Makai Lemon or Lamar Jackson: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Makai Lemon: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 98th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Lamar Jackson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 222nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 3.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Makai Lemon at 8.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 105th highest figure of the 199 players the market prices.

The market has Lamar Jackson at 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Lamar Jackson's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Makai Lemon has been on the field for 67 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 6.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against TEN he carried 1 time for -5 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CHI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 29 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LAR he caught 3 of 6 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

Makai Lemon is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

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.

Side by side

Makai Lemon is a wide receiver and Lamar Jackson a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Makai Lemon is off in Week 10 and Lamar Jackson in Week 13, 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 is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.