Should I start Cam Ward or Audric Estime in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Cam Ward, and the board ranks him 115th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 43.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Audric Estime, and the board ranks him 116th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Cam Ward is 1.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Audric Estime is 3.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Cam Ward's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 8, Cam Ward has been on the field for 100 percent of TEN snaps, dropped back 278 times and thrown 7.0 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 36 of 278 dropbacks and scrambled 17 times.

In Week 6 against IND he completed 11 of 22 passes for 102 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 8 yards.

In Week 7 against CLE he completed 20 of 31 passes for 181 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 5 yards.

In Week 8 against CIN he completed 26 of 40 passes for 304 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 7 times for 41 yards.

Through Week 9, Audric Estime has been on the field for 26 percent of NO snaps, taken 40 percent of the carries, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 36 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 17 third down targets, had 2 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 1 target have come 7.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 6 against BAL he carried 9 times for 19 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against CLE he carried 15 times for 72 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 5 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Cam Ward played 17 games and scored 193.7 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing QB22.

He threw for 3169 yards on 540 attempts with 15 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran for 159 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 31.8 attempts a game at 5.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 100 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Audric Estime played 7 games and scored 48.1 PPR points, 6.9 a game, finishing RB71.

He carried 46 times for 198 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 12 of 13 targets for 103 more yards.

That came to 6.6 carries a game at 4.3 yards a carry and 1.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 31 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Cam Ward was available for 10 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Cam Ward scored 11.4 PPR points a game and Audric Estime 6.9, 4.5 a game between them.

Cam Ward finished QB22 and Audric Estime RB71, which are two different ladders.

Cam Ward is a quarterback and Audric Estime a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Cam Ward is off in Week 9 and Audric Estime in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.