Should I start Lamar Jackson or Ja'Kobi Lane in Week 8?

Updated Oct 27, 9:11 PM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.

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Oct 24, 4:13 PM ET: Lamar Jackson: Questionable to Out (Ankle, Sprain) (Sleeper injury feed)
Oct 21, 4:54 PM ET: Ravens' Lamar Jackson returns to practice but status remains unclear vs. Bengals (ESPN)

Start Lamar Jackson: 83 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Ja'Kobi Lane's 54 percent of the snaps and 15 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 Ja'Kobi Lane for Lamar Jackson?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Lamar Jackson projects 139 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (15.4 a game over 9 games), Ja'Kobi Lane 37 (4.1 a game over 9 games). Lamar Jackson is listed out.

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

Lamar Jackson

QB3 · BAL · bye 13

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Overall rank: 36

Ja'Kobi Lane

WR18 · BAL · bye 13

Market-based projection: 6.8 pts a game

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The gap

Board size293 draftable players

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 Lamar Jackson, and the board ranks him 36th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 3.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ja'Kobi Lane, and the board ranks him 37th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Lamar Jackson is 20.5 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 4 market sources. That is 90 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Ja'Kobi Lane's market-based projection is 6.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 5 market sources. That is the 51st highest figure of the 198 players with a market-based projection.

Lamar Jackson'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, Ja'Kobi Lane has been on the field for 54 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 29 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 10.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against IND he caught 1 of 3 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CLE he caught 4 of 5 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CIN he caught 3 of 5 targets for 25 yards and did not score.

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.

Ja'Kobi Lane is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Side by side

Lamar Jackson is a quarterback and Ja'Kobi Lane a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 13, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

Lamar Jackson is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

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

Drop or keep

Should I drop Ja'Kobi Lane for Lamar Jackson?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Lamar Jackson projects 139 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (15.4 a game over 9 games), Ja'Kobi Lane 37 (4.1 a game over 9 games). Lamar Jackson is listed out.
Should I drop Lamar Jackson for Ja'Kobi Lane?
No. Keep Lamar Jackson: he projects 139 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (15.4 a game over 9 games), Ja'Kobi Lane 37 (4.1 a game over 9 games). Lamar Jackson is listed out.