Season-by-season production from Pro Football Reference, with fantasy points computed under Superflex PPR (1 PPR · 4 pt pass TD · 6 pt rush/rec TD · −2 INT · −2 fumble). Career totals on the bottom row.
| Year | Team | GP | Cmp | Att | Cmp% | Pass Yds | Pass TD | INT | Rush Att | Rush Yds | Rush TD | FP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | CAR | 16 | 315 | 527 | 59.8 | 2877 | 11 | 10 | 39 | 253 | 0 | 142.4 |
| 2024 | CAR | 14 | 234 | 384 | 60.9 | 2403 | 15 | 9 | 43 | 249 | 6 | 189.0 |
| 2025 | CAR | 15 | 280 | 443 | 63.2 | 2745 | 21 | 10 | 52 | 217 | 2 | 195.5 |
| Career | — | 45 | 829 | 1354 | 61.2 | 8025 | 47 | 29 | 134 | 719 | 8 | 526.9 |
The top-10 most similar long-arc NFL players matched by fantasy-point production curve at this career stage. Each comp's "Peak 3yr fp/g" is their best 3-season fp/g average under Superflex PPR (era-pace-adjusted to modern). Similarity is bounded in (0, 1] — 1.0 means an identical career-stage profile vector. "Career" notes the comp's NFL longevity; the washed out badge flags comps whose career ended by age 30 with fewer than 8 NFL seasons (the engine’s bust definition). The ⏳ 1985 badge marks comps whose snapshot season predates 1999 — the corpus now spans 1980-2025, so Payton, Emmitt, Marcus Allen, Rice, Marino-era greats are eligible matches. Pre-1999 comps carry a 0.9× confidence haircut because era-pace adjustment is principled but not perfect.
| Comparable | Pos | Last season | Similarity | Peak 3yr fp/g | Career | Post-age seasons | Career fp | Projected pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Roethlisberger | QB | 2021 | 0.823 | 18.5 | 17 seasons · ended age 39 | 14 | 4082 | 2557 |
| Tim Couch washed out | QB | 2003 | 0.783 | 12.9 | 5 seasons · ended age 26 | 2 | 774 | 279 |
| Christian Ponder washed out | QB | 2016 | 0.773 | 14.7 | 3 seasons · ended age 25 | 1 | 496 | 133 |
| Matt Ryan | QB | 2022 | 0.772 | 18.5 | 15 seasons · ended age 37 | 13 | 3815 | 2592 |
| Drew Brees | QB | 2020 | 0.761 | 23.6 | 19 seasons · ended age 41 | 17 | 5277 | 3387 |
| Norm Snead ⏳ 1963 | QB | 1976 | 0.757 | 15.5 | 14 seasons · ended age 36 | 11 | 2099 | 1244 |
| Mark Sanchez washed out | QB | 2018 | 0.748 | 17.3 | 5 seasons · ended age 28 | 3 | 943 | 551 |
| David Woodley ⏳ 1982 washed out | QB | 1985 | 0.747 | 14.1 | 5 seasons · ended age 27 | 2 | 699 | 173 |
| David Carr washed out | QB | 2012 | 0.735 | 13.8 | 7 seasons · ended age 30 | 5 | 1041 | 649 |
| Jay Cutler | QB | 2017 | 0.734 | 16.7 | 12 seasons · ended age 34 | 10 | 2305 | 1658 |
Every component below is sourced from the engine output
(engine_rankings.json) and the displayed comp table. The
final production score is 603.
fantasy_arc_v2
Projection path: peak_anchored
Comps: 25
Avg similarity (top 20): 0.731
Comp pool washed-out rate: 60% (12/20)
| Step | Value | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Comp-weighted projection (v3.3 primary) | 1,019 | Σ (simi × post-age-fpi) / Σ simi. Sanity check from the top-20 row data on this page: 1,018. This is the “weighted average of the comparable players’ actual realised post-age fantasy points” — Phil's 2026-05-28 brief. |
| Peak-anchored projection | 1,617 | The player's own peak-3yr-fp/g × expected games × horizon × 5%/yr time discount, capped at 1.25× the top single-comp projection. Used as a soft blend for elite-tier producers (60/40 comp-weighted / capped peak) so a Mahomes / Allen isn't fully dragged to the comp-pool mean. |
| Banked-credit floor (diagnostic only) | 1,235 | The v3.1 “dynasty equity” floor = career_total_fp × yrs-rem-weight + recent rate × short forward window. v3.3 no longer lets this override the projection — banked production is already realised, not “remaining.” Shown for transparency. |
| Raw projection (pre-penalty) | 1,153 | Blended comp-weighted + capped peak-anchored, per the v3.3 methodology described above. |
| × Survival | 0.523 | Multiplier reflecting how many comps washed out by age 30. Today: 1 − 0.5 × bust_rate. |
| × Sample confidence | 1.000 | Shrinks small-sample projections toward the position-tier baseline when raw > baseline; multiplies straight otherwise. = max(603 × confidence + baseline × (1−conf), or 603 × 1.000) when below baseline. |
| × Late-breakout penalty | 1.000 | QB-only. Scales by confidence so unproven late-breakout rookies only pay a fraction of the discount. |
| × Missed-season penalty (v3.3) | 1.000 | Multiplicative haircut for players who didn't play (or only played a partial slate) in the most recent NFL season. 0.70 for a full missed season, 0.85 for <8 games, 0.45 for two+ full missed seasons. played full most-recent season |
| = Final production score | 603 | Drives the player's rank on the Similarity Scores page. |
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