Lamar Jackson or Drake London: who should I start?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Lamar Jackson at 20.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 18 books. That is the 3rd highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

The player markets price Drake London at 12.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 17 books. That is the 57th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Lamar Jackson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 37th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 8.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Drake London: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 34th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 28.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Lamar Jackson has been on the field for 100 percent of BAL snaps, dropped back 29 times and thrown 11.3 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 3 of 29 dropbacks and scrambled 3 times.

In Week 1 against IND he completed 17 of 24 passes for 324 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 43 yards.

Through Week 1, Drake London has been on the field for 98 percent of ATL snaps and drawn 21 percent of the targets.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 6 third down targets and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 5.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against PIT he carried 1 time for 6 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 29 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Drake London played 12 games and scored 201.9 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing WR19.

He caught 68 of 112 targets for 919 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 9.3 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 13.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 90 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Lamar Jackson was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Lamar Jackson scored 17.1 PPR points a game and Drake London 16.8, 0.2 a game between them.

Lamar Jackson finished QB20 and Drake London WR19, which are two different ladders.

Lamar Jackson is a quarterback and Drake London a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Lamar Jackson is off in Week 13 and Drake London in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

7.5 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.