Should I start Shedeur Sanders or Cam Ward in Week 9?
Updated Nov 4, 6:56 PM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
Start Cam Ward: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Shedeur Sanders's 4 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets. 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.
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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.
QB · CLE · bye 11
2025 vs pass td line 2-6
- Overall rank
- 243
QB · TEN · on bye this week
2026 vs pass yds line 4-4
- Market-based projection
- 12.0 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 251
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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 Shedeur Sanders, and the board ranks him 243rd overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Cam Ward, and the board ranks him 251st overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 43.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Shedeur Sanders, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for Cam Ward, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.
This season through Week 8
Through Week 8, Shedeur Sanders has been on the field for 4 percent of CLE snaps, dropped back 3 times and thrown -1.7 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 0 of 3 dropbacks.
In Week 3 against CAR he completed 1 of 1 pass for 0 yards and threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.
In Week 8 against PIT he completed 2 of 2 passes for 2 yards and threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.
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.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Shedeur Sanders played 8 games and scored 94.9 PPR points, 11.9 a game, finishing QB37.
He threw for 1400 yards on 212 attempts with 7 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and ran for 169 yards and 1 touchdown.
That came to 26-27 attempts a game at 6.6 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 60 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 9 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Shedeur Sanders scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Cam Ward 11.4, 0.5 a game between them.
Shedeur Sanders finished QB37 that year and Cam Ward QB22.
Cam Ward had 328 more pass attempts than Shedeur Sanders, 540 to 212.
Cam Ward had 1769 more passing yards than Shedeur Sanders, 3169 to 1400.
This season Cam Ward holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 4 percent.
Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.
Byes and availability
Shedeur Sanders is off in Week 11 and Cam Ward in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.
Both players in full
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