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

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Will HowardQB · PIT

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C.J. StroudQB · HOU

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Will HowardQB · PIT

C.J. StroudQB · HOU

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HowardStroud

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

–Total EPA per game+7.74884th

Passing

HowardStroud

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

–Pass yards per dropback7.3887th

–Touchdowns per dropback0.05279th

–Interceptions per dropback · lower is better0.00796th

–EPA per dropback+0.19179th

–CPOE · completion % over expected+1.867th

–Sack rate · lower is better5.2%70th

Rushing

HowardStroud

–Rush yards per carry5.00

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Usage

0Games with stats8

–Snap share · average share of team snaps in the games he played98.6%63rd

–Plays with EPA per game39.171st

Passing

–Completion %64.2%53rd

–Yards per attempt8.081st

–Success rate47.9%70th

–aDOT · average depth of target9.796th

Rushing

–Carries per game · official rush attempts2.5

–Designed runs in EPA per game · QB scrambles count as dropbacks, kneels are left out1.0

–Yards per carry5.0

–Rush TD per carry0.050

–EPA per designed run+0.484

–Success rate75.0%

–10+ yard runs per carry0.000

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Total EPA by week (bars) and running total (lines)Will HowardC.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.

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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.