The Trevor Lawrence Jaguars receivers storyline entering 2026 centers on one simple improvement: catching the football. Jacksonville's pass catchers recorded the NFL's highest drop rate in 2025, dropping 40 of 417 catchable targets despite ranking among the league leaders in receiving touchdowns, contested catches and yards per reception.

From household stars to rookies, watching any player return to practice at camp conjures happy feelings for fans. But for those who missed all of last season due to injury, even stepping onto the field is that much sweeter.

The NFL's best receivers possess multiple feathers in their cap, including often owning certain regions of the field. These are the league's highest-graded wideouts in the short, intermediate and deep depths over the past five seasons.

Every passing offense depends on the relationship between its quarterback and receivers, but traditional statistics only tell part of the story. This data-driven look at NFL quarterback-receiver partnerships analyzes every quarterback-target connection from 2006 through 2025 using expected points added (EPA) per play alongside PFF's proprietary grading data.

Dalton Wasserman and Max Chadwick rank all 32 NFL teams' starting running backs ahead of the 2026 season.

NFL quarterbacks are taking longer than ever to get rid of the football, and PFF's exclusive time-to-throw data illustrates how dramatically the position continues to evolve. Leaguewide average time to throw has climbed every season since 2020, reaching 2.86 seconds in 2025, but individual quarterback trends tell an even more compelling story.

Every NFL player hopes to turn heads in their second seasons, but these 10 names will be watched even more closely.

Yards per route run remains one of PFF's most predictive receiving metrics, measuring how efficiently a wide receiver produces every time they run a route rather than simply rewarding volume. The 2025 NFL season was led by Puka Nacua, who paced all qualifying receivers with 3.57 yards per route run while also leading the league in receiving grade, targets and receiving yards.

The NFL's biggest quarterback improvements and regressions from 2024 to 2025 are reflected in PFF passing grades and the advanced metrics behind them. Matthew Stafford headlines the list of risers after improving to a league-best 91.7 passing grade behind an elite big-time throw rate.

Drake Maye, Jayden Daniels and C.J. Stroud have set the NFL on fire in recent seasons. Bradley Locker looks into the data to determine how common that's been over the last 20 years.

Performance on zero-graded throws offers a unique way to evaluate quarterback play by isolating routine execution from extraordinary plays. Using two decades of PFF grading data, this analysis examines more than 221,000 zero-graded pass attempts to measure how quarterbacks and offensive systems perform when simply executing what's expected.

The 2026 PFF QB Annual delivers a comprehensive breakdown of every qualifying NFL quarterback using PFF grades, advanced charting and predictive metrics that extend far beyond traditional statistics. Among the biggest findings, Matthew Stafford earned the league's highest passing grade, Joe Burrow posted historically elite ball security despite playing only eight games, and Patrick Mahomes experienced a significant decline in structured passing efficiency.

Mason Cameron highlights the most-targeted pass-catchers in the NFL last season when opposing defenses generated pressure.

Josh Allen, Joe Burrow, Lamar Jackson and Patrick Mahomes once again headline the top tier, though separating four of the NFL's premier quarterbacks proved no easy task. Matthew Stafford rounds out the group at the top after continuing to produce high-level play for the Los Angeles Rams well into his career.

Using PFF data like rushing grade, explosive run rate and conversion figures, Daire Carragher takes stock of the NFL's most dangerous quarterbacks once they escape the pocket.

Available exclusively to PFF+ subscribers, the 2026 PFF QB Annual is the premier destination for quarterback analysis, bringing together PFF grades, proprietary charting, advanced metrics and interactive visualizations into a complete evaluation of every qualifying NFL quarterback from the 2025 season.

Ryan Conway outlines three NFL players who own star power but may not justify their fantasy draft slots.

Dak Prescott led the NFL in clutch quarterback play during the 2025 season, earning an 87.8 PFF passing grade while producing nine big-time throws against just four turnover-worthy plays in high-leverage situations.