Should I start Christian McCaffrey or Drake Maye in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Christian McCaffrey, and the board ranks him 6th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 7.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Drake Maye, and the board ranks him 7th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Christian McCaffrey is 22.0 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 7 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Drake Maye's market-based projection is 20.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 5th highest figure of the 208 players with a market-based projection.

Christian McCaffrey's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Christian McCaffrey has been on the field for 69 percent of SF snaps, taken 46 percent of the carries, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 37 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 57 third down targets, had 14 of its 28 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 45 targets have averaged 2.8 air yards.

In Week 6 against WAS he carried 16 times for 64 yards, caught 9 of 10 targets for 53 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 7 against ATL he carried 7 times for 39 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 61 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against LV he carried 18 times for 68 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 19 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 9, Drake Maye has been on the field for 96 percent of NE snaps, dropped back 318 times and thrown 9.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 47 of 318 dropbacks and scrambled 27 times.

In Week 7 against CHI he completed 24 of 30 passes for 321 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 4 times for 26 yards.

In Week 8 against MIA he completed 16 of 20 passes for 199 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 7 yards.

In Week 9 against GB he completed 21 of 38 passes for 299 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 3 interceptions and ran 1 time for 3 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Christian McCaffrey played 17 games and scored 416.6 PPR points, 24.5 a game, finishing RB1.

He carried 311 times for 1202 yards and 10 touchdowns, and caught 102 of 129 targets for 924 more yards.

That came to 18.3 carries a game at 3.9 yards a carry and 6.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 83 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Drake Maye played 17 games and scored 360.0 PPR points, 21.2 a game, finishing QB2.

He threw for 4394 yards on 492 attempts with 31 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 450 yards and 4 touchdowns.

That came to 28.9 attempts a game at 8.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 97 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Christian McCaffrey scored 24.5 PPR points a game and Drake Maye 21.2, 3.3 a game between them.

Christian McCaffrey finished RB1 and Drake Maye QB2, which are two different ladders.

Christian McCaffrey is a running back and Drake Maye a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Christian McCaffrey is off in Week 8 and Drake Maye in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Christian McCaffrey has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.