Michael Penix Jr. or Tank Bigsby: 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 7:06 AM ET
Neither is in the consensus draft sample any more, and the books have 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 · ATL · bye 11
2025 vs pass yds line 4-5
- Books price
- 12.9 pts a game Wk 3 price
- Overall rank
- 147
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 7
RB49 · PHI · bye 10
2025 vs anytime td line 2-14
- Overall rank
- 163
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 11
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 147th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 138.
Drafters have formed no consensus on Tank Bigsby: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 163rd overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 181.
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.
The books have Tank Bigsby at 2.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 books. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
This season through Week 2
The usage feed holds no snap or target counts for Michael Penix Jr. this season.
Through Week 2, Tank Bigsby has been on the field for 24 percent of PHI snaps, taken 25 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 0 of the offence's 21 third down targets, had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 12 two minute targets.
His 2 targets have come 4.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.
In Week 1 against WAS he carried 1 time for 3 yards and did not score.
In Week 2 against TEN he carried 13 times for 33 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 5 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
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 Tank Bigsby played 17 games and scored 53.8 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing RB69.
He carried 63 times for 356 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 3 of 4 targets for 32 more yards.
That came to 3.7 carries a game at 5.7 yards a carry and 0.2 catches a game.
He was on the field for 10 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Tank Bigsby was available for 8 games more.
Side by side
In 2025 Michael Penix Jr. scored 13.7 PPR points a game and Tank Bigsby 3.2, 10.5 a game between them.
Michael Penix Jr. finished QB33 and Tank Bigsby RB69, which are two different ladders.
Michael Penix Jr. is a quarterback and Tank Bigsby a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.
Byes and availability
Michael Penix Jr. is off in Week 11 and Tank Bigsby in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.
Tank Bigsby is listed as questionable on the injury report.
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