Should I start Brock Purdy or Jared Goff in Week 9?
Updated Nov 3, 3:36 AM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
Week 9 verdict
Start Brock Purdy over Jared Goff
- Market projects
- 20.6
- recent weeks avg
- LV D vs QB
- 20.8
- 5th most to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 98%
- Through Week 7
- Market projects
- 18.6
- recent weeks avg
- MIA D vs QB
- 20.3
- 7th most to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 99%
- Through Week 8
Start Brock Purdy over Jared Goff in Week 9: 20.6 to 18.6 PPR points a game over recent weeks. Purdy faces LV, which allows the 5th most fantasy points to QBs.
Should I drop Jared Goff for Brock Purdy?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Brock Purdy projects 158 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (17.5 a game over 9 games), Jared Goff 150 (16.7 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Brock Purdy over Jared Goff.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
QB13 · SF · bye 8
2026 vs pass yds line 4-3
- Overall rank
- 98
QB26 · DET · bye 6
2026 vs pass yds line 4-3
- Market-based projection
- 16.0 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 163
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The gap
- Board size297 draftable players
Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Brock Purdy, and the board ranks him 98th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Jared Goff, and the board ranks him 163rd overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Brock Purdy is 1.9 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.
The market-based projection for Jared Goff is 0.6 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.
Brock Purdy's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season so far
Through Week 7, Brock Purdy has been on the field for 98 percent of SF snaps, dropped back 231 times and thrown 7.9 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 26 of 231 dropbacks and scrambled 15 times.
In Week 5 against SEA he completed 19 of 29 passes for 189 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 3 times for 8 yards.
In Week 6 against WAS he completed 21 of 29 passes for 264 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 28 yards.
In Week 7 against ATL he completed 27 of 39 passes for 288 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 2 times for 5 yards.
Through Week 8, Jared Goff has been on the field for 99 percent of DET snaps, dropped back 269 times and thrown 7.7 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 41 of 269 dropbacks and scrambled 5 times.
In Week 5 against ARI he completed 19 of 30 passes for 271 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 1 yards.
In Week 7 against GB he completed 22 of 32 passes for 303 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 0 yards.
In Week 8 against MIN he completed 18 of 25 passes for 176 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 2 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Brock Purdy played 9 games and scored 187.4 PPR points, 20.8 a game, finishing QB24.
He threw for 2167 yards on 284 attempts with 20 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and ran for 147 yards and 3 touchdowns.
That came to 31.6 attempts a game at 7.6 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 98 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
In 2025 Jared Goff played 17 games and scored 305.1 PPR points, 17.9 a game, finishing QB9.
He threw for 4564 yards on 578 attempts with 34 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 45 yards and 0 touchdowns.
That came to 34.0 attempts a game at 7.9 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 98 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Jared Goff was available for 8 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Brock Purdy scored 20.8 PPR points a game and Jared Goff 17.9, 2.9 a game between them.
Brock Purdy finished QB24 that year and Jared Goff QB9.
Jared Goff had 294 more pass attempts than Brock Purdy, 578 to 284.
Jared Goff had 2397 more passing yards than Brock Purdy, 4564 to 2167.
This season Jared Goff holds the bigger snap share, 99 percent against 98 percent.
Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.
Byes and availability
Brock Purdy is off in Week 8 and Jared Goff in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Jared Goff for Brock Purdy?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Brock Purdy projects 158 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (17.5 a game over 9 games), Jared Goff 150 (16.7 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Brock Purdy over Jared Goff.
Should I drop Brock Purdy for Jared Goff?
No. Keep Brock Purdy: he projects 158 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (17.5 a game over 9 games), Jared Goff 150 (16.7 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Brock Purdy over Jared Goff.
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