Gardner Minshew

QBARIBye 14

QB41Maniacs rank, #289 overall
216.0ADP, pick 18.12
19.5'26 PPG, 1 game
1 of 1'26 spike weeks
0.2'25 PPG, QB68 finish

Stat Maniac

Through Week 8 of 2026, Gardner Minshew is averaging 19.5 half-PPR points per game on 12.3 xFP (6th percentile among QBs), 7.3 points per game above expectation, a pace that usually cools. Minshew is posting +0.60 EPA per dropback (99th percentile) and a CPOE of +17.1 (99th).

2026 season, through Week 8, 1 game, QB42 in total points. Percentiles against the top 36 QBs by points with 4+ games.

  1. Core
  2. Points per game7419.5
  3. xFP per game612.3
  4. EPA per dropback1000.60
  5. Scoring
  6. Spike-week rate100100%
  7. Ceiling week1219.5
  8. Floor week10019.5
  9. Opportunity
  10. Rush yards per game00.0
  11. Rush xTD per game10.00
  12. aDOT45.8
  13. Efficiency
  14. Points over expected100+7.3
  15. CPOE10017.1

Closest seasons since 2012

  1. 79%2018 Philip Rivers: QB10 that season (18.6 PPG), QB15 the next year (16.0 PPG).
  2. 74%2019 Drew Brees: QB22 that season (20.8 PPG), QB21 the next year (18.0 PPG).
  3. 71%2014 Tony Romo: QB12 that season (18.4 PPG), QB41 the next year (11.9 PPG).

PoorAverageElite Half PPR, Weeks 1-17. Comps match percentile profiles across 2012-2025 at the position. xFP is expected points on the same touches; how it works.

Season lines

Half PPR, Weeks 1-17
SeasonGCmp-AttPass ydsPass TDINTRush ydsRush TDPtsPPGSpike wksFinish
202546-133701200.70.20QB68
2026117-23188300019.519.51QB42
2026Maniacs proj-------241.114.2--

A spike week is a top-12 QB finish that week, the weeks that win best ball. Finish is the season rank by half-PPR points among all QBs.

Game log

Full color = top-12 week

2026 season

Week 1: no game1Week 2: no game2Week 3: no game3Week 4: no game4Week 5: no game5Week 6: no game6Week 7: no game7Week 8 vs DAL: 19.5 pts, QB108Week 9: no game9Week 10: no game10Week 11: no game11Week 12: no game12Week 13: no game13Week 14: no game14Week 15: no game15Week 16: no game16Week 17: no game17
WkOppCmp-AttPass ydsPass TDINTRush ydsRush TDPtsFinish
8DAL17-23188300019.5QB10
2025 game log (4 games)Week 1: no game1Week 2: no game2Week 3: no game3Week 4 vs BAL: -0.3 pts, QB394Week 5: no game5Week 6: no game6Week 7 vs LV: -0.3 pts, QB387Week 8: no game8Week 9: no game9Week 10: no game10Week 11: no game11Week 12: no game12Week 13: no game13Week 14: no game14Week 15 vs LAC: -0.1 pts, QB3615Week 16 vs TEN: 1.4 pts, QB3516Week 17: no game17
WkOppCmp-AttPass ydsPass TDINTRush ydsRush TDPtsFinish
4BAL0-0000-30-0.3QB39
7LV0-0000-30-0.3QB38
15LAC3-5220100-0.1QB36
16TEN3-81500801.4QB35