C.J. Stroud or MarShawn Lloyd: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price C.J. Stroud at 16.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 26th highest figure of the 185 players the market prices.

The player markets price MarShawn Lloyd at 9.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 90th highest figure of the 185 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on C.J. Stroud: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 86th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 31.

Drafters have formed no consensus on MarShawn Lloyd: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 85th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 52.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, C.J. Stroud has been on the field for 100 percent of HOU snaps, dropped back 166 times and thrown 10.3 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 27 of 166 dropbacks and scrambled 7 times.

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.

In Week 3 against IND he completed 16 of 27 passes for 167 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 10 yards.

In Week 4 against DAL he completed 21 of 29 passes for 347 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 12 yards.

Through Week 4, MarShawn Lloyd has been on the field for 37 percent of GB snaps, taken 43 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 27 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 2 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have come 0.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against NYJ he carried 6 times for 20 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 6 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against ATL he carried 4 times for 11 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against TB he carried 7 times for 13 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 36 yards and did not score.

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.

The season feed carries no line for MarShawn Lloyd in the last completed season.

Side by side

C.J. Stroud is a quarterback and MarShawn Lloyd a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

7.1 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.