Geno Smith or Sam Darnold: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

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.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Sam Darnold: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 133rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 62.

What the sportsbooks price

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.

The books have Sam Darnold at 14.9 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 11 books. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Sam Darnold's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

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.

Through Week 1, Sam Darnold has been on the field for 10 percent of SEA snaps, dropped back 3 times and thrown 7.5 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 1 of 3 dropbacks.

In Week 1 against NE he completed 1 of 2 passes for 13 yards and threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Sam Darnold played 17 games and scored 249.4 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing QB13.

He threw for 4048 yards on 477 attempts with 25 touchdowns and 14 interceptions, and ran for 95 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 28.1 attempts a game at 8.5 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 96 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Sam Darnold was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Sam Darnold scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Geno Smith 12.7, 1.9 a game between them.

Geno Smith finished QB23 that year and Sam Darnold QB13.

Sam Darnold had 29 more pass attempts than Geno Smith, 477 to 448.

Sam Darnold had 1023 more passing yards than Geno Smith, 4048 to 3025.

This season Geno Smith holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 10 percent.

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

Byes and availability

Geno Smith is off in Week 13 and Sam Darnold in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Sam Darnold is only part priced, so the books' half of this page is whole for only one of them.