Baker Mayfield or Houston Defense: who should I start in Week 5?
Neither man carries a posted season price right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
Updated Oct 7, 2026 at 10:56 PM ET
Neither is in the consensus draft sample any more, and the market prices neither of them this season, so there is no current market order to give between these two. What follows is what each of them has already done.
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QB33 · TB · bye 10
2025 vs pass yds line 8-9
- Overall rank
- 191
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 11
DEF1 · HOU · bye 8
- Overall rank
- 194
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 1
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The gap
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Board size221 draftable players
Consensus average draft position has stopped updating on these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out rather than printed stale. The verdict line above restates the market price and nothing else.
Where the draft room stands
Drafters have formed no consensus on Baker Mayfield: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 191st overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 21.
Drafters have formed no consensus on Houston Defense: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 194th overall on the rest of his evidence.
By format he goes standard: ADP 22; 2QB: ADP 49.
What the player markets price
No season market is posted for Baker Mayfield, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for Houston Defense, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.
This season through Week 3
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.
The usage feed holds no snap or target counts for Houston Defense this season.
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.
The season feed carries no line for Houston Defense in the last completed season.
Side by side
Baker Mayfield is a quarterback and Houston Defense a defense, 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 Houston Defense in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.
Baker Mayfield is listed as out on the injury report.
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