Should I start Brock Purdy or Matthew Stafford in Week 9?
Updated Nov 3, 6:46 AM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
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Week 9 verdict
Start Brock Purdy over Matthew Stafford
- 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
- 17.8
- recent weeks avg
- WAS D vs QB
- 22.7
- 2nd most to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 98%
- Through Week 8
Start Brock Purdy over Matthew Stafford in Week 9: 20.6 to 17.8 PPR points a game over recent weeks. Purdy faces LV, which allows the 5th most fantasy points to QBs.
Should I drop Matthew Stafford 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), Matthew Stafford 129 (16.1 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Brock Purdy over Matthew Stafford. Matthew Stafford is listed questionable.
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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
- 99
QB29 · LAR · bye 11
2026 vs pass yds line 4-4
- Market-based projection
- 15.7 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 179
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The gap
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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 99th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Matthew Stafford, and the board ranks him 179th 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 Matthew Stafford is 0.3 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, Matthew Stafford has been on the field for 98 percent of LAR snaps, dropped back 316 times and thrown 7.7 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 45 of 316 dropbacks and scrambled 4 times.
In Week 6 against ARI he completed 25 of 33 passes for 222 yards and threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.
In Week 7 against LV he completed 23 of 29 passes for 195 yards and threw 3 touchdowns and 1 interception.
In Week 8 against LAC he completed 17 of 25 passes for 157 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception.
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 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.
Matthew Stafford was available for 8 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Matthew Stafford scored 21.1 PPR points a game and Brock Purdy 20.8, 0.3 a game between them.
Brock Purdy finished QB24 that year and Matthew Stafford QB3.
Matthew Stafford had 313 more pass attempts than Brock Purdy, 597 to 284.
Matthew Stafford had 2540 more passing yards than Brock Purdy, 4707 to 2167.
Their snap share this season is the same, 98 percent each.
Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.
Byes and availability
Brock Purdy is off in Week 8 and Matthew Stafford in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.
Matthew Stafford is listed as questionable on the injury report.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Matthew Stafford 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), Matthew Stafford 129 (16.1 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Brock Purdy over Matthew Stafford. Matthew Stafford is listed questionable.
Should I drop Brock Purdy for Matthew Stafford?
No. Keep Brock Purdy: he projects 158 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (17.5 a game over 9 games), Matthew Stafford 129 (16.1 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Brock Purdy over Matthew Stafford. Matthew Stafford is listed questionable.
Should I drop Matthew Stafford?
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