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Should I start Drake Maye or C.J. Stroud in Week 8?

Updated Nov 3, 3:36 AM ET.

Drake Maye and C.J. Stroud are too close to call on usage: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets against 100 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 Drake Maye for C.J. Stroud?

Not on these numbers alone. Drake Maye projects 148 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (18.5 a game over 8 games) and C.J. Stroud 152 (16.9 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

Drake Maye

QB3 · NE · bye 11

2026 vs pass yds line 3-5

Market-based projection
18.5 pts a game

C.J. Stroud

QB25 · HOU · bye 8

2026 vs pass yds line 5-2

Overall rank
151

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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 Drake Maye, and the board ranks him 5th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on C.J. Stroud, and the board ranks him 151st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 30.

The market-based projections

Drake Maye's market-based projection is 18.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 2nd highest figure of the 175 players with a market-based projection.

The market has C.J. Stroud at 0.9 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.

C.J. Stroud's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 8, Drake Maye has been on the field for 97 percent of NE snaps, dropped back 275 times and thrown 8.9 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 39 of 275 dropbacks and scrambled 26 times.

In Week 6 against NYJ he completed 18 of 32 passes for 235 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 25 yards.

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.

Through Week 7, C.J. Stroud has been on the field for 100 percent of HOU snaps, dropped back 266 times and thrown 9.3 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 35 of 266 dropbacks and scrambled 8 times.

In Week 5 against TEN he completed 26 of 34 passes for 261 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 7 yards.

In Week 6 against JAX he completed 24 of 34 passes for 312 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 5 yards.

In Week 7 against NYG he completed 17 of 28 passes for 153 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 4 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 C.J. Stroud played 14 games and scored 216.5 PPR points, 15.5 a game, finishing QB21.

He threw for 3041 yards on 423 attempts with 19 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 209 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 30.2 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.

Drake Maye was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Drake Maye scored 21.2 PPR points a game and C.J. Stroud 15.5, 5.7 a game between them.

Drake Maye finished QB2 that year and C.J. Stroud QB21.

Drake Maye had 69 more pass attempts than C.J. Stroud, 492 to 423.

Drake Maye had 1353 more passing yards than C.J. Stroud, 4394 to 3041.

This season C.J. Stroud holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 97 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

C.J. Stroud has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Drake Maye for C.J. Stroud?

    Not on these numbers alone. Drake Maye projects 148 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (18.5 a game over 8 games) and C.J. Stroud 152 (16.9 a game over 9 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.

  • Should I drop C.J. Stroud for Drake Maye?

    Not on these numbers alone. C.J. Stroud projects 152 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (16.9 a game over 9 games) and Drake Maye 148 (18.5 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.

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