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Should I start Baker Mayfield or Cam Skattebo in Week 9?

Updated Nov 4, 8:16 AM ET.

Start Baker Mayfield: 95 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Cam Skattebo's 43 percent of the snaps and 38 percent of the carries. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Cam Skattebo for Baker Mayfield?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Baker Mayfield projects 128 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (16.0 a game over 8 games), Cam Skattebo 113 (12.5 a game over 9 games). Cam Skattebo is listed questionable.

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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.

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RB38 · NYG · bye 8

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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 113th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 20.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Cam Skattebo, and the board ranks him 114th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Baker Mayfield is 15.6 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Cam Skattebo is 3.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 8, Baker Mayfield has been on the field for 97 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 7, Cam Skattebo has been on the field for 54 percent of NYG snaps, taken 50 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 3 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 1.8 air yards.

In Week 5 against WAS he carried 13 times for 59 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NO he carried 0 times for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against HOU he carried 17 times for 124 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for -3 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Cam Skattebo played 8 games and scored 127.7 PPR points, 16.0 a game, finishing RB37.

He carried 101 times for 410 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 32 targets for 207 more yards.

That came to 12.6 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 3.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Baker Mayfield was available for 9 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Baker Mayfield scored 16.6 PPR points a game and Cam Skattebo 16.0, 0.7 a game between them.

Baker Mayfield finished QB12 and Cam Skattebo RB37, which are two different ladders.

Baker Mayfield is a quarterback and Cam Skattebo a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Baker Mayfield is off in Week 10 and Cam Skattebo in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Cam Skattebo is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Cam Skattebo for Baker Mayfield?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Baker Mayfield projects 128 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (16.0 a game over 8 games), Cam Skattebo 113 (12.5 a game over 9 games). Cam Skattebo is listed questionable.

  • Should I drop Baker Mayfield for Cam Skattebo?

    No. Keep Baker Mayfield: he projects 128 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (16.0 a game over 8 games), Cam Skattebo 113 (12.5 a game over 9 games). Cam Skattebo is listed questionable.

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