Should I start Geno Smith or Shedeur Sanders in Week 9?
Updated Nov 4, 12:56 PM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
Start Geno Smith: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Shedeur Sanders's 4 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
QB33 · NYJ · bye 13
2026 vs pass yds line 6-2
- Market-based projection
- 15.6 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 227
QB · CLE · bye 11
2025 vs pass td line 2-6
- Overall rank
- 243
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The gap
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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Geno Smith, and the board ranks him 227th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Shedeur Sanders, and the board ranks him 243rd overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Geno Smith is 0.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 2 market sources. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
No season market is posted for Shedeur Sanders, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
This season through Week 8
Through Week 8, Geno Smith has been on the field for 100 percent of NYJ snaps, dropped back 272 times and thrown 7.9 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 46 of 272 dropbacks and scrambled 11 times.
In Week 6 against NE he completed 20 of 30 passes for 252 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 0 yards.
In Week 7 against MIA he completed 23 of 30 passes for 287 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 1 yards.
In Week 8 against LV he completed 20 of 32 passes for 290 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 4 yards.
Through Week 8, Shedeur Sanders has been on the field for 4 percent of CLE snaps, dropped back 3 times and thrown -1.7 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 0 of 3 dropbacks.
In Week 3 against CAR he completed 1 of 1 pass for 0 yards and threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.
In Week 8 against PIT he completed 2 of 2 passes for 2 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 Shedeur Sanders played 8 games and scored 94.9 PPR points, 11.9 a game, finishing QB37.
He threw for 1400 yards on 212 attempts with 7 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and ran for 169 yards and 1 touchdown.
That came to 26-27 attempts a game at 6.6 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 60 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Geno Smith was available for 7 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Geno Smith scored 12.7 PPR points a game and Shedeur Sanders 11.9, 0.9 a game between them.
Geno Smith finished QB23 that year and Shedeur Sanders QB37.
Geno Smith had 236 more pass attempts than Shedeur Sanders, 448 to 212.
Geno Smith had 1625 more passing yards than Shedeur Sanders, 3025 to 1400.
This season Geno Smith holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 4 percent.
Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.
Byes and availability
Geno Smith is off in Week 13 and Shedeur Sanders in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.
Both players in full
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