Baker Mayfield or Pat Freiermuth: 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 37th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price Pat Freiermuth at 8.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 117th highest figure of the 186 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 111th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 44.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Pat Freiermuth: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 110th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 146.

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, Pat Freiermuth has been on the field for 69 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 33 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 18 third down targets and seen 3 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 6.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against ATL he caught 5 of 5 targets for 46 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against NE he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

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 Pat Freiermuth played 17 games and scored 113.6 PPR points, 6.7 a game, finishing TE25.

He caught 41 of 54 targets for 486 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 3.2 targets a game, a 76 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 49 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Baker Mayfield scored 16.6 PPR points a game and Pat Freiermuth 6.7, 10.0 a game between them.

Baker Mayfield finished QB12 and Pat Freiermuth TE25, which are two different ladders.

Baker Mayfield is a quarterback and Pat Freiermuth a tight end, 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 Pat Freiermuth in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

7.4 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.