Michael Penix Jr. or Marcus Mariota: who should I start in Week 3?
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 Sep 25, 2026 at 5:31 AM ET
Neither is in the consensus draft sample any more, and no sportsbook prices either of them this season, 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 · ATL · bye 11
2025 vs pass yds line 4-5
- Books price
- 12.9 pts a game Wk 3 price
- Overall rank
- 146
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 9
QB · WAS · bye unlisted
2025 vs anytime td line 1-10
- Overall rank
- not on the board
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- not tiered
The gap
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Board size227 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 sportsbooks' price and nothing else.
Where the draft room stands
Drafters have formed no consensus on Michael Penix Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 146th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 138.
Our board does not carry Marcus Mariota at all right now: the consensus draft sample has dropped him and the sportsbooks have no priced market on him this week, so he has no rank, no tier and no ADP here.
What the sportsbooks price
No sportsbook has posted a season market for Michael Penix Jr., so the only market pricing him on this page is the draft room.
No sportsbook has posted a season market for Marcus Mariota, so the only market pricing him on this page is the draft room.
Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.
This season through Week 2
The usage feed holds no snap or target counts for Michael Penix Jr. this season.
Through Week 2, Marcus Mariota has been on the field for 45 percent of WAS snaps, dropped back 17 times and thrown 11.7 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 4 of 17 dropbacks and scrambled 1 time.
In Week 2 against DAL he completed 11 of 16 passes for 111 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 3 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Michael Penix Jr. played 9 games and scored 123.3 PPR points, 13.7 a game, finishing QB33.
He threw for 1982 yards on 276 attempts with 9 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran for 70 yards and 1 touchdown.
That came to 30.7 attempts a game at 7.2 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 93 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
In 2025 Marcus Mariota played 11 games and scored 132.5 PPR points, 12.0 a game, finishing QB32.
He threw for 1695 yards on 227 attempts with 10 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran for 297 yards and 1 touchdown.
That came to 20.6 attempts a game at 7.5 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 54 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Marcus Mariota was available for 2 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Michael Penix Jr. scored 13.7 PPR points a game and Marcus Mariota 12.0, 1.7 a game between them.
Michael Penix Jr. finished QB33 that year and Marcus Mariota QB32.
Michael Penix Jr. had 49 more pass attempts than Marcus Mariota, 276 to 227.
Michael Penix Jr. had 287 more passing yards than Marcus Mariota, 1982 to 1695.
Byes and availability
Michael Penix Jr. is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Marcus Mariota.
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