Start Bo Nix or Baker Mayfield? Week 2
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Bo Nix over Baker Mayfield
- JAX D vs QB
- 15.0
- 12th fewest to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 1
- Books imply
- -1.0
- fantasy pts
- CLE D vs QB
- 25.8
- 5th most to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 1
Our Week 2 call
Start Bo Nix over Baker Mayfield in Week 2.
Baker Mayfield is priced by the books at -1.0 projected points and Bo Nix is not priced at all, so we are leaning on where drafters take them. Drafters take Bo Nix at ADP 109 and Baker Mayfield at 126.
What the books imply
No sportsbook posted a player market for Bo Nix in Week 2.
Player prop markets imply -1.0 fantasy points for Baker Mayfield, with 33 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
Week 2 matchups
Bo Nix and DEN host JAX.
JAX allowed 15.0 fantasy points to QBs in its one game this season, the 12th fewest in the league.
Quarterbacks threw for 205 yards and a touchdown against JAX, with an interception.
Baker Mayfield and TB host CLE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
CLE allowed 25.8 fantasy points to QBs in its one game this season, the 5th most in the league.
Quarterbacks threw for 245 yards and 4 touchdowns against CLE, with no interceptions.
By points allowed to the position, Baker Mayfield has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Bo Nix is not on the injury report.
Baker Mayfield is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 2
Through Week 1, Bo Nix played 100 percent of DEN snaps, dropped back 33 times and threw an average of 3.3 air yards per attempt.
Bo Nix, Week 1 against KC: 51 of 51 snaps, 17 of 28 passes for 131 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 2 carries for 3 yards.
Through Week 1, Baker Mayfield played 100 percent of TB snaps, dropped back 36 times and threw an average of 5.1 air yards per attempt.
Baker Mayfield, Week 1 against CIN: 57 of 57 snaps, 23 of 28 passes for 216 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 4 carries for 31 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Bo Nix played 17 games for DEN and scored 315.8 PPR points, 18.6 a game, finishing QB7.
He completed 388 of 612 passes for 3931 yards, 25 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and ran 83 times for 356 yards and 5 touchdowns.
He was on the field for 100 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Bo Nix, Week 18 of 2025 against LAC: 14 of 23 passes for 141 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 8 carries for 49 yards, 10.5 PPR points.
Bo Nix, Week 17 of 2025 against KC: 72 of 72 snaps, 26 of 38 passes for 182 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 9 carries for 42 yards, 20.5 PPR points.
In 2025, Baker Mayfield played 17 games for TB and scored 282.9 PPR points, 16.6 a game, finishing QB12.
He completed 343 of 543 passes for 3693 yards, 26 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and ran 55 times for 382 yards and 1 touchdown.
He was on the field for 97 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Baker Mayfield, Week 18 of 2025 against CAR: 67 of 67 snaps, 16 of 22 passes for 203 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 4 carries for 31 yards, 14.2 PPR points.
Baker Mayfield, Week 17 of 2025 against MIA: 67 of 67 snaps, 33 of 44 passes for 346 yards, 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, 3 carries for 16 yards, 19.4 PPR points.
Their other Week 2 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
QB13 · DEN · bye 10
2025 vs pass yds line 8-9
- Overall rank
- 32
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 1
Ranked behind
QB22 · TB · bye 10
2025 vs pass yds line 8-9
- Overall rank
- 59
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 3
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 2, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board27
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 1 and tier 3
- Board size244 draftable players
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