Jake Ferguson or Colston Loveland: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Jake Ferguson at 8.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 119th highest figure of the 176 players the books price.

The player markets price Colston Loveland at 7.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 122nd highest figure of the 176 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jake Ferguson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 115th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 147.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Colston Loveland: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 120th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 20; 2QB: ADP 81.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Jake Ferguson has been on the field for 68 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 5.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against NYG he caught 2 of 2 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against WAS he caught 4 of 4 targets for 43 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 2, Colston Loveland has been on the field for 87 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 17 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 8.6 air yards.

In Week 1 against CAR he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against MIN he caught 1 of 3 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jake Ferguson played 17 games and scored 188.1 PPR points, 11.1 a game, finishing TE5.

He caught 82 of 102 targets for 600 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 23 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 7.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 67 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Colston Loveland played 16 games and scored 165.1 PPR points, 10.3 a game, finishing TE12.

He caught 58 of 82 targets for 713 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 5.1 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 12.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 63 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jake Ferguson was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jake Ferguson scored 11.1 PPR points a game and Colston Loveland 10.3, 0.7 a game between them.

Jake Ferguson finished TE5 that year and Colston Loveland TE12.

Jake Ferguson had 20 more targets than Colston Loveland, 102 to 82.

Colston Loveland had 113 more receiving yards than Jake Ferguson, 713 to 600.

This season Colston Loveland holds the bigger snap share, 87 percent against 68 percent.

This season Jake Ferguson holds the bigger target share, 10 percent against 9 percent.

Byes and availability

Jake Ferguson is off in Week 14 and Colston Loveland in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.3 points a game is the entire case. The books restate 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 books when it does.