Edgehalla

Matchup edge · QB C

Pressure: every call

QBs who hold up under pressure (scramblers, quick processors) lose less against high-pressure defenses; fragile pocket QBs lose more.

2024 backtest

12–14–3

46.2% vs 49.9% baseline

Win rate 46.2% (95% 28.8%–64.5%) vs baseline 49.9%

2025 backtest

38–33–3

53.5% vs 50.0% baseline

Win rate 53.5% (95% 42.0%–64.6%) vs baseline 50.0%

2026 live (from Week 5)

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first live calls this week

2026 weeks 1–4 (after the fact)

5–3–2

62.5% vs 50.2% baseline

Win rate 62.5% (95% 30.6%–86.3%) vs baseline 50.2%

2024–25 by position and by expected effect

PositionW–L–PWin %Baseline
QB50–47–651.5%50.0%
Expected effect (PPR)W–L–PWin %Baseline
0.25–0.544–42–551.2%49.9%
0.5–16–5–154.5%50.2%

Call log

Pressure calls, newest first
WeekPlayerCallProjActualMarginResultSource · made
2024 W18Joe FlaccoQB INDBoost (Pressure vs JAX, expected +0.3)14.114.6+0.5✅Backtest ·
2024 W18Lamar JacksonQB BALFade (Pressure vs CLE, expected −0.3)25.823.0−2.8✅Backtest ·
2024 W17Patrick MahomesQB KCFade (Pressure vs PIT, expected −0.3)17.326.0+8.7❌Backtest ·
2024 W17Mason RudolphQB TENBoost (Pressure vs JAX, expected +0.3)12.312.0−0.3pushBacktest ·
2024 W17Baker MayfieldQB TBBoost (Pressure vs CAR, expected +0.3)20.534.6+14.0✅Backtest ·
2024 W17Tua TagovailoaQB MIAFade (Pressure vs CLE, expected −0.4)11.4––voidBacktest ·
2024 W17Justin HerbertQB LACBoost (Pressure vs NE, expected +0.3)17.424.4+7.0✅Backtest ·
2024 W16Lamar JacksonQB BALFade (Pressure vs PIT, expected −0.3)22.320.5−1.8✅Backtest ·
2024 W16Baker MayfieldQB TBFade (Pressure vs DAL, expected −0.3)18.222.3+4.1❌Backtest ·
2024 W16Kyler MurrayQB ARIBoost (Pressure vs CAR, expected +0.3)18.820.4+1.6✅Backtest ·
2024 W16Joe BurrowQB CINFade (Pressure vs CLE, expected −0.3)21.622.0+0.3pushBacktest ·
2024 W15Dak PrescottQB DALBoost (Pressure vs CAR, expected +0.3)14.1––voidBacktest ·
2024 W15Patrick MahomesQB KCFade (Pressure vs CLE, expected −0.3)16.915.8−1.1✅Backtest ·
2024 W14Jameis WinstonQB CLEFade (Pressure vs PIT, expected −0.3)12.815.3+2.4❌Backtest ·
2024 W14Will LevisQB TENBoost (Pressure vs JAX, expected +0.3)15.07.0−8.0❌Backtest ·
2024 W13Matthew StaffordQB LARBoost (Pressure vs NO, expected +0.3)17.215.6−1.6❌Backtest ·
2024 W13Patrick MahomesQB KCBoost (Pressure vs LV, expected +0.3)20.816.6−4.1❌Backtest ·
2024 W13Baker MayfieldQB TBBoost (Pressure vs CAR, expected +0.3)18.710.2−8.5❌Backtest ·
2024 W13Justin HerbertQB LACBoost (Pressure vs ATL, expected +0.3)17.68.0−9.7❌Backtest ·
2024 W13Joe BurrowQB CINFade (Pressure vs PIT, expected −0.3)19.319.3−0.0pushBacktest ·
2024 W13C.J. StroudQB HOUBoost (Pressure vs JAX, expected +0.3)16.714.4−2.3❌Backtest ·
2024 W12Patrick MahomesQB KCBoost (Pressure vs CAR, expected +0.4)19.128.8+9.7✅Backtest ·
2024 W10Kirk CousinsQB ATLBoost (Pressure vs NO, expected +0.3)16.710.2−6.5❌Backtest ·
2024 W10Patrick MahomesQB KCFade (Pressure vs DEN, expected −0.3)17.516.5−0.9✅Backtest ·
2024 W10Caleb WilliamsQB CHIBoost (Pressure vs NE, expected +0.3)16.06.3−9.7❌Backtest ·
2024 W9Derek CarrQB NOBoost (Pressure vs CAR, expected +0.3)15.913.4−2.5❌Backtest ·
2024 W9Baker MayfieldQB TBFade (Pressure vs KC, expected −0.3)14.018.0+4.0❌Backtest ·
2024 W9Spencer RattlerQB NOBoost (Pressure vs CAR, expected +0.3)16.0––voidBacktest ·
2024 W8Justin HerbertQB LACBoost (Pressure vs NO, expected +0.3)16.224.1+7.9✅Backtest ·
2024 W7Brock PurdyQB SFFade (Pressure vs KC, expected −0.3)17.917.2−0.7✅Backtest ·
2024 W5Gardner MinshewQB LVFade (Pressure vs DEN, expected −0.3)11.17.7−3.5✅Backtest ·
2024 W3Lamar JacksonQB BALFade (Pressure vs DAL, expected −0.3)20.226.0+5.8❌Backtest ·

How this works

Win: a boost beats our projection mean, or a fade falls below it. Push: within 0.5 points. Void: did not play, or played under 25% of his usual snaps. Backtest calls use only data from before their week (the made time is 90 minutes before his kickoff); live calls are written before kickoff and cannot be edited afterwards. We list every loss. All angles and the method.

Charting data: FTN Data via nflverse, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; our derived charting figures are shared under the same licence. Coverage allowed by defender: Pro Football Reference via nflverse. Coverage type (man/zone, shells): nflverse participation data. Play-by-play: nflverse.

Sources: nflverse, FTN Data via nflverse