Jared Goff or Pat Freiermuth: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Jared Goff at 16.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 27th highest figure of the 176 players the books price.

The player markets price Pat Freiermuth at 8.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 110th highest figure of the 176 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jared Goff: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 101st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 24.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Pat Freiermuth: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 103rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 146.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Jared Goff has been on the field for 100 percent of DET snaps, dropped back 85 times and thrown 7.1 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 18 of 85 dropbacks and scrambled 3 times.

In Week 1 against NO he completed 26 of 39 passes for 206 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 2 yards.

In Week 2 against BUF he completed 26 of 38 passes for 327 yards, threw 4 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 7 yards.

Through Week 2, Pat Freiermuth has been on the field for 69 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 33 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 18 third down targets and seen 3 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 6.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against ATL he caught 5 of 5 targets for 46 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against NE he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jared Goff played 17 games and scored 305.1 PPR points, 17.9 a game, finishing QB9.

He threw for 4564 yards on 578 attempts with 34 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 45 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 34.0 attempts a game at 7.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 98 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Pat Freiermuth played 17 games and scored 113.6 PPR points, 6.7 a game, finishing TE25.

He caught 41 of 54 targets for 486 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 3.2 targets a game, a 76 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 49 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Jared Goff scored 17.9 PPR points a game and Pat Freiermuth 6.7, 11.3 a game between them.

Jared Goff finished QB9 and Pat Freiermuth TE25, which are two different ladders.

Jared Goff is a quarterback and Pat Freiermuth a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jared Goff is off in Week 6 and Pat Freiermuth in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

7.7 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.