Should I start Lamar Jackson or Trevor Lawrence in Week 8?

Updated Oct 27, 12:11 PM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.

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Oct 24, 4:13 PM ET: Lamar Jackson: Questionable to Out (Ankle, Sprain) (Sleeper injury feed)
Oct 21, 4:54 PM ET: Ravens' Lamar Jackson returns to practice but status remains unclear vs. Bengals (ESPN)

Start Trevor Lawrence: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Lamar Jackson's 83 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 Trevor Lawrence?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Trevor Lawrence projects 172 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (17.2 a game over 10 games), Lamar Jackson 104 (11.6 a game over 9 games). Lamar Jackson is listed out.

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

Lamar Jackson

QB7 · BAL · bye 13

2026 vs pass yds line 3-1

Market-based projection: 16.9 pts a game Wk 7 price
Overall rank: 65

Trevor Lawrence

QB8 · JAX · bye 7

2026 vs pass yds line 3-3

Overall rank: 71

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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 65th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 3.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Trevor Lawrence, and the board ranks him 71st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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

The market-based projection for Trevor Lawrence is 1.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

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 6, Trevor Lawrence has been on the field for 97 percent of JAX snaps, dropped back 200 times and thrown 8.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 32 of 200 dropbacks and scrambled 7 times.

In Week 4 against CIN he completed 18 of 23 passes for 227 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 2 yards.

In Week 5 against PHI he completed 24 of 39 passes for 331 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 3 times for 25 yards.

In Week 6 against HOU he completed 24 of 41 passes for 306 yards, threw 4 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 12 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 Trevor Lawrence played 17 games and scored 350.2 PPR points, 20.6 a game, finishing QB4.

He threw for 4007 yards on 560 attempts with 29 touchdowns and 12 interceptions, and ran for 359 yards and 9 touchdowns.

That came to 32.9 attempts a game at 7.2 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 98 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Trevor Lawrence was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Trevor Lawrence scored 20.6 PPR points a game and Lamar Jackson 17.1, 3.5 a game between them.

Lamar Jackson finished QB20 that year and Trevor Lawrence QB4.

Trevor Lawrence had 258 more pass attempts than Lamar Jackson, 560 to 302.

Trevor Lawrence had 1458 more passing yards than Lamar Jackson, 4007 to 2549.

This season Trevor Lawrence holds the bigger snap share, 97 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 Trevor Lawrence in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Lamar Jackson is listed as out on the injury report.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Lamar Jackson for Trevor Lawrence?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Trevor Lawrence projects 172 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (17.2 a game over 10 games), Lamar Jackson 104 (11.6 a game over 9 games). Lamar Jackson is listed out.
Should I drop Trevor Lawrence for Lamar Jackson?
No. Keep Trevor Lawrence: he projects 172 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (17.2 a game over 10 games), Lamar Jackson 104 (11.6 a game over 9 games). Lamar Jackson is listed out.