs Jordan Love CeeDee Lamb vs Jaxon Smith-Njigba Matthew Golden vs Puka Nacua Michael Wilson vs Amon-Ra St. Brown Chris 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.