Should I start Drake Maye or T.J. Hockenson in Week 10?

The market-based projections

Drake Maye's market-based projection is 19.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 7th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

T.J. Hockenson's market-based projection is 10.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 7 market sources. That is the 47th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Drake Maye, and the board ranks him 43rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on T.J. Hockenson, and the board ranks him 44th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 9

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.

Through Week 9, T.J. Hockenson has been on the field for 65 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 75 third down targets, had 1 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 44 targets have averaged 7.5 air yards.

In Week 7 against IND he caught 4 of 5 targets for 35 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against DET he caught 4 of 5 targets for 58 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against BUF he caught 4 of 7 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

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 T.J. Hockenson played 15 games and scored 112.8 PPR points, 7.5 a game, finishing TE26.

He caught 51 of 66 targets for 438 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 4.4 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 8.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Drake Maye was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Drake Maye scored 21.2 PPR points a game and T.J. Hockenson 7.5, 13.7 a game between them.

Drake Maye finished QB2 and T.J. Hockenson TE26, which are two different ladders.

Drake Maye is a quarterback and T.J. Hockenson a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Drake Maye is off in Week 11 and T.J. Hockenson in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

9.0 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.