Should I start Lamar Jackson or Jacoby Brissett in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Lamar Jackson, and the board ranks him 59th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 3.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jacoby Brissett, and the board ranks him 63rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 44.

The market-based projections

Lamar Jackson's market-based projection is 19.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 11th highest figure of the 207 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Jacoby Brissett is 18.9 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 6 market sources. That is 90 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Jacoby Brissett's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 4, Lamar Jackson has been on the field for 88 percent of BAL snaps, dropped back 111 times and thrown 10.4 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 13 of 111 dropbacks and scrambled 10 times.

In Week 2 against NO he completed 21 of 30 passes for 235 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 4 times for 34 yards.

In Week 3 against DAL he completed 15 of 20 passes for 186 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 6 times for 50 yards.

In Week 4 against TEN he completed 15 of 20 passes for 222 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 20 yards.

Through Week 7, Jacoby Brissett has been on the field for 100 percent of ARI snaps, dropped back 302 times and thrown 6.9 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 51 of 302 dropbacks and scrambled 7 times.

In Week 5 against DET he completed 29 of 46 passes for 292 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 19 yards.

In Week 6 against LAR he completed 24 of 35 passes for 218 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 2 yards.

In Week 7 against DEN he completed 27 of 48 passes for 272 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 7 times for 16 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Lamar Jackson played 13 games and scored 221.9 PPR points, 17.1 a game, finishing QB20.

He threw for 2549 yards on 302 attempts with 21 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran for 349 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 23.2 attempts a game at 8.4 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 92 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Jacoby Brissett was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Lamar Jackson scored 17.1 PPR points a game and Jacoby Brissett 16.8, 0.2 a game between them.

Lamar Jackson finished QB20 that year and Jacoby Brissett QB16.

Jacoby Brissett had 183 more pass attempts than Lamar Jackson, 485 to 302.

Jacoby Brissett had 817 more passing yards than Lamar Jackson, 3366 to 2549.

This season Jacoby Brissett holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 88 percent.

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

Byes and availability

Lamar Jackson is off in Week 13 and Jacoby Brissett in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

Lamar Jackson is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Jacoby Brissett has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.