Minnesota Defense or Tua Tagovailoa: 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 1:31 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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DEF12 · MIN · bye 6
- Overall rank
- 213
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 1
QB34 · ATL · bye 11
2025 vs pass yds line 5-9
- Overall rank
- 215
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 12
The gap
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Board size230 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 Minnesota Defense: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 213th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 137.
Drafters have formed no consensus on Tua Tagovailoa: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 215th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 161.
What the sportsbooks price
No sportsbook has posted a season market for Minnesota Defense, so the only market pricing him on this page is the draft room.
No sportsbook has posted a season market for Tua Tagovailoa, 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.
Their 2025 seasons
The season feed carries no line for Minnesota Defense in the last completed season.
In 2025 Tua Tagovailoa played 14 games and scored 175.7 PPR points, 12.5 a game, finishing QB25.
He threw for 2660 yards on 384 attempts with 20 touchdowns and 15 interceptions, and ran for 43 yards and 0 touchdowns.
That came to 27.4 attempts a game at 6.9 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 96 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Side by side
Minnesota Defense is a defense and Tua Tagovailoa a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.
Byes and availability
Minnesota Defense is off in Week 6 and Tua Tagovailoa in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.
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