Matthew Stafford or Drake Maye: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Matthew Stafford at 20.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 8th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

The player markets price Drake Maye at 18.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 market sources. That is the 14th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Matthew Stafford: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 40th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Drake Maye: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 61st overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Matthew Stafford has been on the field for 97 percent of LAR snaps, dropped back 169 times and thrown 9.6 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 28 of 169 dropbacks and scrambled 4 times.

In Week 2 against NYG he completed 22 of 30 passes for 327 yards, threw 4 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 2 yards.

In Week 3 against DEN he completed 30 of 53 passes for 390 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions and ran 2 times for 13 yards.

In Week 4 against PHI he completed 32 of 51 passes for 317 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions and ran 2 times for 11 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 Matthew Stafford played 17 games and scored 358.4 PPR points, 21.1 a game, finishing QB3.

He threw for 4707 yards on 597 attempts with 46 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 1 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 35.1 attempts a game at 7.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 99 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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Drake Maye scored 21.2 PPR points a game and Matthew Stafford 21.1, 0.1 a game between them.

Matthew Stafford finished QB3 that year and Drake Maye QB2.

Matthew Stafford had 105 more pass attempts than Drake Maye, 597 to 492.

Matthew Stafford had 313 more passing yards than Drake Maye, 4707 to 4394.

This season Matthew Stafford holds the bigger snap share, 97 percent against 95 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 11, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

2.2 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 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 market price when it does.