Should I start Ollie Gordon II or Kyler Murray in Week 7?
Updated Oct 21, 11:16 PM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.
Start Kyler Murray: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Ollie Gordon II's 71 percent of the snaps and 53 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 Ollie Gordon II for Kyler Murray?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Kyler Murray projects 182 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.5 a game over 11 games), Ollie Gordon II 110 (10.0 a game over 11 games).
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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
- 9.7 pts a game
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- Overall rank
- 91
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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 Ollie Gordon II, and the board ranks him 47th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Kyler Murray, and the board ranks him 91st overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 18.
The market-based projections
Ollie Gordon II's market-based projection is 9.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 86th highest figure of the 214 players with a market-based projection.
The market-based projection for Kyler Murray is 16.6 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
Kyler Murray's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season through Week 5
Through Week 5, Ollie Gordon II has been on the field for 48 percent of MIA snaps, taken 36 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 38 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 1 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 5 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 18 two minute targets.
His 5 targets have come 3.2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.
In Week 3 against KC he carried 17 times for 41 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 14 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 4 against MIN he carried 9 times for 100 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 5 against CIN he carried 18 times for 88 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
Through Week 5, Kyler Murray has been on the field for 80 percent of MIN snaps, dropped back 122 times and thrown 6.4 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 16 of 122 dropbacks and scrambled 13 times.
In Week 3 against TB he completed 15 of 29 passes for 168 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 17 yards.
In Week 4 against MIA he completed 27 of 37 passes for 247 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 21 yards.
In Week 5 against NO he completed 24 of 29 passes for 229 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 7 times for 54 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Ollie Gordon II played 17 games and scored 54.1 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing RB68.
He carried 70 times for 199 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 7 of 9 targets for 32 more yards.
That came to 4.1 carries a game at 2.8 yards a carry and 0.4 catches a game.
He was on the field for 22 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
In 2025 Kyler Murray played 5 games and scored 80.8 PPR points, 16.2 a game, finishing QB38.
He threw for 962 yards on 161 attempts with 6 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran for 173 yards and 1 touchdown.
That came to 32.2 attempts a game at 6.0 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 99 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Ollie Gordon II was available for 12 games more.
Side by side
In 2025 Kyler Murray scored 16.2 PPR points a game and Ollie Gordon II 3.2, 13.0 a game between them.
Ollie Gordon II finished RB68 and Kyler Murray QB38, which are two different ladders.
Ollie Gordon II is a running back and Kyler Murray a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.
Byes and availability
Both are off in Week 6, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.
What would change the answer
Kyler Murray 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 Ollie Gordon II for Kyler Murray?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Kyler Murray projects 182 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.5 a game over 11 games), Ollie Gordon II 110 (10.0 a game over 11 games).
Should I drop Kyler Murray for Ollie Gordon II?
No. Keep Kyler Murray: he projects 182 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.5 a game over 11 games), Ollie Gordon II 110 (10.0 a game over 11 games).
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