Should I start Drake London or Baker Mayfield in Week 8?
Updated Nov 3, 2:31 AM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.
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- : Drake London: Listed Questionable (Head) (Sleeper injury feed)
Start Drake London: 92 percent of the snaps and 31 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Baker Mayfield's 95 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets. 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 Baker Mayfield for Drake London?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Drake London projects 137 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (17.1 a game over 8 games), Baker Mayfield 129 (16.1 a game over 8 games). Drake London is listed questionable.
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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.
WR3 · ATL · bye 11
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- Market-based projection
- 16.8 pts a game
QB9 · TB · bye 10
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- Market-based projection
- 16.0 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 14
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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 Drake London, and the board ranks him 13th overall on the rest of his evidence.
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.
The market-based projections
Drake London's market-based projection is 16.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 7 market sources. That is the 6th highest figure of the 175 players with a market-based projection.
No season market is posted for Baker Mayfield, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
This season through Week 8
Through Week 8, Drake London has been on the field for 88 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 29 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 23 of the offence's 62 third down targets, had 0 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 26 two minute targets.
His 62 targets have averaged 10.0 air yards.
In Week 6 against CHI he caught 4 of 10 targets for 62 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against SF he caught 7 of 10 targets for 66 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 8 against TB he caught 1 of 6 targets for 8 yards and did not score.
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.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Drake London played 12 games and scored 201.9 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing WR19.
He caught 68 of 112 targets for 919 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.
That came to 9.3 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 14 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 90 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
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.
Baker Mayfield was available for 5 games more.
Side by side
In 2025 Drake London scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Baker Mayfield 16.6, 0.2 a game between them.
Drake London finished WR19 and Baker Mayfield QB12, which are two different ladders.
Drake London is a wide receiver and Baker Mayfield a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.
Byes and availability
Drake London is off in Week 11 and Baker Mayfield in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drake London is listed as questionable on the injury report.
What would change the answer
Baker Mayfield has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Baker Mayfield for Drake London?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Drake London projects 137 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (17.1 a game over 8 games), Baker Mayfield 129 (16.1 a game over 8 games). Drake London is listed questionable.
Should I drop Drake London for Baker Mayfield?
No. Keep Drake London: he projects 137 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (17.1 a game over 8 games), Baker Mayfield 129 (16.1 a game over 8 games). Drake London is listed questionable.
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