Kings of Dynasty

Fantasy Football · Updated June 13, 2026 at 12:28 PM UTC · Default format: Superflex PPR

Sam Darnold

QB · SEA · Rank #38 · Tier T3 · Pocket (10.6 ru/g)
1019
Projected lifetime fp
16.4
Peak 3yr fp/g
29
Age
5.5
Yrs remaining
25
Long-arc comps
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Career Stats

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.

YearTeamGPCmpAttCmp%Pass YdsPass TDINTRush AttRush YdsRush TDFP
2018NYJ1323941457.728651715441381162.4
2019NYJ1327344161.93024191333622167.2
2020NYJ1221736459.62208911372172128.0
2021CAR1224340659.92527913482225145.3
2022CAR68214058.611437326106278.3
2023SFO10284660.9297212115119.4
2024MIN1736154566.243193512672121300.0
2025SEA1528542467.23703241326840210.5
Career981728278062.220086122813021056141211.1

Fantasy-Point Arc Comparables

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.

ComparablePosLast season Similarity Peak 3yr fp/g Career Post-age seasons Career fp Projected pts
Y.A. Tittle ⏳ 1954QB19640.73020.017 seasons · ended age 381027151295
Bob Hoernschemeyer ⏳ 1952QB19540.69617.39 seasons · ended age 3021534321
Terry Bradshaw ⏳ 1976QB19830.65516.813 seasons · ended age 34625001200
Dan Fouts ⏳ 1979QB19870.63920.915 seasons · ended age 36828251586
Alex SmithQB20200.62217.014 seasons · ended age 36724201310
Bernie Kosar ⏳ 1991QB19960.59315.810 seasons · ended age 3231490204
Roman Gabriel ⏳ 1968QB19770.59119.114 seasons · ended age 35724091113
Drew BledsoeQB20060.57716.913 seasons · ended age 3452881916
Ben RoethlisbergerQB20210.56618.517 seasons · ended age 391040821995
Frank Ryan ⏳ 1966QB19670.56416.28 seasons · ended age 2911354162

How this number is built

Every component below is sourced from the engine output (engine_rankings.json) and the displayed comp table. The final production score is 1,019.

Engine: fantasy_arc_v2 Projection path: peak_anchored Comps: 25 Avg similarity (top 20): 0.563 Comp pool washed-out rate: 0% (0/20)
StepValueWhat it is
Comp-weighted projection (v3.3 primary) 877 Σ (simi × post-age-fpi) / Σ simi. Sanity check from the top-20 row data on this page: 853. This is the “weighted average of the comparable players’ actual realised post-age fantasy points” — Phil's 2026-05-28 brief.
Peak-anchored projection 1,221 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) 1,960 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) 1,019 Blended comp-weighted + capped peak-anchored, per the v3.3 methodology described above.
× Survival 1.000 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(1,019 × confidence + baseline × (1−conf), or 1,019 × 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 1,019 Drives the player's rank on the Similarity Scores page.

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