Jacory Croskey-Merritt or Geno Smith: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jacory Croskey-Merritt: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 121st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 108.

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

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 123.

What the sportsbooks price

The books have Jacory Croskey-Merritt at 6.9 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 14 books. That is 90 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Geno Smith at 15.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 39th highest figure of the 175 players the books price.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Jacory Croskey-Merritt has been on the field for 43 percent of WAS snaps, taken 44 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have come 4.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against PHI he carried 16 times for 63 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for -7 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against DAL he carried 12 times for 43 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 5 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Geno Smith has been on the field for 100 percent of NYJ snaps, dropped back 74 times and thrown 6.6 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 9 of 74 dropbacks and scrambled 6 times.

In Week 1 against TEN he completed 19 of 24 passes for 215 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 10 yards.

In Week 2 against GB he completed 27 of 40 passes for 247 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 17 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 17 games and scored 140.3 PPR points, 8.3 a game, finishing RB33.

He carried 175 times for 805 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 9 of 13 targets for 68 more yards.

That came to 10.3 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 0.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Geno Smith played 15 games and scored 190.9 PPR points, 12.7 a game, finishing QB23.

He threw for 3025 yards on 448 attempts with 19 touchdowns and 17 interceptions, and ran for 109 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 29.9 attempts a game at 6.8 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 97 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Geno Smith scored 12.7 PPR points a game and Jacory Croskey-Merritt 8.3, 4.5 a game between them.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt finished RB33 and Geno Smith QB23, which are two different ladders.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt is a running back and Geno Smith a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jacory Croskey-Merritt is off in Week 7 and Geno Smith in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Jacory Croskey-Merritt is only part priced, so the books' half of this page is whole for only one of them.