Baker Mayfield or Quentin Johnston: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Baker Mayfield at 16.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 18 books. That is the 32nd highest figure of the 170 players the books price.

The player markets price Quentin Johnston at 8.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 113th highest figure of the 170 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 112th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 43.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Quentin Johnston: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 115th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 100.

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, Quentin Johnston has been on the field for 80 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 7 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have averaged 9.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against ARI he caught 2 of 6 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against LV he carried 1 time for 7 yards, caught 1 of 5 targets for 7 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 Quentin Johnston played 14 games and scored 171.2 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR34.

He caught 51 of 85 targets for 735 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 6.1 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 77 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Baker Mayfield was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Baker Mayfield scored 16.6 PPR points a game and Quentin Johnston 12.2, 4.4 a game between them.

Baker Mayfield finished QB12 and Quentin Johnston WR34, which are two different ladders.

Baker Mayfield is a quarterback and Quentin Johnston a wide receiver, 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 Quentin Johnston in Week 7, 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.