Jacoby Brissett or Kyle Monangai: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jacoby Brissett: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 124th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 115.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyle Monangai: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 125th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 114.

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Jacoby Brissett at 15.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 18 books. That is the 42nd highest figure of the 170 players the books price.

The books have Kyle Monangai at 7.8 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 15 books. That is 90 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Jacoby Brissett has been on the field for 100 percent of ARI snaps, dropped back 70 times and thrown 6.0 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 12 of 70 dropbacks and scrambled 2 times.

In Week 1 against LAC he completed 27 of 37 passes for 277 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 17 yards.

In Week 2 against SEA he completed 17 of 28 passes for 95 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 7 yards.

Through Week 2, Kyle Monangai has been on the field for 38 percent of CHI snaps, taken 29 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 17 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 2.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against CAR he carried 10 times for 100 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 24 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against MIN he carried 10 times for 47 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jacoby Brissett played 14 games and scored 235.4 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing QB16.

He threw for 3366 yards on 485 attempts with 23 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 168 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 34.6 attempts a game at 6.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Kyle Monangai played 17 games and scored 146.7 PPR points, 8.6 a game, finishing RB30.

He carried 169 times for 783 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 18 of 30 targets for 164 more yards.

That came to 9.9 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 1.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kyle Monangai was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jacoby Brissett scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Kyle Monangai 8.6, 8.2 a game between them.

Jacoby Brissett finished QB16 and Kyle Monangai RB30, which are two different ladders.

Jacoby Brissett is a quarterback and Kyle Monangai a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jacoby Brissett is off in Week 14 and Kyle Monangai in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

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