Lamar Jackson or Brock Purdy: who should I start in Week 3?
Both players' season price from the sportsbooks, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, with the draft market's own figures wherever it still has them.
Updated Sep 25, 2026 at 3:01 AM ET
The sportsbooks price Lamar Jackson 3.4 points a game ahead of Brock Purdy this season, and that is the order this page leads on. Neither is in the consensus draft sample any more, so there is no current draft order to give between them: the books' price is the live market on these two.
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QB2 · BAL · bye 13
2025 vs pass yds line 5-8
- Books price
- 21.6 pts a game
- Draft pick
- no consensus
QB8 · SF · bye 8
2025 vs pass yds line 5-4
- Books price
- 18.2 pts a game
- Draft pick
- no consensus
The gap
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Price difference3.4 points a game
- Board size230 draftable players
Consensus average draft position has stopped updating on these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out rather than printed stale. The verdict line above restates the sportsbooks' price and nothing else.
What the sportsbooks price
The player markets price Lamar Jackson at 21.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 3rd highest figure of the 176 players the books price.
The player markets price Brock Purdy at 18.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 14th highest figure of the 176 players the books price.
Where the draft room stands
Drafters have formed no consensus on Lamar Jackson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 37th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 8.
Drafters have formed no consensus on Brock Purdy: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 75th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 20.
This season through Week 2
Through Week 2, Lamar Jackson has been on the field for 100 percent of BAL snaps, dropped back 66 times and thrown 10.9 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 8 of 66 dropbacks and scrambled 7 times.
In Week 1 against IND he completed 17 of 24 passes for 324 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 43 yards.
In Week 2 against NO he completed 21 of 30 passes for 235 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 4 times for 34 yards.
Through Week 2, Brock Purdy has been on the field for 93 percent of SF snaps, dropped back 61 times and thrown 5.9 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 4 of 61 dropbacks and scrambled 5 times.
In Week 1 against LAR he completed 25 of 34 passes for 205 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 5 times for 29 yards.
In Week 2 against MIA he completed 20 of 22 passes for 287 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 30 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Lamar Jackson played 13 games and scored 221.9 PPR points, 17.1 a game, finishing QB20.
He threw for 2549 yards on 302 attempts with 21 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran for 349 yards and 2 touchdowns.
That came to 23.2 attempts a game at 8.4 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 92 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
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.
Lamar Jackson was available for 4 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Brock Purdy scored 20.8 PPR points a game and Lamar Jackson 17.1, 3.8 a game between them.
Lamar Jackson finished QB20 that year and Brock Purdy QB24.
Lamar Jackson had 18 more pass attempts than Brock Purdy, 302 to 284.
Lamar Jackson had 382 more passing yards than Brock Purdy, 2549 to 2167.
This season Lamar Jackson holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 93 percent.
Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.
Byes and availability
Lamar Jackson is off in Week 13 and Brock Purdy in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.
What would change the answer
3.4 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.
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