Should I start Josh Allen or Lamar Jackson in Week 9?
Updated Nov 4, 8:16 AM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
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Start Josh Allen: 98 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Lamar Jackson's 55 percent of the snaps and 0 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 Lamar Jackson for Josh Allen?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Josh Allen projects 209 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (23.2 a game over 9 games), Lamar Jackson 123 (15.4 a game over 8 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.
QB2 · BUF · bye 7
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- Market-based projection
- 22.3 pts a game
QB6 · BAL · bye 13
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- Market-based projection
- 19.2 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 70
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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 Josh Allen, and the board ranks him 39th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 2.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Lamar Jackson, and the board ranks him 70th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 3.
The market-based projections
Josh Allen's market-based projection is 22.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 3rd highest figure of the 220 players with a market-based projection.
No season market is posted for Lamar Jackson, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
This season through Week 8
Through Week 8, Josh Allen has been on the field for 99 percent of BUF snaps, dropped back 237 times and thrown 9.0 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 32 of 237 dropbacks and scrambled 19 times.
In Week 5 against LAR he completed 12 of 19 passes for 210 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 10 times for 121 yards.
In Week 6 against LV he completed 23 of 33 passes for 255 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 4 yards.
In Week 8 against BAL he completed 21 of 34 passes for 289 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 7 times for 30 yards.
Through Week 8, Lamar Jackson has been on the field for 73 percent of BAL snaps, dropped back 112 times and thrown 10.4 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 13 of 112 dropbacks and scrambled 10 times.
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.
In Week 8 against BUF he completed 0 of 1 pass for 0 yards and threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Josh Allen played 17 games and scored 374.6 PPR points, 22.0 a game, finishing QB1.
He threw for 3668 yards on 460 attempts with 25 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and ran for 579 yards and 14 touchdowns.
That came to 27.1 attempts a game at 8.0 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 98 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
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.
Josh Allen was available for 4 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Josh Allen scored 22.0 PPR points a game and Lamar Jackson 17.1, 5.0 a game between them.
Josh Allen finished QB1 that year and Lamar Jackson QB20.
Josh Allen had 158 more pass attempts than Lamar Jackson, 460 to 302.
Josh Allen had 1119 more passing yards than Lamar Jackson, 3668 to 2549.
This season Josh Allen holds the bigger snap share, 99 percent against 73 percent.
This season Josh Allen holds the bigger target share, 1 percent against 0 percent.
Byes and availability
Josh Allen is off in Week 7 and Lamar Jackson in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.
Lamar Jackson is listed as out on the injury report.
What would change the answer
Lamar Jackson has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Lamar Jackson for Josh Allen?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Josh Allen projects 209 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (23.2 a game over 9 games), Lamar Jackson 123 (15.4 a game over 8 games). Lamar Jackson is listed out.
Should I drop Josh Allen for Lamar Jackson?
No. Keep Josh Allen: he projects 209 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (23.2 a game over 9 games), Lamar Jackson 123 (15.4 a game over 8 games). Lamar Jackson is listed out.
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