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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 | TEN | 8 | 155 | 248 | 1,483 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 112 | 2 | ✓ matches |
| 2025 | TEN | 17 | 323 | 540 | 3,169 | 15 | 7 | 55 | 39 | 159 | 2 | ✓ matches |
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
278
qualifying bar 126
EPA/play
-0.059
28th of 33 · lg +0.072
Success rate
42.4%
24th of 33 · lg 45.4%
Yards/play
5.28
28th of 33 · lg 6.29
Explosive rate
6.1%
29th of 33 · lg 8.9%
CPOE
-0.9
21st of 33 · lg +0.4
Completion %
62.5%
21st of 33 · lg 64.5%
Air yards/att
7.0
28th of 33 · lg 7.7
Sack rate
4.7%
9th of 33 · lg 6.2%
Turnover rate
3.2%
23rd of 33 · lg 2.8%
TD rate
2.5%
29th of 33 · lg 4.3%
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 | 137 | -0.111 | 40% | 4.7 | +0.076 | 28/33 | 0.04 |
| Away | 141 | -0.008 | 45% | 5.9 | +0.063 | 20/33 | 0.01 |
| Neutral site | 0 | — | — | — | +0.119 | — | — |
| Rest days Setting compare everyone → | |||||||
| Short week (≤5 days) | 0 | — | — | — | +0.146 | — | 0.09 |
| Normal (6–8 days) | 239 | -0.048 | 42% | 5.5 | +0.046 | 22/33 | 0.03 |
| Extra rest (9–12 days) | 0 | — | — | — | +0.191 | — | -0.00 |
| Off a bye (13+ days) | 0 | — | — | — | +0.179 | — | -0.07 |
| Indoors / outdoors Weather compare everyone → | |||||||
| Indoors | 0 | — | — | — | +0.075 | — | 0.01 |
| Outdoors | 278 | -0.059 | 42% | 5.3 | +0.070 | 26/33 | 0.01 |
| Temperature (outdoors) Weather compare everyone → | |||||||
| 60–79°F | 72 | -0.117 | 42% | 5.8 | +0.089 | 21/24 | -0.13 |
| 80°F+ | 63 | -0.056 | 44% | 5.1 | +0.093 | 14/18 | 0.01 |
| Wind (outdoors) Weather compare everyone → | |||||||
| 0–9 mph | 99 | -0.055 | 42% | 5.7 | +0.096 | 18/25 | -0.06 |
| 10–14 mph | 36 | -0.180 | 44% | 5.0 | +0.077 | 15/15 | -0.12 |
| Rain or snow (outdoors) Weather compare everyone → | |||||||
| Dry | 242 | -0.041 | 42% | 5.3 | +0.084 | 26/33 | 0.01 |
| Rain or snow | 36 | -0.180 | 44% | 5.0 | -0.082 | 7/9 | 0.01 |
| Score Game state compare everyone → | |||||||
| Trailing 9+ | 103 | -0.090 | 40% | 4.5 | +0.051 | 17/24 | 0.06 |
| Trailing 1–8 | 101 | +0.016 | 46% | 6.0 | +0.066 | 21/33 | 0.05 |
| Tied | 45 | -0.278 | 38% | 5.0 | +0.063 | 25/27 | 0.09 |
| Leading 1–8 | 21 | +0.066 | 48% | 6.2 | +0.084 | — | -0.21 |
| Leading 9+ | 8 | +0.294 | 50% | 6.1 | +0.140 | — | 0.03 |
| Win probability Game state compare everyone → | |||||||
| Win prob under 20% | 110 | -0.014 | 42% | 4.9 | +0.044 | 14/23 | 0.05 |
| Win prob 20–80% | 160 | -0.066 | 44% | 5.7 | +0.076 | 26/33 | 0.08 |
| Win prob over 80% | 8 | -0.535 | 25% | 2.2 | +0.098 | — | 0.03 |
| Quarter Game state compare everyone → | |||||||
| Q1 | 59 | -0.090 | 46% | 5.6 | +0.021 | 23/32 | -0.05 |
| Q2 | 55 | -0.243 | 31% | 5.4 | +0.093 | 31/32 | -0.06 |
| Q3 | 60 | -0.270 | 33% | 4.3 | +0.070 | 27/29 | -0.06 |
| Q4 | 100 | +0.195 | 53% | 5.8 | +0.083 | 13/32 | 0.05 |
| OT | 4 | -0.255 | 25% | 1.8 | +0.254 | — | — |
| Two-minute Game state compare everyone → | |||||||
| Last 2 min of half | 49 | -0.128 | 31% | 4.8 | +0.053 | 20/25 | 0.03 |
| Rest of game | 229 | -0.044 | 45% | 5.4 | +0.075 | 24/33 | 0.03 |
| Down Situation compare everyone → | |||||||
| 1st down | 103 | -0.170 | 46% | 5.5 | +0.127 | 29/33 | 0.19 |
| 2nd down | 90 | +0.046 | 43% | 5.4 | +0.091 | 16/33 | 0.04 |
| 3rd down | 78 | -0.088 | 36% | 4.9 | -0.031 | 21/33 | 0.11 |
| 4th down | 7 | +0.545 | 57% | 5.4 | +0.151 | — | — |
| 3rd-down distance Situation compare everyone → | |||||||
| 3rd & 1–3 | 11 | +0.127 | 55% | 3.9 | -0.009 | — | -0.29 |
| 3rd & 4–6 | 24 | +0.232 | 54% | 4.9 | +0.015 | — | -0.12 |
| 3rd & 7+ | 43 | -0.321 | 21% | 5.2 | -0.063 | 24/26 | -0.22 |
| Field position Situation compare everyone → | |||||||
| Own 20 and in | 35 | -0.245 | 37% | 3.5 | +0.083 | 9/10 | -0.02 |
| Own 50–21 | 124 | -0.024 | 46% | 6.4 | +0.030 | 20/33 | 0.11 |
| Opp 21–49 | 80 | -0.021 | 44% | 5.5 | +0.116 | 24/32 | 0.08 |
| Red zone (opp 20 in) | 39 | -0.081 | 33% | 2.9 | +0.106 | 16/21 | 0.01 |
| Formation Style compare everyone → | |||||||
| Shotgun | 239 | -0.029 | 42% | 5.1 | +0.062 | 24/33 | -0.00 |
| Under center | 39 | -0.241 | 44% | 6.5 | +0.112 | 26/27 | -0.00 |
| Tempo Style compare everyone → | |||||||
| Huddle | 217 | -0.102 | 40% | 5.1 | +0.072 | 30/33 | -0.09 |
| No huddle | 61 | +0.094 | 51% | 6.0 | +0.073 | 4/6 | -0.09 |
| Yards to go Situation compare everyone → | |||||||
| 1–3 to go | 20 | +0.359 | 60% | 5.3 | +0.113 | — | -0.07 |
| 4–6 to go | 46 | +0.110 | 52% | 4.7 | +0.084 | 14/26 | -0.02 |
| 7–10 to go | 165 | -0.104 | 43% | 5.6 | +0.088 | 28/33 | -0.01 |
| 11+ to go | 47 | -0.246 | 23% | 4.6 | -0.029 | 22/28 | 0.03 |
| Pass, sack or scramble Passing compare everyone → | |||||||
| Pass | 248 | +0.014 | 44% | 6.0 | +0.175 | 29/33 | 0.66 |
| Sack | 13 | -1.921 | 0% | -7.6 | -1.718 | — | 0.21 |
| Scramble | 17 | +0.302 | 59% | 5.0 | +0.469 | — | 0.27 |
| Pass depth Passing compare everyone → | |||||||
| Behind the line | 44 | -0.292 | 25% | 3.2 | -0.202 | 19/26 | 0.19 |
| Short (0–9) | 124 | +0.023 | 52% | 5.7 | +0.144 | 29/33 | 0.01 |
| Intermediate (10–19) | 57 | +0.443 | 53% | 9.5 | +0.433 | 14/28 | 0.16 |
| Deep (20+) | 23 | -0.516 | 13% | 4.4 | +0.435 | — | 0.18 |
| Pass direction Passing compare everyone → | |||||||
| Left | 96 | +0.060 | 44% | 6.0 | +0.142 | 20/33 | 0.11 |
| Middle | 43 | -0.045 | 44% | 6.9 | +0.319 | 24/26 | 0.10 |
| Right | 109 | -0.004 | 43% | 5.6 | +0.131 | 27/33 | 0.08 |
| Play action Scheme (FTN) compare everyone → | |||||||
| Play action | 61 | -0.211 | 43% | 5.6 | +0.122 | 29/32 | -0.03 |
| No play action | 217 | -0.016 | 42% | 5.2 | +0.057 | 22/33 | -0.03 |
| In / out of pocket Scheme (FTN) compare everyone → | |||||||
| In pocket | 218 | -0.074 | 44% | 5.4 | +0.083 | 26/33 | 0.06 |
| Out of pocket | 60 | -0.004 | 38% | 4.9 | +0.029 | 17/28 | 0.06 |
| Blitz Defense (FTN) compare everyone → | |||||||
| Blitzed | 62 | +0.165 | 45% | 6.5 | +0.014 | 7/33 | -0.15 |
| No blitz | 216 | -0.123 | 42% | 4.9 | +0.099 | 29/33 | -0.15 |
| Pass rushers Defense (FTN) compare everyone → | |||||||
| 3 or fewer rushers | 3 | -0.508 | 33% | 5.0 | -0.039 | — | — |
| 4 rushers | 213 | -0.118 | 42% | 4.9 | +0.105 | 29/33 | -0.27 |
| 5 rushers | 45 | +0.196 | 49% | 7.0 | +0.012 | 8/31 | -0.05 |
| 6+ rushers | 17 | +0.083 | 35% | 5.1 | +0.021 | — | 0.15 |
| Defenders in the box Defense (FTN) compare everyone → | |||||||
| Light box (6 or fewer) | 208 | -0.024 | 43% | 5.4 | +0.064 | 21/33 | 0.13 |
| 7 in the box | 57 | -0.236 | 39% | 5.4 | +0.075 | 29/31 | 0.11 |
| Stacked box (8+) | 13 | +0.156 | 46% | 3.5 | +0.141 | — | — |
| Screen Scheme (FTN) compare everyone → | |||||||
| Screen | 22 | -0.396 | 27% | 2.5 | -0.031 | — | -0.11 |
| Not a screen | 256 | -0.030 | 44% | 5.5 | +0.081 | 23/33 | -0.11 |
| Pre-snap motion Scheme (FTN) compare everyone → | |||||||
| Motion | 125 | -0.157 | 40% | 5.2 | +0.073 | 32/33 | 0.02 |
| No motion | 153 | +0.021 | 44% | 5.4 | +0.070 | 18/33 | 0.02 |
| RPO Scheme (FTN) compare everyone → | |||||||
| RPO | 10 | +0.039 | 50% | 4.8 | -0.078 | — | — |
| Not an RPO | 268 | -0.063 | 42% | 5.3 | +0.075 | 27/33 | — |
By season
| Season | Team | Dropbacks | EPA/play | Total EPA | Success | Yds/play | CPOE | Comp % | aDOT | Sack rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TEN | 278 | -0.059 | -16.4 | 42.4% | 5.28 | -0.9 | 62.5% | 7.0 | 4.7% |