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

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Za'Darius SmithDE · ATL
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Alim McNeillDT · DET
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Za'Darius Smith
Falcons logoAtlanta Falcons

Za'Darius Smith

DEpos#55jersey34age6'4"height270lbs11seasons

Kentucky · 2015 draft, round 4, pick 122

VS0of 7 shown metrics led4
Alim McNeill
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Alim McNeill

DTpos#54jersey26age6'2"height310lbs6seasons

NC State · 2021 draft, round 3, pick 72

Across the 7 shown metrics with numbers for at least two players (2026 season): McNeill leads in 4 and Smith leads in 0; 3 are level. A count of who is ahead, not a verdict: the metrics overlap and do not weigh the same.

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SmithMcNeill

Percentile chips: vs 189 DL who played half the games, 2026 season

24.1%8thSnap share · average share of team snaps in the games he played80.0%96th

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SmithMcNeill

Percentile chips: vs 181 DL who played half the games, 2026 season

1011thTackles1749th
4.592ndSacks5.597th
691stTackles for loss691st
673rdQB hits1092nd
168thPasses defended168th
049thInterceptions049th
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6Games with stats8

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744thSolo tackles854th

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top passers · most targeted

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.