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

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Mike Gesicki
Bengals logoCincinnati Bengals

Mike Gesicki

TEpos#88jersey31age6'6"height245lbs9seasons

Penn State Ā· 2018 draft, round 2, pick 42

VS4of 8 shown metrics led4
Sam LaPorta
Lions logoDetroit Lions

Sam LaPorta

TEpos#87jersey25age6'3"height245lbs4seasons

Iowa Ā· 2023 draft, round 2, pick 34

Across the 8 shown metrics with numbers for at least two players (2026 season, per opportunity): Gesicki leads in 4 and LaPorta leads in 4. A count of who is ahead, not a verdict: the metrics overlap and do not weigh the same.

Usage

GesickiLaPorta

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

47.4%37thSnap share Ā· average share of team snaps in the games he played89.9%97th

Receiving

GesickiLaPorta

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

3.726thTargets per game6.185th
0.73170thReceptions per target0.71451st
9.6992ndReceiving yards per target8.1468th
0.23199thReceiving TD per target0.06161st
10.0%13thTarget share Ā· of team targets in his games18.2%75th
+0.73999thEPA per target+0.67996th
3.420thYAC per catch5.465th
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Usage

7Games with stats8
3.756thPlays with EPA per game6.391st
+2.74494thTotal EPA per game+4.17998th

Receiving

73.1%70thCatch rate71.4%51st
13.4%51stAir yards share13.5%54th
10.599thaDOT5.735th

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Total EPA by week (bars) and running total (lines)Mike GesickiSam LaPorta
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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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Box score totals from ESPN (regular season and playoffs; ā€œlast 4ā€ 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.