Should I start Dak Prescott or Lamar Jackson in Week 9?
Updated Nov 4, 8:16 AM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
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Start Dak Prescott: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Lamar Jackson's 55 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 Lamar Jackson for Dak Prescott?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Dak Prescott projects 146 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (18.3 a game over 8 games), Lamar Jackson 123 (15.4 a game over 8 games). Lamar Jackson is listed out.
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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.
QB4 · DAL · bye 14
2026 vs pass yds line 4-4
- Market-based projection
- 20.3 pts a game
QB6 · BAL · bye 13
2026 vs pass yds line 3-2
- Market-based projection
- 19.2 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 70
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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 55th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Lamar Jackson, and the board ranks him 70th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 3.
The market-based projections
Dak Prescott's market-based projection is 20.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 5 market sources. That is the 8th highest figure of the 220 players with a market-based projection.
No season market is posted for Lamar Jackson, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
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, Lamar Jackson has been on the field for 73 percent of BAL snaps, dropped back 112 times and thrown 10.4 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 13 of 112 dropbacks and scrambled 10 times.
In Week 3 against DAL he completed 15 of 20 passes for 186 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 6 times for 50 yards.
In Week 4 against TEN he completed 15 of 20 passes for 222 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 20 yards.
In Week 8 against BUF he completed 0 of 1 pass for 0 yards and threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.
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 Lamar Jackson played 13 games and scored 221.9 PPR points, 17.1 a game, finishing QB20.
He threw for 2549 yards on 302 attempts with 21 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran for 349 yards and 2 touchdowns.
That came to 23.2 attempts a game at 8.4 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 92 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Dak Prescott was available for 4 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Dak Prescott scored 19.0 PPR points a game and Lamar Jackson 17.1, 2.0 a game between them.
Dak Prescott finished QB6 that year and Lamar Jackson QB20.
Dak Prescott had 298 more pass attempts than Lamar Jackson, 600 to 302.
Dak Prescott had 2003 more passing yards than Lamar Jackson, 4552 to 2549.
This season Dak Prescott holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 73 percent.
Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.
Byes and availability
Dak Prescott is off in Week 14 and Lamar Jackson in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.
Lamar Jackson is listed as out on the injury report.
What would change the answer
Lamar Jackson has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Lamar Jackson for Dak Prescott?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Dak Prescott projects 146 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (18.3 a game over 8 games), Lamar Jackson 123 (15.4 a game over 8 games). Lamar Jackson is listed out.
Should I drop Dak Prescott for Lamar Jackson?
No. Keep Dak Prescott: he projects 146 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (18.3 a game over 8 games), Lamar Jackson 123 (15.4 a game over 8 games). Lamar Jackson is listed out.
Both players in full
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