Clips matched to Dont'e Thornton Jr. from public YouTube uploads, grouped by week with the most recent complete week first. Every card opens on YouTube in a new tab, so views and ad revenue stay with the original uploader.
The top-10 most similar long-arc NFL players matched by fantasy-point production curve at this career stage. Each comp's "Peak 3yr fp/g" is their best 3-season fp/g average under Superflex PPR (era-pace-adjusted to modern). Similarity is bounded in (0, 1] — 1.0 means an identical career-stage profile vector. "Career" notes the comp's NFL longevity; the washed out badge flags comps whose career ended by age 30 with fewer than 8 NFL seasons (the engine’s bust definition). The ⏳ 1985 badge marks comps whose snapshot season predates 1999 — the corpus now spans 1980-2025, so Payton, Emmitt, Marcus Allen, Rice, Marino-era greats are eligible matches. Pre-1999 comps carry a 0.9× confidence haircut because era-pace adjustment is principled but not perfect.
| Comparable | Pos | Last season | Similarity | Peak 3yr fp/g | Career | Post-age seasons | Career fp | Projected pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Decker washed out | WR | 2017 | 0.971 | 14.2 | 7 seasons · ended age 30 | 6 | 1152 | 1004 |
| Richie James washed out | WR | 2023 | 0.993 | 6.5 | 5 seasons · ended age 28 | 4 | 279 | 234 |
| Riley Cooper washed out | WR | 2015 | 0.994 | 7.7 | 6 seasons · ended age 28 | 5 | 459 | 391 |
| Tyrie Cleveland washed out | WR | 2023 | 0.932 | 1.1 | 3 seasons · ended age 25 | 2 | 17 | 5 |
| Isaiah Zuber washed out | WR | 2022 | 0.928 | 1.8 | 1 seasons · ended age 23 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jacoby Jones | WR | 2015 | 0.974 | 6.5 | 9 seasons · ended age 31 | 8 | 497 | 406 |
| Steve Smith | WR | 2016 | 0.757 | 16.4 | 15 seasons · ended age 37 | 14 | 2603 | 1917 |
| Cole Beasley | WR | 2023 | 0.855 | 11.5 | 11 seasons · ended age 33 | 10 | 1245 | 971 |
| Cameron Batson washed out | WR | 2022 | 0.949 | 2.9 | 3 seasons · ended age 26 | 2 | 56 | 40 |
| Jaron Brown washed out | WR | 2020 | 0.976 | 5.3 | 7 seasons · ended age 29 | 6 | 331 | 266 |
Every component below is sourced from the engine output
(engine_rankings.json) and the displayed comp table. The
final production score is 295.
rookie_nfl_fp_arc
Projection path: rookie_comp_weighted
Comps: 25
Avg similarity (top 20): 0.889
Comp pool washed-out rate: 55% (11/20)
| Step | Value | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Comp-weighted projection (v3.3 primary) | 570 | Σ (simi × post-age-fpi) / Σ simi. Sanity check from the top-20 row data on this page: 636. This is the “weighted average of the comparable players’ actual realised post-age fantasy points” — Phil's 2026-05-28 brief. |
| Peak-anchored projection | 293 | The player's own peak-3yr-fp/g × expected games × horizon × 5%/yr time discount, capped at 1.25× the top single-comp projection. Used as a soft blend for elite-tier producers (60/40 comp-weighted / capped peak) so a Mahomes / Allen isn't fully dragged to the comp-pool mean. |
| Banked-credit floor (diagnostic only) | 0 | The v3.1 “dynasty equity” floor = career_total_fp × yrs-rem-weight + recent rate × short forward window. v3.3 no longer lets this override the projection — banked production is already realised, not “remaining.” Shown for transparency. |
| Raw projection (pre-penalty) | 570 | Blended comp-weighted + capped peak-anchored, per the v3.3 methodology described above. |
| × Survival | 0.517 | Multiplier reflecting how many comps washed out by age 30. Today: 1 − 0.5 × bust_rate. |
| × Sample confidence | 0.367 | Shrinks small-sample projections toward the position-tier baseline when raw > baseline; multiplies straight otherwise. = max(295 × confidence + baseline × (1−conf), or 295 × 0.367) when below baseline. |
| × Late-breakout penalty | 1.000 | QB-only. Scales by confidence so unproven late-breakout rookies only pay a fraction of the discount. |
| × Missed-season penalty (v3.3) | 0.862 | Multiplicative haircut for players who didn't play (or only played a partial slate) in the most recent NFL season. 0.70 for a full missed season, 0.85 for <8 games, 0.45 for two+ full missed seasons. only 11 of 17 games in 2025 (partial season — v3.7 scaled penalty) |
| = Final production score | 295 | Drives the player's rank on the Similar NFL Career Paths page. |
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