Lamar Jackson or Drake Maye: who should I start in Week 5?
Both players' season market price, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, with the draft market's own figures wherever it still has them.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 at 9:56 PM ET
Neither is in the consensus draft sample any more, and the market has not posted a whole price on Lamar Jackson, so there is no current market order to give between these two. What follows is what each of them has already done.
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QB4 · BAL · bye 13
2026 vs pass yds line 3-1
- Market price
- 19.0 pts a game Wk 4 price
- Overall rank
- 54
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 3
QB5 · NE · bye 11
2026 vs pass yds line 1-3
- Market price
- 18.6 pts a game
- Draft pick
- no consensus
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The gap
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Board size279 draftable players
Consensus average draft position has stopped updating on these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out rather than printed stale. The verdict line above restates the market price and nothing else.
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Where the draft room stands
Drafters have formed no consensus on Lamar Jackson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 54th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 3.
Drafters have formed no consensus on Drake Maye: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 58th overall on the rest of his evidence.
What the player markets price
No season market is posted for Lamar Jackson, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
The player markets price Drake Maye at 18.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 18 market sources. That is the 10th highest figure of the 218 players the market prices.
This season through Week 4
Through Week 4, Lamar Jackson has been on the field for 88 percent of BAL snaps, dropped back 111 times and thrown 10.4 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 13 of 111 dropbacks and scrambled 10 times.
In Week 2 against NO he completed 21 of 30 passes for 235 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 4 times for 34 yards.
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.
Through Week 4, Drake Maye has been on the field for 95 percent of NE snaps, dropped back 141 times and thrown 9.1 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 22 of 141 dropbacks and scrambled 14 times.
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.
In Week 3 against JAX he completed 14 of 25 passes for 199 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions and ran 4 times for 18 yards.
In Week 4 against BUF he completed 22 of 37 passes for 269 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 6 times for 56 yards.
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 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 4 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Drake Maye scored 21.2 PPR points a game and Lamar Jackson 17.1, 4.1 a game between them.
Lamar Jackson finished QB20 that year and Drake Maye QB2.
Drake Maye had 190 more pass attempts than Lamar Jackson, 492 to 302.
Drake Maye had 1845 more passing yards than Lamar Jackson, 4394 to 2549.
This season Drake Maye holds the bigger snap share, 95 percent against 88 percent.
Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.
Byes and availability
Lamar Jackson is off in Week 13 and Drake Maye in Week 11, 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.
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