Should I start Baker Mayfield or Bo Nix in Week 8?
Updated Nov 3, 12:11 AM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.
Week 8 verdict
Start Baker Mayfield over Bo Nix
Wrong: 1.4 to 19.3
- Market projected
- 16.0
- pre-game
- ATL D vs QB
- 18.0
- 13th most to QBs (2026)
- Scored
- 1.4
- PPR pts
- Market projected
- 15.6
- pre-game
- KC D vs QB
- 13.0
- 3rd fewest to QBs (2026)
- Scored
- 19.3
- PPR pts
Week 8 result: the call to start Baker Mayfield over Bo Nix was wrong. Mayfield scored 1.4 PPR points to 19.3 for Nix. Projected 16.0 to 15.6 before kickoff.
Should I drop Baker Mayfield for Bo Nix?
Not on these numbers alone. Baker Mayfield projects 129 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (16.1 a game over 8 games) and Bo Nix 130 (16.2 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
QB9 · TB · bye 10
2026 vs pass yds line 1-4
- Market-based projection
- 16.0 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 14
QB18 · DEN · bye 10
2026 vs pass yds line 3-5
- Market-based projection
- 15.8 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 125
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The gap
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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Baker Mayfield, and the board ranks him 14th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 20.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Bo Nix, and the board ranks him 125th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Baker Mayfield, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
The market-based projection for Bo Nix is 1.4 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.
This season through Week 8
Through Week 8, Baker Mayfield has been on the field for 96 percent of TB snaps, dropped back 134 times and thrown 8.4 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 23 of 134 dropbacks and scrambled 10 times.
In Week 3 against MIN he completed 17 of 34 passes for 217 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 6 yards.
In Week 7 against CAR he completed 7 of 11 passes for 64 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 1 yards.
In Week 8 against ATL he completed 0 of 3 passes for 0 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 15 yards.
Through Week 8, Bo Nix has been on the field for 100 percent of DEN snaps, dropped back 268 times and thrown 5.4 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 26 of 268 dropbacks and scrambled 8 times.
In Week 6 against SEA he completed 17 of 27 passes for 107 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 3 yards.
In Week 7 against ARI he completed 15 of 29 passes for 222 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 75 yards.
In Week 8 against KC he completed 20 of 32 passes for 222 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 5 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Baker Mayfield played 17 games and scored 282.9 PPR points, 16.6 a game, finishing QB12.
He threw for 3693 yards on 543 attempts with 26 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and ran for 382 yards and 1 touchdown.
That came to 31.9 attempts a game at 6.8 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 97 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
In 2025 Bo Nix played 17 games and scored 315.8 PPR points, 18.6 a game, finishing QB7.
He threw for 3931 yards on 612 attempts with 25 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and ran for 356 yards and 5 touchdowns.
That came to 36.0 attempts a game at 6.4 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 100 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Both were available for 17 games that season.
Head to head
In 2025 Bo Nix scored 18.6 PPR points a game and Baker Mayfield 16.6, 1.9 a game between them.
Baker Mayfield finished QB12 that year and Bo Nix QB7.
Bo Nix had 69 more pass attempts than Baker Mayfield, 612 to 543.
Bo Nix had 238 more passing yards than Baker Mayfield, 3931 to 3693.
This season Bo Nix holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 96 percent.
Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.
Byes and availability
Both are off in Week 10, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Baker Mayfield for Bo Nix?
Not on these numbers alone. Baker Mayfield projects 129 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (16.1 a game over 8 games) and Bo Nix 130 (16.2 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.
Should I drop Bo Nix for Baker Mayfield?
Not on these numbers alone. Bo Nix projects 130 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (16.2 a game over 8 games) and Baker Mayfield 129 (16.1 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.
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