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Should I start Lamar Jackson or Kendre Miller in Week 7?

Updated Oct 22, 2:41 AM ET.

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  • : Ravens' Lamar Jackson returns to practice but status remains unclear vs. Bengals (ESPN)

Start Lamar Jackson: 83 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Kendre Miller's 34 percent of the snaps and 49 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.

Should I drop Kendre Miller for Lamar Jackson?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Lamar Jackson projects 115 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (11.5 a game over 10 games), Kendre Miller 62 (6.2 a game over 10 games). Lamar Jackson is listed questionable.

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

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Market-based projection
8.1 pts a game

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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 Lamar Jackson, and the board ranks him 59th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 3.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kendre Miller, and the board ranks him 60th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Lamar Jackson is 19.2 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 6 market sources. That is 45 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Kendre Miller's market-based projection is 8.1 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 103rd highest figure of the 215 players with a market-based 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 6, Kendre Miller has been on the field for 30 percent of NO snaps, taken 39 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 4 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 34 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have come 0.9 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against ATL he carried 6 times for 9 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against MIN he carried 10 times for 30 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against NYG he carried 20 times for 70 yards, caught 2 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 Kendre Miller played 7 games and scored 33.3 PPR points, 4.8 a game, finishing RB79.

He carried 47 times for 193 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 5 of 5 targets for 30 more yards.

That came to 6.7 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 0.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 24 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Lamar Jackson was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Lamar Jackson scored 17.1 PPR points a game and Kendre Miller 4.8, 12.3 a game between them.

Lamar Jackson finished QB20 and Kendre Miller RB79, which are two different ladders.

Lamar Jackson is a quarterback and Kendre Miller 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 Kendre Miller in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Lamar Jackson is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Lamar Jackson has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Kendre Miller for Lamar Jackson?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Lamar Jackson projects 115 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (11.5 a game over 10 games), Kendre Miller 62 (6.2 a game over 10 games). Lamar Jackson is listed questionable.

  • Should I drop Lamar Jackson for Kendre Miller?

    No. Keep Lamar Jackson: he projects 115 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (11.5 a game over 10 games), Kendre Miller 62 (6.2 a game over 10 games). Lamar Jackson is listed questionable.

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