Should I start Bo Nix or Kyler Murray in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Bo Nix, and the board ranks him 10th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kyler Murray, and the board ranks him 140th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 18.

The market-based projections

Bo Nix's market-based projection is 16.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 10th highest figure of the 212 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Kyler Murray is 1.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Bo Nix has been on the field for 100 percent of DEN snaps, dropped back 268 times and thrown 5.4 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 26 of 268 dropbacks and scrambled 8 times.

In Week 6 against SEA he completed 17 of 27 passes for 107 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 3 yards.

In Week 7 against ARI he completed 15 of 29 passes for 222 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 75 yards.

In Week 8 against KC he completed 20 of 32 passes for 222 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 5 yards.

Through Week 8, Kyler Murray has been on the field for 86 percent of MIN snaps, dropped back 184 times and thrown 7.7 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 27 of 184 dropbacks and scrambled 16 times.

In Week 5 against NO he completed 24 of 29 passes for 229 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 7 times for 54 yards.

In Week 7 against IND he completed 14 of 24 passes for 150 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 41 yards.

In Week 8 against DET he completed 17 of 29 passes for 210 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 3 times for 36 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Bo Nix played 17 games and scored 315.8 PPR points, 18.6 a game, finishing QB7.

He threw for 3931 yards on 612 attempts with 25 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and ran for 356 yards and 5 touchdowns.

That came to 36.0 attempts a game at 6.4 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 100 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Kyler Murray played 5 games and scored 80.8 PPR points, 16.2 a game, finishing QB38.

He threw for 962 yards on 161 attempts with 6 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran for 173 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 32.2 attempts a game at 6.0 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 99 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Bo Nix was available for 12 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Bo Nix scored 18.6 PPR points a game and Kyler Murray 16.2, 2.4 a game between them.

Bo Nix finished QB7 that year and Kyler Murray QB38.

Bo Nix had 451 more pass attempts than Kyler Murray, 612 to 161.

Bo Nix had 2969 more passing yards than Kyler Murray, 3931 to 962.

This season Bo Nix holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 86 percent.

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

Byes and availability

Bo Nix is off in Week 10 and Kyler Murray in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

Kyler Murray is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Kyler Murray has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.