Should I start Lamar Jackson or Quentin Johnston in Week 9?
Updated Nov 4, 9:41 AM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
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Start Quentin Johnston: 80 percent of the snaps and 9 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 Quentin Johnston for Lamar Jackson?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Lamar Jackson projects 123 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (15.4 a game over 8 games), Quentin Johnston 39 (4.3 a game over 9 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.
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- Overall rank
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- Market-based projection
- 6.8 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 Quentin Johnston, and the board ranks him 86th overall on the rest of his evidence.
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.
Quentin Johnston's market-based projection is 6.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 96th 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, Quentin Johnston has been on the field for 81 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 8 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 22 two minute targets.
His 26 targets have averaged 13.0 air yards.
In Week 4 against SEA he carried 1 time for -4 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 44 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against KC he caught 1 of 3 targets for 57 yards and did not score.
In Week 8 against LAR he caught 4 of 4 targets for 37 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 Quentin Johnston played 14 games and scored 171.2 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR34.
He caught 51 of 85 targets for 735 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.
That came to 6.1 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 77 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Quentin Johnston was available for 1 game more.
Side by side
In 2025 Lamar Jackson scored 17.1 PPR points a game and Quentin Johnston 12.2, 4.8 a game between them.
Lamar Jackson finished QB20 and Quentin Johnston WR34, which are two different ladders.
Lamar Jackson is a quarterback and Quentin Johnston a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.
Byes and availability
Lamar Jackson is off in Week 13 and Quentin Johnston in Week 7, 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 Quentin Johnston for Lamar Jackson?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Lamar Jackson projects 123 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (15.4 a game over 8 games), Quentin Johnston 39 (4.3 a game over 9 games). Lamar Jackson is listed out.
Should I drop Lamar Jackson for Quentin Johnston?
No. Keep Lamar Jackson: he projects 123 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (15.4 a game over 8 games), Quentin Johnston 39 (4.3 a game over 9 games). Lamar Jackson is listed out.
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