Baker Mayfield or Cam Ward: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Baker Mayfield at 15.9 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 35th highest figure of the 176 players the books price.

The player markets price Cam Ward at 12.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 books. That is the 64th highest figure of the 176 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Baker Mayfield: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 113th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 44.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Cam Ward: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 148th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 105.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Baker Mayfield has been on the field for 100 percent of TB snaps, dropped back 76 times and thrown 9.1 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 11 of 76 dropbacks and scrambled 7 times.

In Week 1 against CIN he completed 23 of 28 passes for 216 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 31 yards.

In Week 2 against CLE he completed 21 of 34 passes for 182 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 4 times for 29 yards.

Through Week 2, Cam Ward has been on the field for 100 percent of TEN snaps, dropped back 63 times and thrown 6.3 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 9 of 63 dropbacks and scrambled 6 times.

In Week 1 against NYJ he completed 19 of 32 passes for 140 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 21 yards.

In Week 2 against PHI he completed 13 of 20 passes for 183 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 7 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 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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Baker Mayfield scored 16.6 PPR points a game and Cam Ward 11.4, 5.3 a game between them.

Baker Mayfield finished QB12 that year and Cam Ward QB22.

Baker Mayfield had 3 more pass attempts than Cam Ward, 543 to 540.

Baker Mayfield had 524 more passing yards than Cam Ward, 3693 to 3169.

Their snap share this season is the same, 100 percent each.

Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.

Byes and availability

Baker Mayfield is off in Week 10 and Cam Ward in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

3.2 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.