Jared Goff or C.J. Stroud: 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 24, 2026 at 8:56 PM ET
Neither is in the consensus draft sample any more, and the books have not posted a whole price on Jared Goff, 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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QB17 · DET · bye 6
2025 vs pass yds line 10-7
- Overall rank
- 99
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 5
QB19 · HOU · bye 8
2025 vs pass yds line 8-6
- Books price
- 16.1 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 Jared Goff: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 99th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 24.
Drafters have formed no consensus on C.J. Stroud: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 106th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 75.
What the sportsbooks price
The books have Jared Goff at 16.3 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 17 books. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
The player markets price C.J. Stroud at 16.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 33rd highest figure of the 186 players the books price.
Jared Goff's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season through Week 2
Through Week 2, Jared Goff has been on the field for 100 percent of DET snaps, dropped back 85 times and thrown 7.1 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 18 of 85 dropbacks and scrambled 3 times.
In Week 1 against NO he completed 26 of 39 passes for 206 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 2 yards.
In Week 2 against BUF he completed 26 of 38 passes for 327 yards, threw 4 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 7 yards.
Through Week 2, C.J. Stroud has been on the field for 100 percent of HOU snaps, dropped back 102 times and thrown 8.8 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 16 of 102 dropbacks and scrambled 4 times.
In Week 1 against BUF he completed 26 of 38 passes for 274 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 15 yards.
In Week 2 against CIN he completed 30 of 53 passes for 353 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 29 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Jared Goff played 17 games and scored 305.1 PPR points, 17.9 a game, finishing QB9.
He threw for 4564 yards on 578 attempts with 34 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 45 yards and 0 touchdowns.
That came to 34.0 attempts a game at 7.9 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 98 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.
Jared Goff was available for 3 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Jared Goff scored 17.9 PPR points a game and C.J. Stroud 15.5, 2.5 a game between them.
Jared Goff finished QB9 that year and C.J. Stroud QB21.
Jared Goff had 155 more pass attempts than C.J. Stroud, 578 to 423.
Jared Goff had 1523 more passing yards than C.J. Stroud, 4564 to 3041.
Their snap share this season is the same, 100 percent each.
Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.
Byes and availability
Jared Goff is off in Week 6 and C.J. Stroud in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.
What would change the answer
Jared Goff is only part priced, so the books' half of this page is whole for only one of them.
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