Lamar Jackson or Patrick Mahomes: who should I start in Week 5?
Neither man carries a posted season price right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
Updated Oct 8, 2026 at 12:31 AM ET
Neither is in the consensus draft sample any more, and the market has not posted a whole price on either of them, so there is no current market order to give between these two. What follows is what each of them has already done.
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QB31 · BAL · bye 13
2026 vs pass yds line 3-1
- Market price
- 19.0 pts a game Wk 4 price
- Overall rank
- 186
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 10
QB36 · KC · on bye this week
2026 vs pass yds line 2-2
- Market price
- 16.1 pts a game Wk 4 price
- Overall rank
- 202
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 11
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The gap
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Board size222 draftable players
Consensus average draft position has stopped updating on these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out rather than printed stale. The verdict line above restates the market price and nothing else.
Where the draft room stands
Drafters have formed no consensus on Lamar Jackson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 186th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 3.
Drafters have formed no consensus on Patrick Mahomes: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 202nd overall on the rest of his evidence.
What the player markets price
The market has Lamar Jackson at 1.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 2 market sources. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
No season market is posted for Patrick Mahomes, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
This season through Week 4
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.
Through Week 4, Patrick Mahomes has been on the field for 100 percent of KC snaps, dropped back 142 times and thrown 7.0 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 21 of 142 dropbacks and scrambled 8 times.
In Week 2 against IND he completed 32 of 47 passes for 382 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 17 yards.
In Week 3 against MIA he completed 20 of 24 passes for 246 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 1 yards.
In Week 4 against LV he completed 15 of 30 passes for 225 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 1 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 Patrick Mahomes played 14 games and scored 296.7 PPR points, 21.2 a game, finishing QB11.
He threw for 3587 yards on 502 attempts with 22 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and ran for 422 yards and 5 touchdowns.
That came to 35.9 attempts a game at 7.1 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 97 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Patrick Mahomes was available for 1 game more.
Head to head
In 2025 Patrick Mahomes scored 21.2 PPR points a game and Lamar Jackson 17.1, 4.1 a game between them.
Lamar Jackson finished QB20 that year and Patrick Mahomes QB11.
Patrick Mahomes had 200 more pass attempts than Lamar Jackson, 502 to 302.
Patrick Mahomes had 1038 more passing yards than Lamar Jackson, 3587 to 2549.
This season Patrick Mahomes holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 88 percent.
Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.
Byes and availability
Lamar Jackson is off in Week 13 and Patrick Mahomes in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.
Lamar Jackson is listed as questionable on the injury report.
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