Should I start Dak Prescott or Justin Herbert in Week 9?
Updated Nov 3, 12:31 PM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
Dak Prescott and Justin Herbert are too close to call on usage: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets against 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games. 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 Justin Herbert for Dak Prescott?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Dak Prescott projects 146 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (18.2 a game over 8 games), Justin Herbert 125 (13.9 a game over 9 games).
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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.
QB19 · DAL · bye 14
2026 vs pass yds line 4-4
- Market-based projection
- 21.9 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 134
QB21 · LAC · bye 7
2026 vs pass yds line 3-4
- Market-based projection
- 16.2 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 139
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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 Dak Prescott, and the board ranks him 134th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Justin Herbert, and the board ranks him 139th overall on the rest of his evidence.
By format he goes standard: ADP 23; 2QB: ADP 12.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Dak Prescott is 1.2 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.
The market-based projection for Justin Herbert is 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.
Dak Prescott's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season through Week 8
Through Week 8, Dak Prescott has been on the field for 100 percent of DAL snaps, dropped back 330 times and thrown 7.8 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 43 of 330 dropbacks and scrambled 17 times.
In Week 6 against GB he completed 34 of 54 passes for 258 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 2 times for 7 yards.
In Week 7 against PHI he completed 15 of 27 passes for 212 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 8 yards.
In Week 8 against ARI he completed 19 of 29 passes for 195 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 6 times for 21 yards.
Through Week 8, Justin Herbert has been on the field for 100 percent of LAC snaps, dropped back 255 times and thrown 7.4 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 48 of 255 dropbacks and scrambled 22 times.
In Week 5 against DEN he completed 14 of 23 passes for 121 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 6 times for 54 yards.
In Week 6 against KC he completed 22 of 37 passes for 204 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 5 times for 26 yards.
In Week 8 against LAR he completed 24 of 31 passes for 257 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions and ran 4 times for 15 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Dak Prescott played 17 games and scored 323.8 PPR points, 19.0 a game, finishing QB6.
He threw for 4552 yards on 600 attempts with 30 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and ran for 177 yards and 2 touchdowns.
That came to 35.3 attempts a game at 7.6 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 98 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
In 2025 Justin Herbert played 16 games and scored 299.9 PPR points, 18.7 a game, finishing QB10.
He threw for 3727 yards on 512 attempts with 26 touchdowns and 13 interceptions, and ran for 498 yards and 2 touchdowns.
That came to 32.0 attempts a game at 7.3 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 97 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Dak Prescott was available for 1 game more.
Head to head
In 2025 Dak Prescott scored 19.0 PPR points a game and Justin Herbert 18.7, 0.3 a game between them.
Dak Prescott finished QB6 that year and Justin Herbert QB10.
Dak Prescott had 88 more pass attempts than Justin Herbert, 600 to 512.
Dak Prescott had 825 more passing yards than Justin Herbert, 4552 to 3727.
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
Dak Prescott is off in Week 14 and Justin Herbert in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Justin Herbert for Dak Prescott?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Dak Prescott projects 146 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (18.2 a game over 8 games), Justin Herbert 125 (13.9 a game over 9 games).
Should I drop Dak Prescott for Justin Herbert?
No. Keep Dak Prescott: he projects 146 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (18.2 a game over 8 games), Justin Herbert 125 (13.9 a game over 9 games).
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