Drake Maye or Justin Herbert: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Drake Maye at 17.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 15th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price Justin Herbert at 16.8 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 books. That is the 19th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Drake Maye: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 76th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 7.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Justin Herbert: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 84th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 23; 2QB: ADP 26.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Drake Maye has been on the field for 100 percent of NE snaps, dropped back 69 times and thrown 7.6 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 12 of 69 dropbacks and scrambled 8 times.

In Week 1 against SEA he completed 23 of 33 passes for 178 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 3 interceptions and ran 7 times for 47 yards.

In Week 2 against PIT he completed 14 of 22 passes for 208 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 20 yards.

Through Week 2, Justin Herbert has been on the field for 100 percent of LAC snaps, dropped back 66 times and thrown 10.0 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 13 of 66 dropbacks and scrambled 6 times.

In Week 1 against ARI he completed 17 of 27 passes for 209 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 5 times for 29 yards.

In Week 2 against LV he completed 15 of 27 passes for 192 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 3 times for 2 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

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.

Drake Maye was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Drake Maye scored 21.2 PPR points a game and Justin Herbert 18.7, 2.4 a game between them.

Drake Maye finished QB2 that year and Justin Herbert QB10.

Justin Herbert had 20 more pass attempts than Drake Maye, 512 to 492.

Drake Maye had 667 more passing yards than Justin Herbert, 4394 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

Drake Maye is off in Week 11 and Justin Herbert in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.9 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.