Should I start Lamar Jackson or Justice Hill in Week 9?

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 Justice Hill, and the board ranks him 82nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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

Justice Hill's market-based projection is 6.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 113th highest figure of the 224 players with a market-based projection.

This season through Week 8

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.

Through Week 8, Justice Hill has been on the field for 43 percent of BAL snaps, taken 11 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 66 third down targets, had 0 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 47 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have come 1.1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 6 against CLE he carried 0 times for 0 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CIN he carried 3 times for 7 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against BUF he carried 3 times for 15 yards, caught 4 of 8 targets for 20 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 Justice Hill played 10 games and scored 65.2 PPR points, 6.5 a game, finishing RB60.

He carried 18 times for 93 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 21 of 27 targets for 169 more yards.

That came to 1.8 carries a game at 5.2 yards a carry and 2.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 37 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Lamar Jackson was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Lamar Jackson scored 17.1 PPR points a game and Justice Hill 6.5, 10.5 a game between them.

Lamar Jackson finished QB20 and Justice Hill RB60, which are two different ladders.

Lamar Jackson is a quarterback and Justice Hill a running back, 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 no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.