Usage comparison · Tight ends

Colston Loveland vs Darren Waller

Colston Loveland gets more of his team's passes (15% vs 13%) and more of the deep throws (11% of its air yards vs 10%). In total, though, Darren Waller has more targets (19 vs 18). Near the end zone, Colston Loveland has had more chances (6 vs 4 plays within 20 yards), but Darren Waller gets a bigger share of his team's chances there (10% vs 9%). Darren Waller is scoring more fantasy points a game (10.0 vs 5.0, PPR), but the chances Colston Loveland gets usually score more: 8.2 vs 7.9 expected points a game Est..

2026 season · Weeks 1–4 · Updated Oct 5, 2026

TECHI

Colston Loveland

Fantasy points per game (PPR): 5.0
Expected points per gameEst.: 8.2

4 games with a target, carry or dropback

TECAR

Darren Waller

Fantasy points per game (PPR): 10.0
Expected points per gameEst.: 7.9

4 games with a target, carry or dropback

Side by side

Season totals through week 3. Shares are of each player's team totals in the games he played. For counts and shares, the bigger number is in bold and the bars grow from the centre line.

Colston Loveland and Darren Waller, season usage side by side
Stat	Colston Loveland	Darren Waller
Games	4	4
Passes thrown to him
Targets	18	19
Target share	15%	13%
Air-yards share	11%	10%
Catches	11	13
Receiving yards	91	148
Near the end zone
Red-zone chances	6	4
Red-zone share	9%	10%
End-zone targets	2	3
Touchdowns
Touchdowns	0	2
Expected touchdownsEst.	1.6	1.0
Fantasy points
Fantasy points per game (PPR)	5.0	10.0
Fantasy points (PPR)	20.1	39.8
Expected points per gameEst.	8.2	7.9
Points vs expectedEst.	−3.2	+2.0

Week by week

Each bar is one game. Pick a stat to compare.

Target share by week

Out of all the passes his team threw in his games, the part thrown to him.

Colston Loveland
Darren Waller

Target share by week
Week	Colston Loveland	Darren Waller
1	8%against CAR	6%against CHI
2	10%against MIN	9%against ATL
3	12%against PHI	19%against CLE
4	29%against NYJ	15%against DET

Next to each number: that week's opponent.

Where they rank

Each player's place among players at his position who meet the leaderboard's minimum. Open a leaderboard for the full list.

Leaderboard ranks for Colston Loveland and Darren Waller
Leaderboard	Colston Loveland	Darren Waller
Target share leaders	#20of 34 tight ends	#25of 34 tight ends
Air-yards share leaders	#16of 34 tight ends	#22of 34 tight ends
Red-zone share leaders	#16of 21 tight ends	#14of 21 tight ends
Red-zone opportunity leaders	#4of 96 tight ends	#11of 96 tight ends
End-zone target leaders	#9of 96 tight ends	#5of 96 tight ends
Expected fantasy points leadersEst.	#20of 96 tight ends	#22of 96 tight ends

Talking points

Fact-checked notes from the weekly usage report, with the numbers behind them.