Should I start Jameis Winston or MarShawn Lloyd in Week 7?

Updated Oct 21, 10:36 AM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Start Jameis Winston: 85 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against MarShawn Lloyd's 46 percent of the snaps and 36 percent of the carries. 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 MarShawn Lloyd for Jameis Winston?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Jameis Winston projects 138 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (13.8 a game over 10 games), MarShawn Lloyd 67 (6.7 a game over 10 games).

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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.

Jameis Winston

QB23 · NYG · bye 8

2026 vs pass yds line 2-3

Market-based projection: 14.6 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 122

MarShawn Lloyd

RB42 · GB · bye 11

2026 vs carries line 3-3

Market-based projection: 11.8 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 123

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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 Jameis Winston, and the board ranks him 122nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on MarShawn Lloyd, and the board ranks him 123rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 48.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Jameis Winston, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

The market-based projection for MarShawn Lloyd is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Jameis Winston has been on the field for 88 percent of NYG snaps, dropped back 178 times and thrown 9.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 32 of 178 dropbacks and scrambled 5 times.

In Week 4 against ARI he completed 18 of 29 passes for 250 yards and threw 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.

In Week 5 against WAS he completed 33 of 54 passes for 326 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 28 yards.

In Week 6 against NO he completed 14 of 26 passes for 152 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 2 times for 5 yards.

Through Week 6, MarShawn Lloyd has been on the field for 39 percent of GB snaps, taken 41 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 64 third down targets, had 3 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 14 targets have come 1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against TB he carried 7 times for 13 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 36 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against CHI he carried 10 times for 31 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 6 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 6 against DAL he carried 8 times for 10 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jameis Winston played 3 games and scored 45.3 PPR points, 15.1 a game, finishing QB46.

He threw for 567 yards on 66 attempts with 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, and ran for 23 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 22.0 attempts a game at 8.6 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

The season feed carries no line for MarShawn Lloyd in the last completed season.

Side by side

Jameis Winston is a quarterback and MarShawn Lloyd a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jameis Winston is off in Week 8 and MarShawn Lloyd in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

Should I drop MarShawn Lloyd for Jameis Winston?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Jameis Winston projects 138 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (13.8 a game over 10 games), MarShawn Lloyd 67 (6.7 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Jameis Winston for MarShawn Lloyd?
No. Keep Jameis Winston: he projects 138 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (13.8 a game over 10 games), MarShawn Lloyd 67 (6.7 a game over 10 games).