Should I start Lamar Jackson or Jordan Mason in Week 8?
Updated Oct 27, 11:11 AM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.
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Start Lamar Jackson: 83 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Jordan Mason's 54 percent of the snaps and 52 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.
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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.
QB7 · BAL · bye 13
2026 vs pass yds line 3-1
- Market-based projection
- 16.9 pts a game Wk 7 price
- Overall rank
- 65
RB25 · MIN · bye 6
2025 vs rush yds line 8-8
- Market-based projection
- 11.4 pts a game Wk 7 price
- Overall rank
- 67
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Their Week 8 outlook
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 Lamar Jackson, and the board ranks him 65th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 3.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Jordan Mason, and the board ranks him 67th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Lamar Jackson is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
The market-based projection for Jordan Mason is 3.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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.
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, Jordan Mason has been on the field for 54 percent of MIN snaps, taken 52 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 28 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 0 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 1 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 1 two minute target.
His 2 targets have averaged 0.0 air yards.
In Week 1 against GB he carried 15 times for 59 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 7 against IND he carried 15 times for 68 yards, caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 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.
In 2025 Jordan Mason played 16 games and scored 128.9 PPR points, 8.1 a game, finishing RB36.
He carried 159 times for 758 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 14 of 16 targets for 51 more yards.
That came to 9.9 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 0.9 catches a game.
He was on the field for 44 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Jordan Mason was available for 3 games more.
Side by side
In 2025 Lamar Jackson scored 17.1 PPR points a game and Jordan Mason 8.1, 9.0 a game between them.
Lamar Jackson finished QB20 and Jordan Mason RB36, which are two different ladders.
Lamar Jackson is a quarterback and Jordan Mason a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.
Byes and availability
Lamar Jackson is off in Week 13 and Jordan Mason in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.
Lamar Jackson is listed as out on the injury report.
Both players in full
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