Should I start C.J. Stroud or Jaxson Dart in Week 8?
Updated Oct 27, 12:31 PM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.
Start C.J. Stroud: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Jaxson Dart's 60 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 · HOU · on bye this week
2026 vs pass yds line 5-2
- Market-based projection
- 17.9 pts a game Wk 7 price
- Overall rank
- 223
QB · NYG · on bye this week
2025 vs pass td line 5-7
- Overall rank
- 227
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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 C.J. Stroud, and the board ranks him 223rd overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 30.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Jaxson Dart, and the board ranks him 227th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 16.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for C.J. Stroud, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for Jaxson Dart, 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 so far
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.
Through Week 2, Jaxson Dart has been on the field for 60 percent of NYG snaps, dropped back 38 times and thrown 8.6 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 6 of 38 dropbacks and scrambled 2 times.
In Week 1 against DAL he completed 23 of 29 passes for 230 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 8 times for 59 yards.
In Week 2 against LAR he completed 3 of 5 passes for 20 yards and threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.
Their 2025 seasons
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.
In 2025 Jaxson Dart played 14 games and scored 246.6 PPR points, 17.6 a game, finishing QB14.
He threw for 2272 yards on 339 attempts with 15 touchdowns and 5 interceptions, and ran for 487 yards and 9 touchdowns.
That came to 24.2 attempts a game at 6.7 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Both were available for 14 games that season.
Head to head
In 2025 Jaxson Dart scored 17.6 PPR points a game and C.J. Stroud 15.5, 2.1 a game between them.
C.J. Stroud finished QB21 that year and Jaxson Dart QB14.
C.J. Stroud had 84 more pass attempts than Jaxson Dart, 423 to 339.
C.J. Stroud had 769 more passing yards than Jaxson Dart, 3041 to 2272.
This season C.J. Stroud holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 60 percent.
Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.
Byes and availability
Both are off in Week 8, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.
Jaxson Dart is listed as ir on the injury report.
Both players in full
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