Should I start Cam Ward or Joe Burrow in Week 10?
Updated Nov 10, 6:11 AM ET. Week 11 answers post Tuesday.
Cam Ward and Joe Burrow are too close to call on usage: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets against 98 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
Should I drop Cam Ward for Joe Burrow?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Joe Burrow projects 138 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (17.3 a game over 8 games), Cam Ward 99 (12.4 a game over 8 games).
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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.
QB17 · TEN · bye 9
2026 vs pass yds line 4-4
- Overall rank
- 118
QB18 · CIN · bye 6
2026 vs pass yds line 4-4
- Market-based projection
- 21.8 pts a game Wk 9 price
- Overall rank
- 124
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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 Cam Ward, and the board ranks him 118th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 43.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Joe Burrow, and the board ranks him 124th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Cam Ward is 1.3 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.
The market-based projection for Joe Burrow is 1.2 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.
Cam Ward's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season so far
Through Week 8, Cam Ward has been on the field for 100 percent of TEN snaps, dropped back 278 times and thrown 7.0 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 36 of 278 dropbacks and scrambled 17 times.
In Week 6 against IND he completed 11 of 22 passes for 102 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 8 yards.
In Week 7 against CLE he completed 20 of 31 passes for 181 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 5 yards.
In Week 8 against CIN he completed 26 of 40 passes for 304 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 7 times for 41 yards.
Through Week 9, Joe Burrow has been on the field for 99 percent of CIN snaps, dropped back 321 times and thrown 7.5 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 57 of 321 dropbacks and scrambled 10 times.
In Week 7 against BAL he completed 22 of 30 passes for 292 yards, threw 4 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 12 yards.
In Week 8 against TEN he completed 38 of 48 passes for 462 yards, threw 5 touchdowns and 3 interceptions and ran 3 times for 10 yards.
In Week 9 against ATL he completed 24 of 29 passes for 271 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 8 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Cam Ward played 17 games and scored 193.7 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing QB22.
He threw for 3169 yards on 540 attempts with 15 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran for 159 yards and 2 touchdowns.
That came to 31.8 attempts a game at 5.9 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 100 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
In 2025 Joe Burrow played 8 games and scored 139.5 PPR points, 17.4 a game, finishing QB29.
He threw for 1809 yards on 259 attempts with 17 touchdowns and 5 interceptions, and ran for 41 yards and 0 touchdowns.
That came to 32.4 attempts a game at 7.0 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 86 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Cam Ward was available for 9 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Joe Burrow scored 17.4 PPR points a game and Cam Ward 11.4, 6.0 a game between them.
Cam Ward finished QB22 that year and Joe Burrow QB29.
Cam Ward had 281 more pass attempts than Joe Burrow, 540 to 259.
Cam Ward had 1360 more passing yards than Joe Burrow, 3169 to 1809.
This season Cam Ward holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 99 percent.
Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.
Byes and availability
Cam Ward is off in Week 9 and Joe Burrow in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Cam Ward for Joe Burrow?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Joe Burrow projects 138 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (17.3 a game over 8 games), Cam Ward 99 (12.4 a game over 8 games).
Should I drop Joe Burrow for Cam Ward?
No. Keep Joe Burrow: he projects 138 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (17.3 a game over 8 games), Cam Ward 99 (12.4 a game over 8 games).
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