Should I start Patrick Mahomes or Jacoby Brissett in Week 7?

The market-based projections

Patrick Mahomes's market-based projection is 16.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 27th highest figure of the 214 players with a market-based projection.

Jacoby Brissett's market-based projection is 15.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 40th highest figure of the 214 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Patrick Mahomes, and the board ranks him 94th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jacoby Brissett, and the board ranks him 107th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 44.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Patrick Mahomes has been on the field for 100 percent of KC snaps, dropped back 174 times and thrown 6.3 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 24 of 174 dropbacks and scrambled 10 times.

In Week 3 against MIA he completed 20 of 24 passes for 246 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 1 yards.

In Week 4 against LV he completed 15 of 30 passes for 225 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 1 yards.

In Week 6 against LAC he completed 23 of 30 passes for 272 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 3 times for 19 yards.

Through Week 6, Jacoby Brissett has been on the field for 100 percent of ARI snaps, dropped back 249 times and thrown 6.9 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 38 of 249 dropbacks and scrambled 5 times.

In Week 4 against NYG he completed 21 of 35 passes for 166 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 3 interceptions and ran 4 times for 18 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Patrick Mahomes played 14 games and scored 296.7 PPR points, 21.2 a game, finishing QB11.

He threw for 3587 yards on 502 attempts with 22 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and ran for 422 yards and 5 touchdowns.

That came to 35.9 attempts a game at 7.1 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 97 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.

Both were available for 14 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Patrick Mahomes scored 21.2 PPR points a game and Jacoby Brissett 16.8, 4.4 a game between them.

Patrick Mahomes finished QB11 that year and Jacoby Brissett QB16.

Patrick Mahomes had 17 more pass attempts than Jacoby Brissett, 502 to 485.

Patrick Mahomes had 221 more passing yards than Jacoby Brissett, 3587 to 3366.

Their snap share this season is the same, 100 percent each.

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

Byes and availability

Patrick Mahomes is off in Week 5 and Jacoby Brissett in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.8 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.