Drake Maye or Michael Penix Jr.: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

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 184 players the market prices.

The player markets price Michael Penix Jr. at 14.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 47th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Drake Maye: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 57th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Michael Penix Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 122nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

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.

Through Week 4, Michael Penix Jr. has been on the field for 100 percent of ATL snaps, dropped back 46 times and thrown 6.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 2 of 46 dropbacks.

In Week 3 against GB he completed 18 of 25 passes for 256 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception.

In Week 4 against NO he completed 15 of 20 passes for 223 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions.

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 Michael Penix Jr. played 9 games and scored 123.3 PPR points, 13.7 a game, finishing QB33.

He threw for 1982 yards on 276 attempts with 9 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran for 70 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 30.7 attempts a game at 7.2 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 93 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Drake Maye was available for 8 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Drake Maye scored 21.2 PPR points a game and Michael Penix Jr. 13.7, 7.5 a game between them.

Drake Maye finished QB2 that year and Michael Penix Jr. QB33.

Drake Maye had 216 more pass attempts than Michael Penix Jr., 492 to 276.

Drake Maye had 2412 more passing yards than Michael Penix Jr., 4394 to 1982.

This season Michael Penix Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 100 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

3.9 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 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.