Matthew Stafford or Malik Willis: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Matthew Stafford: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 39th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Malik Willis: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 141st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 40.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Matthew Stafford at 20.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 market sources. That is the 7th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The market has Malik Willis at 13.1 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 11 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Malik Willis's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Matthew Stafford has been on the field for 97 percent of LAR snaps, dropped back 169 times and thrown 9.6 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 28 of 169 dropbacks and scrambled 4 times.

In Week 2 against NYG he completed 22 of 30 passes for 327 yards, threw 4 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 2 yards.

In Week 3 against DEN he completed 30 of 53 passes for 390 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions and ran 2 times for 13 yards.

In Week 4 against PHI he completed 32 of 51 passes for 317 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions and ran 2 times for 11 yards.

Through Week 4, Malik Willis has been on the field for 100 percent of MIA snaps, dropped back 127 times and thrown 10.0 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 19 of 127 dropbacks and scrambled 13 times.

In Week 2 against SF he completed 14 of 23 passes for 197 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 6 yards.

In Week 3 against KC he completed 20 of 36 passes for 210 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 9 times for 56 yards.

In Week 4 against MIN he completed 9 of 17 passes for 85 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 11 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Matthew Stafford played 17 games and scored 358.4 PPR points, 21.1 a game, finishing QB3.

He threw for 4707 yards on 597 attempts with 46 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 1 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 35.1 attempts a game at 7.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 99 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.

Matthew Stafford was available for 13 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Matthew Stafford scored 21.1 PPR points a game and Malik Willis 12.8, 8.3 a game between them.

Matthew Stafford finished QB3 that year and Malik Willis QB45.

Matthew Stafford had 562 more pass attempts than Malik Willis, 597 to 35.

Matthew Stafford had 4285 more passing yards than Malik Willis, 4707 to 422.

This season Malik Willis holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 97 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.

Byes and availability

Matthew Stafford is off in Week 11 and Malik Willis in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Malik Willis is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.