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Box score by season

Season	Team	G	Cmp	Att	Pass yds	TD	Int	Sacked	Rush	Rush yds	TD	vs ESPN
2026	SEA	7	127	211	1,478	10	9	17	11	72	0	✓ matches
2025	SEA	17	323	477	4,048	25	14	27	35	95	0	✓ matches
2025 playoffs	SEA	3	56	91	672	5	0	6	5	14	0
2024	MIN	17	361	545	4,319	35	12	48	67	212	1	not checked
2024 playoffs	MIN	1	25	40	245	1	1	9	4	19	0
2023	SF	10	28	46	297	2	1	6	21	15	1	not checked
2022	CAR	6	82	140	1,143	7	3	10	26	106	2	not checked
2021	CAR	12	243	406	2,527	9	13	35	48	222	5	not checked
2020	NYJ	12	217	364	2,208	9	11	35	37	217	2	not checked
2019	NYJ	13	273	441	3,024	19	13	33	33	62	2	not checked
2018	NYJ	13	239	414	2,865	17	15	30	43	135	1	not checked

Official scoring from play-by-play. Regular-season totals for 2025, 2026 are compared with ESPN's after every rebuild (all players); earlier seasons aren't checked.

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Dropbacks

464

qualifying bar 238

EPA/play

-0.139

32nd of 33 · lg +0.054

Success rate

41.6%

31st of 33 · lg 46.2%

Yards/play

5.41

31st of 33 · lg 6.30

Explosive rate

8.0%

23rd of 33 · lg 9.1%

CPOE

-4.9

33rd of 33 · lg +0.0

Completion %

59.9%

31st of 33 · lg 65.0%

Air yards/att

7.2

28th of 33 · lg 7.8

Sack rate

7.5%

27th of 33 · lg 6.0%

Turnover rate

3.4%

27th of 33 · lg 2.9%

TD rate

1.9%

32nd of 33 · lg 4.2%

Every split

EPA per dropback by situation, next to the league. Rank is among qualified players with 30+ dropbacks there (1 = best). "Repeats" is the year-to-year correlation for that split (2016–25); near zero means it predicts little. Click a situation to filter to it.

Situation	Dropbacks	EPA/play	Success	Yds/play	League EPA	Rank	Repeats
Home / away Setting compare everyone →
Home	241	-0.219	39%	5.5	+0.052	33/33	0.04
Away	223	-0.054	45%	5.3	+0.054	26/33	0.01
Neutral site	0	—	—	—	+0.175	—	—
Rest days Setting compare everyone →
Short week (≤5 days)	38	+0.364	53%	7.7	+0.104	5/25	0.09
Normal (6–8 days)	344	-0.239	39%	4.8	+0.051	33/33	0.03
Extra rest (9–12 days)	46	+0.021	48%	6.2	+0.035	15/21	-0.00
Off a bye (13+ days)	0	—	—	—	-0.022	—	-0.07
Indoors / outdoors Weather compare everyone →
Indoors	118	-0.012	45%	5.7	+0.072	23/30	0.01
Outdoors	346	-0.183	40%	5.3	+0.047	31/33	0.01
Temperature (outdoors) Weather compare everyone →
Under 40°F	0	—	—	—	-0.048	—	0.00
40–59°F	28	-0.376	39%	3.6	+0.062	—	0.00
60–79°F	164	-0.408	33%	4.6	+0.053	30/31	-0.13
80°F+	126	+0.059	48%	6.3	+0.074	13/22	0.01
Wind (outdoors) Weather compare everyone →
0–9 mph	239	-0.115	41%	5.5	+0.068	29/33	-0.06
10–14 mph	42	-0.403	43%	4.0	+0.029	25/26	-0.12
15+ mph	37	-0.690	27%	4.6	-0.019	22/23	-0.06
Rain or snow (outdoors) Weather compare everyone →
Dry	346	-0.183	40%	5.3	+0.051	32/33	0.01
Rain or snow	0	—	—	—	-0.042	—	0.01
Score Game state compare everyone →
Trailing 9+	112	-0.353	36%	4.6	-0.045	33/33	0.06
Trailing 1–8	124	-0.145	41%	5.6	+0.065	27/33	0.05
Tied	72	+0.152	49%	6.8	+0.082	12/32	0.09
Leading 1–8	98	-0.047	44%	5.5	+0.115	28/33	-0.21
Leading 9+	58	-0.232	41%	4.6	+0.118	22/25	0.03
Win probability Game state compare everyone →
Win prob under 20%	131	-0.330	35%	4.5	-0.057	32/33	0.05
Win prob 20–80%	255	-0.051	44%	6.0	+0.081	30/33	0.08
Win prob over 80%	78	-0.109	44%	5.2	+0.136	26/29	0.03
Quarter Game state compare everyone →
Q1	97	+0.010	46%	6.0	+0.013	17/33	-0.05
Q2	126	+0.049	45%	6.0	+0.119	25/33	-0.06
Q3	101	-0.519	34%	4.5	+0.015	33/33	-0.06
Q4	140	-0.139	41%	5.2	+0.048	28/33	0.05
OT	0	—	—	—	+0.119	—	—
Two-minute Game state compare everyone →
Last 2 min of half	66	-0.059	42%	4.8	+0.076	29/33	0.03
Rest of game	398	-0.153	41%	5.5	+0.050	32/33	0.03
Down Situation compare everyone →
1st down	162	-0.033	43%	5.7	+0.104	30/33	0.19
2nd down	163	-0.113	46%	5.9	+0.079	30/33	0.04
3rd down	129	-0.328	34%	3.8	-0.026	30/33	0.11
4th down	10	+0.138	40%	13.9	-0.151	—	—
3rd-down distance Situation compare everyone →
3rd & 1–3	20	-0.798	35%	2.4	+0.029	—	-0.29
3rd & 4–6	33	-0.086	48%	3.4	-0.005	16/26	-0.12
3rd & 7+	76	-0.309	28%	4.3	-0.058	25/32	-0.22
Field position Situation compare everyone →
Own 20 and in	46	-0.035	37%	5.6	+0.079	23/29	-0.02
Own 50–21	228	-0.248	39%	5.2	+0.037	33/33	0.11
Opp 21–49	142	+0.080	51%	6.4	+0.070	15/33	0.08
Red zone (opp 20 in)	48	-0.373	31%	3.4	+0.061	31/32	0.01
Formation Style compare everyone →
Shotgun	357	-0.170	39%	4.9	+0.035	31/33	-0.00
Under center	107	-0.038	49%	7.1	+0.146	24/29	-0.00
Tempo Style compare everyone →
Huddle	423	-0.163	40%	5.4	+0.044	32/33	-0.09
No huddle	41	+0.101	54%	5.8	+0.123	15/30	-0.09
Yards to go Situation compare everyone →
1–3 to go	30	-0.530	37%	2.9	+0.065	28/29	-0.07
4–6 to go	73	+0.130	56%	5.9	+0.040	11/33	-0.02
7–10 to go	294	-0.110	40%	5.5	+0.077	31/33	-0.01
11+ to go	67	-0.386	33%	5.6	-0.038	32/32	0.03
Pass, sack or scramble Passing compare everyone →
Pass	406	-0.042	44%	6.2	+0.161	33/33	0.66
Sack	35	-1.732	0%	-5.8	-1.851	6/22	0.21
Scramble	23	+0.567	70%	8.1	+0.477	—	0.27
Pass depth Passing compare everyone →
Behind the line	75	-0.372	33%	3.4	-0.119	31/32	0.19
Short (0–9)	205	+0.075	53%	6.3	+0.119	21/33	0.01
Intermediate (10–19)	82	-0.009	39%	7.5	+0.352	31/33	0.16
Deep (20+)	43	-0.138	26%	8.6	+0.414	29/29	0.18
Pass direction Passing compare everyone →
Left	164	-0.136	40%	5.3	+0.175	33/33	0.11
Middle	80	+0.313	57%	9.5	+0.264	17/33	0.10
Right	161	-0.136	40%	5.6	+0.094	33/33	0.08
Pressure Defense (NGS) compare everyone →
Clean pocket	266	+0.081	48%	6.5	+0.232	30/33	0.04
Pressured	140	-0.276	35%	5.7	-0.018	31/33	0.04
Man / zone Defense (NGS) compare everyone →
Man	116	+0.067	47%	6.1	+0.159	26/33	0.01
Zone	289	-0.090	42%	6.3	+0.161	33/33	0.01
Coverage shell Defense (NGS) compare everyone →
Cover 0	9	+0.516	44%	4.9	+0.123	—	—
Cover 1	100	-0.030	45%	6.0	+0.172	30/32	-0.05
2-Man	7	+0.877	71%	7.7	+0.084	—	—
Cover 2	69	+0.063	52%	8.3	+0.162	22/30	-0.18
Cover 3	135	-0.108	41%	5.6	+0.167	33/33	-0.07
Cover 4	55	-0.138	31%	5.5	+0.175	32/33	-0.01
Cover 6	28	-0.317	39%	6.4	+0.132	—	-0.20
Prevent	2	+0.316	100%	2.0	-0.125	—	—
Time to throw Passing compare everyone →
Quick (under 2.5s)	162	+0.120	51%	5.8	+0.149	19/33	0.12
Normal (2.5–3.5s)	174	-0.099	41%	6.8	+0.217	33/33	0.07
Long (3.5s+)	70	-0.277	33%	5.9	+0.065	31/32	0.07
Offensive personnel Scheme (NGS) compare everyone →
11	348	-0.173	42%	5.1	+0.052	31/33	0.07
12	73	-0.140	34%	6.3	+0.032	26/29	0.04
21	25	+0.237	56%	6.4	+0.081	—	-0.07
13	2	+0.149	50%	6.0	+0.270	—	—
22	6	+0.347	67%	7.8	+0.090	—	—
10	0	—	—	—	+0.098	—	—
Other	10	-0.257	30%	3.8	+0.010	—	-0.08

By season

Season	Team	Dropbacks	EPA/play	Total EPA	Success	Yds/play	CPOE	Comp %	aDOT	Sack rate
2021	CAR	464	-0.139	-64.7	41.6%	5.41	-4.9	59.9%	7.2	7.5%

Definitions

QB plays are dropbacks: passes, sacks and scrambles (spikes left out). A receiver's fumble after the catch isn't charged to the QB. Rushing counts designed runs only. Receiving is EPA per target. EPA swings about ±1.4 points a play, so a 50-play split carries about ±0.2 of luck.