Should I start Ja'Marr Chase or Drake Maye in Week 10?

The market-based projections

Ja'Marr Chase's market-based projection is 22.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 3 market sources. That is the 2nd highest figure of the 207 players with a market-based projection.

Drake Maye's market-based projection is 20.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 4th highest figure of the 207 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ja'Marr Chase, and the board ranks him 4th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 5.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Drake Maye, and the board ranks him 5th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Ja'Marr Chase has been on the field for 81 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 18 of the offence's 68 third down targets, had 3 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 47 two minute targets.

His 73 targets have averaged 10.1 air yards.

In Week 7 against BAL he caught 5 of 7 targets for 62 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against TEN he caught 11 of 16 targets for 141 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against ATL he caught 10 of 12 targets for 155 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 9, Drake Maye has been on the field for 96 percent of NE snaps, dropped back 318 times and thrown 9.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 47 of 318 dropbacks and scrambled 27 times.

In Week 7 against CHI he completed 24 of 30 passes for 321 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 4 times for 26 yards.

In Week 8 against MIA he completed 16 of 20 passes for 199 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 7 yards.

In Week 9 against GB he completed 21 of 38 passes for 299 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 3 interceptions and ran 1 time for 3 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Ja'Marr Chase played 16 games and scored 313.6 PPR points, 19.6 a game, finishing WR4.

He caught 125 of 185 targets for 1412 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 21 red zone targets.

That came to 11.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 11.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 94 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Drake Maye played 17 games and scored 360.0 PPR points, 21.2 a game, finishing QB2.

He threw for 4394 yards on 492 attempts with 31 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 450 yards and 4 touchdowns.

That came to 28.9 attempts a game at 8.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 97 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Drake Maye was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Drake Maye scored 21.2 PPR points a game and Ja'Marr Chase 19.6, 1.6 a game between them.

Ja'Marr Chase finished WR4 and Drake Maye QB2, which are two different ladders.

Ja'Marr Chase is a wide receiver and Drake Maye a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Ja'Marr Chase is off in Week 6 and Drake Maye in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

1.9 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 live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.