Michael Penix Jr. or Cam Ward: 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 3:26 AM ET
Neither is in the consensus draft sample any more, and the books have not posted a whole price on Michael Penix Jr., so there is no current market order to give between these two. What follows is what each of them has already done.
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QB31 · ATL · bye 11
2025 vs pass yds line 4-5
- Books price
- 12.9 pts a game Wk 3 price
- Overall rank
- 147
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 7
QB32 · TEN · bye 9
2025 vs pass yds line 8-9
- Books price
- 12.7 pts a game
- Draft pick
- no consensus
The gap
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- 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.
Where the draft room stands
Drafters have formed no consensus on Michael Penix Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 147th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 138.
Drafters have formed no consensus on Cam Ward: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 148th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 105.
What the sportsbooks price
No sportsbook has posted a season market for Michael Penix Jr., so the only market pricing him on this page is the draft room.
The player markets price Cam Ward at 12.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 books. That is the 64th highest figure of the 176 players the books price.
This season through Week 2
The usage feed holds no snap or target counts for Michael Penix Jr. this season.
Through Week 2, Cam Ward has been on the field for 100 percent of TEN snaps, dropped back 63 times and thrown 6.3 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 9 of 63 dropbacks and scrambled 6 times.
In Week 1 against NYJ he completed 19 of 32 passes for 140 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 21 yards.
In Week 2 against PHI he completed 13 of 20 passes for 183 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 7 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Michael Penix Jr. played 9 games and scored 123.3 PPR points, 13.7 a game, finishing QB33.
He threw for 1982 yards on 276 attempts with 9 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran for 70 yards and 1 touchdown.
That came to 30.7 attempts a game at 7.2 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 93 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
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.
Cam Ward was available for 8 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Michael Penix Jr. scored 13.7 PPR points a game and Cam Ward 11.4, 2.3 a game between them.
Michael Penix Jr. finished QB33 that year and Cam Ward QB22.
Cam Ward had 264 more pass attempts than Michael Penix Jr., 540 to 276.
Cam Ward had 1187 more passing yards than Michael Penix Jr., 3169 to 1982.
Byes and availability
Michael Penix Jr. is off in Week 11 and Cam Ward in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.
What would change the answer
Michael Penix Jr. has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.
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