Should I start Drake Maye or Baker Mayfield in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Drake Maye, and the board ranks him 50th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Baker Mayfield, and the board ranks him 92nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 20.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Drake Maye, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Baker Mayfield's market-based projection is 16.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 27th highest figure of the 205 players with a market-based projection.

This season so far

Through Week 6, Drake Maye has been on the field for 97 percent of NE snaps, dropped back 214 times and thrown 9.0 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 31 of 214 dropbacks and scrambled 20 times.

In Week 4 against BUF he completed 22 of 37 passes for 269 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 6 times for 56 yards.

In Week 5 against LV he completed 26 of 34 passes for 374 yards, threw 4 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 29 yards.

In Week 6 against NYJ he completed 18 of 32 passes for 235 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 25 yards.

Through Week 3, Baker Mayfield has been on the field for 98 percent of TB snaps, dropped back 118 times and thrown 8.9 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 21 of 118 dropbacks and scrambled 9 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.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Drake Maye played 17 games and scored 360.0 PPR points, 21.2 a game, finishing QB2.

He threw for 4394 yards on 492 attempts with 31 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 450 yards and 4 touchdowns.

That came to 28.9 attempts a game at 8.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 97 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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Drake Maye scored 21.2 PPR points a game and Baker Mayfield 16.6, 4.5 a game between them.

Drake Maye finished QB2 that year and Baker Mayfield QB12.

Baker Mayfield had 51 more pass attempts than Drake Maye, 543 to 492.

Drake Maye had 701 more passing yards than Baker Mayfield, 4394 to 3693.

This season Baker Mayfield holds the bigger snap share, 98 percent against 97 percent.

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

Byes and availability

Drake Maye is off in Week 11 and Baker Mayfield in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Baker Mayfield is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Drake Maye has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.