Lamar Jackson or Mark Andrews: who should I start?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Lamar Jackson at 20.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 18 books. That is the 3rd highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

The player markets price Mark Andrews at 12.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 18 books. That is the 61st highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Lamar Jackson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 36th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 8.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Mark Andrews: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 38th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 133.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Lamar Jackson has been on the field for 100 percent of BAL snaps, dropped back 29 times and thrown 11.3 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 3 of 29 dropbacks and scrambled 3 times.

In Week 1 against IND he completed 17 of 24 passes for 324 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 43 yards.

Through Week 1, Mark Andrews has been on the field for 72 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 6 third down targets, had 0 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 4 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 7.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against IND he caught 4 of 6 targets for 49 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 Mark Andrews played 17 games and scored 131.0 PPR points, 7.7 a game, finishing TE16.

He caught 48 of 70 targets for 422 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 4.1 targets a game, a 69 percent catch rate and 8.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 62 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Mark Andrews was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Lamar Jackson scored 17.1 PPR points a game and Mark Andrews 7.7, 9.4 a game between them.

Lamar Jackson finished QB20 and Mark Andrews TE16, which are two different ladders.

Lamar Jackson is a quarterback and Mark Andrews a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 13, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

7.6 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.