Aaron Rodgers or Makai Lemon: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Aaron Rodgers at 13.9 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 49th highest figure of the 174 players the books price.

The player markets price Makai Lemon at 6.4 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 books. That is the 149th highest figure of the 174 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Aaron Rodgers: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 143rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 119.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Makai Lemon: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 145th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 147.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Aaron Rodgers has been on the field for 98 percent of PIT snaps, dropped back 86 times and thrown 7.8 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 12 of 86 dropbacks and scrambled 1 time.

In Week 1 against ATL he completed 24 of 40 passes for 221 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions.

In Week 2 against NE he completed 23 of 39 passes for 187 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 5 yards.

Through Week 2, Makai Lemon has been on the field for 63 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 21 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 12 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 2.6 air yards.

In Week 1 against WAS he caught 3 of 4 targets for -5 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against TEN he carried 1 time for -5 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 14 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Aaron Rodgers played 16 games and scored 234.1 PPR points, 14.6 a game, finishing QB18.

He threw for 3322 yards on 498 attempts with 24 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran for 61 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 31.1 attempts a game at 6.7 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 95 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Makai Lemon is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Side by side

Aaron Rodgers is a quarterback and Makai Lemon a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Aaron Rodgers is off in Week 9 and Makai Lemon in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

7.5 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.