Should I start Baker Mayfield or Tyler Goodson in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Baker Mayfield, and the board ranks him 108th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 20.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Goodson, and the board ranks him 109th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Baker Mayfield is 16.1 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 13 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Tyler Goodson is 4.9 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 10 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Baker Mayfield's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Baker Mayfield has been on the field for 96 percent of TB snaps, dropped back 129 times and thrown 8.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 22 of 129 dropbacks and scrambled 9 times.

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.

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.

Through Week 7, Tyler Goodson has been on the field for 15 percent of DAL snaps, taken 17 percent of the carries, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 47 third down targets, had 0 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 43 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have come 0.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against TB he carried 0 times for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against GB he carried 2 times for 0 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against PHI he carried 10 times for 38 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 Tyler Goodson played 11 games and scored 5.2 PPR points, 0.5 a game, finishing RB121.

He carried 9 times for 24 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 2 of 3 targets for 8 more yards.

That came to 0.8 carries a game at 2.7 yards a carry and 0.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 5 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Baker Mayfield was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Baker Mayfield scored 16.6 PPR points a game and Tyler Goodson 0.5, 16.2 a game between them.

Baker Mayfield finished QB12 and Tyler Goodson RB121, which are two different ladders.

Baker Mayfield is a quarterback and Tyler Goodson a running back, 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. No bye is listed for Tyler Goodson.