​With the FTN Almanac out and ready for purchase, our annual look at slot/wide splits in the passing game continues as we shift from pass catchers to pass throwers. We’ve gone through wide receivers and other pass catchers already, and quarterbacks are, in a sense, just an amalgamation thereof. This sort of analysis, by definition, requires a targeted pass, so there are no issues with sacks, scrambles, or throwaways – the sorts of things that might cause a quarterback’s performance to diverge from their receivers’ performances. This is exacerbated by the fact that we’re technically using receiving DVOA here rather than passing DVOA, which removes things like harsher penalties for interceptions. Go back through those previous articles, find the teams that consistently show up at the top or bottom, and you’ll have a pretty good idea about just how their quarterbacks performed. But that doesn’t mean there’s no interesting data to squeeze out of this. Yes, having a particularly good weapon who solely plays out wide or in the slot is going to have a massive impact on your numbers – Sam Darnold looks better throwing out wide because Jaxon Smith-Njigba is over 60% of his targets out there, and JSN is very good. But any targeted pass is a two-person job. It Hurts to mention it, but some quarterbacks are more comfortable throwing to the boundaries rather than over the middle, or prefer hitting taller receivers to shorter ones, or vice versa. They may have a harder time reading defenses over the middle, or prefer taking advantage of a nickelback’s physical limitations, and so on and so forth. In short, while I think there’s more signal to be found looking at individual pass catchers, this data isn’t just trivia – there’s some useful meat here, as well. The following table shows the data for the 38 qualified passers from 2025. Each player’s DYAR, DVOA and number of targets are shown on passes to receivers both in the slot and split wide. The table is sorted by descending Slot%, which is passes thrown to players who were lined up in the slot as a percentage of passes thrown to players at wide receiver positions (i.e., slot and wide are included, but not receivers at tight end or in the backfield). This includes passes to tight ends and running backs if they lined up in traditional wideout positions.Quarterbacks, Slot vs. Wide, 2025DVOA DifSlotWidePlayerTeamSlot%DYARDVOAPassDYARDVOAPassJaxson DartNYG51.6%17.4%89-1.0%130-56-18.4%122Cam WardTEN50.8%1.6%-17-12.1%189-14-13.6%183Patrick MahomesKC50.5%-1.7%2426.7%1852768.4%181Lamar JacksonBAL47.4%-0.2%16511.4%10822111.6%120Mac JonesSF47.1%-32.2%43-3.6%8128228.6%91Dillon GabrielCLE46.3%28.3%-15-14.2%56-144-42.5%65Aaron RodgersPIT45.8%2.3%85-0.8%146126-3.1%173Jared GoffDET45.6%-22.3%2406.2%17764228.4%211Justin HerbertLAC45.4%-2.0%124-2.6%173188-0.7%208Josh AllenBUF45.3%-1.1%1373.5%1392154.5%168Tyler ShoughNO44.9%23.4%1529.5%110-17-13.9%135Jayden DanielsWAS44.0%-14.1%5-9.5%59974.6%75Ki