Should I start Kyler Murray or Quinshon Judkins in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kyler Murray, and the board ranks him 102nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 18.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Quinshon Judkins, and the board ranks him 104th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Kyler Murray is 16.5 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 13 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Quinshon Judkins is 3.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back'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, 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.

Through Week 5, Quinshon Judkins has been on the field for 60 percent of CLE snaps, taken 61 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 43 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 4 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have come 2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against CAR he carried 18 times for 70 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against PIT he carried 17 times for 53 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 43 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against NYJ he carried 14 times for 44 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Quinshon Judkins played 15 games and scored 169.8 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing RB26.

He carried 230 times for 827 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 26 of 36 targets for 171 more yards.

That came to 15.3 carries a game at 3.6 yards a carry and 1.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Quinshon Judkins was available for 10 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Kyler Murray scored 16.2 PPR points a game and Quinshon Judkins 11.3, 4.8 a game between them.

Kyler Murray finished QB38 and Quinshon Judkins RB26, which are two different ladders.

Kyler Murray is a quarterback and Quinshon Judkins a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Kyler Murray is off in Week 6 and Quinshon Judkins in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Quinshon Judkins is listed as questionable on the injury report.