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Put two players who do the same job side by side. For each stat you see where both rank in the league, and whether the gap between them is bigger than the noise a few plays create.
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Las Vegas Raiders · WR
Los Angeles Rams · WROn the stats that count, Dareke Young and Xavier Smith are too close to separate with the plays we have.
The year so far: EPA per return
Where each has ranked among kick returners after every week. Solid line is Dareke Young, dashed is Xavier Smith.
Stat by stat
EPA per return
Xavier Smith is slightly aheadA −0.7853rd of 53
−0.03worse to better+0.50B −0.1450th of 53
Yards per return
Dareke Young is slightly aheadA 25.4 yds33rd of 53
22.5 ydsworse to better29.8 ydsB 20.6 yds53rd of 53
“Clearly ahead” means the gap is bigger than what the plays behind each number could produce by chance. “Slightly” means it points one way but could still be noise.
Data: nflverse play-by-play, CC BY 4.0. Also FTN charting, Pro Football Reference advanced stats, snap counts and injury reports, all through nflverse. Calculations and charts by Raiders Rundown.
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