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

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Michael Taaffe
Dolphins logoMiami Dolphins

Michael Taaffe

Spos#16jersey23age6'0"height190lbsRrookie

Texas · 2026 draft, round 5, pick 158

VS1of 7 shown metrics led4
Quentin Lake
Rams logoLos Angeles Rams

Quentin Lake

Spos#37jersey27age6'1"height204lbs5seasons

UCLA · 2022 draft, round 6, pick 211

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

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TaaffeLake

Percentile chips: vs 112 safeties who played half the games, 2026 season

94.4%74thSnap share · average share of team snaps in the games he played100.0%98th

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TaaffeLake

Percentile chips: vs 107 safeties who played half the games, 2026 season

5.975thTackles per game7.092nd
0.0037thSacks per game0.0037th
0.162ndTackles for loss per game0.026th
0.030thQB hits per game0.030th
0.350thPasses defended per game1.2100th
0.390thInterceptions per game0.394th
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8Games with stats9

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2.958thSolo tackles per game4.189th

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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.