Should I start Matthew Stafford or Jacoby Brissett in Week 9?
Updated Nov 4, 7:06 AM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
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Week 9 verdict
Start Matthew Stafford over Jacoby Brissett
- Market projects
- 17.9
- fantasy pts
- WAS D vs QB
- 20.6
- 3rd most to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 98%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 16.0
- recent weeks avg
- SEA D vs QB
- 11.9
- 2nd fewest to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 94%
- Through Week 8
Start Matthew Stafford: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Jacoby Brissett's 85 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.
Should I drop Jacoby Brissett for Matthew Stafford?
Not on these numbers alone. Jacoby Brissett projects 125 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (15.6 a game over 8 games) and Matthew Stafford 129 (16.1 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Matthew Stafford over Jacoby Brissett. Matthew Stafford is listed questionable.
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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.
QB11 · LAR · bye 11
2026 vs pass yds line 4-4
- Overall rank
- 81
QB12 · ARI · bye 14
2026 vs pass yds line 4-4
- Market-based projection
- 17.1 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 87
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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 Matthew Stafford, and the board ranks him 81st overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Jacoby Brissett, and the board ranks him 87th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 44.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Matthew Stafford is 17.8 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 6 market sources. That is 70 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 Jacoby Brissett, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
This season through Week 8
Through Week 8, Matthew Stafford has been on the field for 98 percent of LAR snaps, dropped back 316 times and thrown 7.7 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 45 of 316 dropbacks and scrambled 4 times.
In Week 6 against ARI he completed 25 of 33 passes for 222 yards and threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.
In Week 7 against LV he completed 23 of 29 passes for 195 yards and threw 3 touchdowns and 1 interception.
In Week 8 against LAC he completed 17 of 25 passes for 157 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception.
Through Week 8, Jacoby Brissett has been on the field for 94 percent of ARI snaps, dropped back 331 times and thrown 7.2 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 61 of 331 dropbacks and scrambled 9 times.
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.
In Week 8 against DAL he completed 10 of 23 passes for 119 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 3 times for 7 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Matthew Stafford played 17 games and scored 358.4 PPR points, 21.1 a game, finishing QB3.
He threw for 4707 yards on 597 attempts with 46 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 1 yards and 0 touchdowns.
That came to 35.1 attempts a game at 7.9 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 99 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.
Matthew Stafford was available for 3 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Matthew Stafford scored 21.1 PPR points a game and Jacoby Brissett 16.8, 4.3 a game between them.
Matthew Stafford finished QB3 that year and Jacoby Brissett QB16.
Matthew Stafford had 112 more pass attempts than Jacoby Brissett, 597 to 485.
Matthew Stafford had 1341 more passing yards than Jacoby Brissett, 4707 to 3366.
This season Matthew Stafford holds the bigger snap share, 98 percent against 94 percent.
Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.
Byes and availability
Matthew Stafford is off in Week 11 and Jacoby Brissett in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.
Matthew Stafford is listed as questionable on the injury report.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Jacoby Brissett for Matthew Stafford?
Not on these numbers alone. Jacoby Brissett projects 125 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (15.6 a game over 8 games) and Matthew Stafford 129 (16.1 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Matthew Stafford over Jacoby Brissett. Matthew Stafford is listed questionable.
Should I drop Matthew Stafford for Jacoby Brissett?
Not on these numbers alone. Matthew Stafford projects 129 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (16.1 a game over 8 games) and Jacoby Brissett 125 (15.6 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Matthew Stafford over Jacoby Brissett. Matthew Stafford is listed questionable.
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