Bo Nix or Matthew Stafford: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Bo Nix at 16.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 books. That is the 35th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price Matthew Stafford at 15.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 books. That is the 45th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Bo Nix: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 109th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 31.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Matthew Stafford: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 124th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 17.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Bo Nix has been on the field for 100 percent of DEN snaps, dropped back 64 times and thrown 6.1 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 10 of 64 dropbacks and scrambled 1 time.

In Week 1 against KC he completed 17 of 28 passes for 131 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 3 yards.

In Week 2 against JAX he completed 22 of 31 passes for 288 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 9 yards.

Through Week 2, Matthew Stafford has been on the field for 92 percent of LAR snaps, dropped back 57 times and thrown 10.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 9 of 57 dropbacks and scrambled 1 time.

In Week 1 against SF he completed 15 of 25 passes for 155 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 0 yards.

In Week 2 against NYG he completed 22 of 30 passes for 327 yards, threw 4 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 2 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 Matthew Stafford played 17 games and scored 358.4 PPR points, 21.1 a game, finishing QB3.

He threw for 4707 yards on 597 attempts with 46 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 1 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 35.1 attempts a game at 7.9 yards an attempt.

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

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Matthew Stafford scored 21.1 PPR points a game and Bo Nix 18.6, 2.5 a game between them.

Bo Nix finished QB7 that year and Matthew Stafford QB3.

Bo Nix had 15 more pass attempts than Matthew Stafford, 612 to 597.

Matthew Stafford had 776 more passing yards than Bo Nix, 4707 to 3931.

This season Bo Nix holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 92 percent.

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

Byes and availability

Bo Nix is off in Week 10 and Matthew Stafford in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.8 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.