Should I start Lamar Jackson or Malik Willis in Week 9?
Updated Nov 4, 10:06 AM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
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Start Malik Willis: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Lamar Jackson's 55 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets. 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 Lamar Jackson for Malik Willis?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Malik Willis projects 134 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (14.9 a game over 9 games), Lamar Jackson 123 (15.4 a game over 8 games). Lamar Jackson is listed out.
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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.
QB6 · BAL · bye 13
2026 vs pass yds line 3-2
- Market-based projection
- 19.2 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 69
QB10 · MIA · bye 6
2026 vs pass yds line 5-2
- Market-based projection
- 18.0 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 69th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 3.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Malik Willis, and the board ranks him 78th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 38.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Lamar Jackson, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
Malik Willis's market-based projection is 18.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 14th highest figure of the 219 players with a market-based projection.
This season through Week 8
Through Week 8, Lamar Jackson has been on the field for 73 percent of BAL snaps, dropped back 112 times and thrown 10.4 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 13 of 112 dropbacks and scrambled 10 times.
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.
In Week 8 against BUF he completed 0 of 1 pass for 0 yards and threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.
Through Week 8, Malik Willis has been on the field for 100 percent of MIA snaps, dropped back 225 times and thrown 9.4 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 32 of 225 dropbacks and scrambled 22 times.
In Week 5 against CIN he completed 15 of 26 passes for 137 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 8 times for 74 yards.
In Week 7 against NYJ he completed 14 of 21 passes for 208 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 6 times for 39 yards.
In Week 8 against NE he completed 21 of 32 passes for 211 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 2 yards.
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 Malik Willis played 4 games and scored 51.2 PPR points, 12.8 a game, finishing QB45.
He threw for 422 yards on 35 attempts with 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, and ran for 123 yards and 2 touchdowns.
That came to 8.8 attempts a game at 12.1 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 10 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Lamar Jackson was available for 9 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Lamar Jackson scored 17.1 PPR points a game and Malik Willis 12.8, 4.3 a game between them.
Lamar Jackson finished QB20 that year and Malik Willis QB45.
Lamar Jackson had 267 more pass attempts than Malik Willis, 302 to 35.
Lamar Jackson had 2127 more passing yards than Malik Willis, 2549 to 422.
This season Malik Willis holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 73 percent.
Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.
Byes and availability
Lamar Jackson is off in Week 13 and Malik Willis in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.
Lamar Jackson is listed as out on the injury report.
What would change the answer
Lamar Jackson has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Lamar Jackson for Malik Willis?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Malik Willis projects 134 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (14.9 a game over 9 games), Lamar Jackson 123 (15.4 a game over 8 games). Lamar Jackson is listed out.
Should I drop Malik Willis for Lamar Jackson?
No. Keep Malik Willis: he projects 134 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (14.9 a game over 9 games), Lamar Jackson 123 (15.4 a game over 8 games). Lamar Jackson is listed out.
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