Justin Herbert or Romeo Doubs: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Justin Herbert at 16.8 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 books. That is the 19th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price Romeo Doubs at 9.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 100th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Justin Herbert: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 84th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 23; 2QB: ADP 26.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Romeo Doubs: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 83rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 123.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Justin Herbert has been on the field for 100 percent of LAC snaps, dropped back 66 times and thrown 10.0 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 13 of 66 dropbacks and scrambled 6 times.

In Week 1 against ARI he completed 17 of 27 passes for 209 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 5 times for 29 yards.

In Week 2 against LV he completed 15 of 27 passes for 192 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 3 times for 2 yards.

Through Week 2, Romeo Doubs has been on the field for 61 percent of NE snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 21.6 air yards.

In Week 1 against SEA he caught 0 of 3 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against PIT he caught 3 of 4 targets for 96 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Justin Herbert played 16 games and scored 299.9 PPR points, 18.7 a game, finishing QB10.

He threw for 3727 yards on 512 attempts with 26 touchdowns and 13 interceptions, and ran for 498 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 32.0 attempts a game at 7.3 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 97 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Romeo Doubs played 16 games and scored 165.4 PPR points, 10.3 a game, finishing WR37.

He caught 55 of 85 targets for 724 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 5.3 targets a game, a 65 percent catch rate and 13.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Justin Herbert scored 18.7 PPR points a game and Romeo Doubs 10.3, 8.4 a game between them.

Justin Herbert finished QB10 and Romeo Doubs WR37, which are two different ladders.

Justin Herbert is a quarterback and Romeo Doubs a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Justin Herbert is off in Week 7 and Romeo Doubs in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

7.4 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.