Should I start Jared Goff or C.J. Stroud in Week 10?
Updated Nov 10, 1:36 PM ET. Week 11 answers post Tuesday.
Week 10 verdict
Start Jared Goff over C.J. Stroud
Goff projects lower, 16.6 to 17.4, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 106 for Goff, 185 for Stroud.
- Market projects
- 16.6
- fantasy pts
- NE D vs QB
- 15.7
- 10th fewest to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 99%
- Through Week 9
- Market projects
- 17.4
- recent weeks avg
- CLE D vs QB
- 14.8
- 8th fewest to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 98%
- Through Week 9
Start Jared Goff: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against C.J. Stroud's 96 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.
Should I drop Jared Goff for C.J. Stroud?
Not on these numbers alone. Jared Goff projects 132 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (16.5 a game over 8 games) and C.J. Stroud 134 (16.8 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 10 the call starts Jared Goff over C.J. Stroud.
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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.
QB6 · DET · bye 6
2026 vs pass yds line 4-4
- Market-based projection
- 16.9 pts a game
QB17 · HOU · bye 8
2026 vs pass yds line 6-2
- Market-based projection
- 16.9 pts a game Wk 9 price
- Overall rank
- 155
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The gap
- Board size307 draftable players
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 Jared Goff, and the board ranks him 13th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on C.J. Stroud, and the board ranks him 155th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 30.
The market-based projections
Jared Goff's market-based projection is 16.9 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 11th highest figure of the 208 players with a market-based projection.
The market has C.J. Stroud at 1.1 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 through Week 9
Through Week 9, Jared Goff has been on the field for 99 percent of DET snaps, dropped back 298 times and thrown 7.5 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 49 of 298 dropbacks and scrambled 6 times.
In Week 7 against GB he completed 22 of 32 passes for 303 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 0 yards.
In Week 8 against MIN he completed 18 of 25 passes for 176 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 2 yards.
In Week 9 against MIA he completed 17 of 25 passes for 170 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 7 yards.
Through Week 9, C.J. Stroud has been on the field for 98 percent of HOU snaps, dropped back 304 times and thrown 9.7 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 41 of 304 dropbacks and scrambled 10 times.
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.
In Week 9 against LAC he completed 21 of 35 passes for 384 yards, threw 5 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 20 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.
This season Jared Goff holds the bigger snap share, 99 percent against 98 percent.
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
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 Jared Goff for C.J. Stroud?
Not on these numbers alone. Jared Goff projects 132 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (16.5 a game over 8 games) and C.J. Stroud 134 (16.8 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 10 the call starts Jared Goff over C.J. Stroud.
Should I drop C.J. Stroud for Jared Goff?
Not on these numbers alone. C.J. Stroud projects 134 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (16.8 a game over 8 games) and Jared Goff 132 (16.5 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 10 the call starts Jared Goff over C.J. Stroud.
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