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Start Drake Maye or Brock Purdy? Week 9

Updated Nov 3, 3:36 AM ET.

Start Drake Maye over Brock Purdy

Maye projects lower, 18.5 to 20.6, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 50 for Maye, 86 for Purdy.

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Drake Maye

QB · NE · vs GB

Market projects
18.5
fantasy pts
GB D vs QB
14.3
5th fewest to QBs (2026)
Snap share
97%
Through Week 8
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Brock Purdy

QB · SF · vs LV

Market projects
20.6
recent weeks avg
LV D vs QB
20.8
5th most to QBs (2026)
Snap share
98%
Through Week 7

Should I drop Drake Maye for Brock Purdy?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Brock Purdy projects 158 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (17.5 a game over 9 games), Drake Maye 148 (18.5 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Drake Maye over Brock Purdy. So make the move after his Week 9 game.

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Our Week 9 call

Start Drake Maye over Brock Purdy in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Drake Maye at 18.5 points and Brock Purdy at 20.6, a gap of 2.1. Drake Maye still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 50 against 86, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for Brock Purdy this week yet, so his 20.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 7 (22.6 and 18.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Brock Purdy yet. His market-based projections were 22.6 and 18.5 points in Weeks 6 and 7, an average of 20.6, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

Player markets imply 18.5 fantasy points for Drake Maye, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Drake Maye is 230 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 26 rushing yards and 0.3 rushing touchdowns (10, 11, 10 and 6 market sources).

That puts Brock Purdy 2.1 points ahead of Drake Maye on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Brock Purdy and SF host LV on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

LV allowed 20.8 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 7 games, the 5th most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 245 yards and 2.3 touchdowns a game against LV, with 0.7 interceptions a game.

Drake Maye and NE host GB on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

GB allowed 14.3 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 7 games, the 5th fewest in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 223 yards and 1.3 touchdowns a game against GB, with 1.3 interceptions a game.

By points allowed to the position, Brock Purdy has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Brock Purdy is not on the injury report.

Drake Maye is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 7, Brock Purdy played 98 percent of SF snaps, dropped back 231 times and threw an average of 7.9 air yards per attempt.

Brock Purdy, Week 4 against DEN: 66 of 66 snaps, 19 of 29 passes for 218 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 8 carries for 31 yards.

Brock Purdy, Week 5 against SEA: 60 of 60 snaps, 19 of 29 passes for 189 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, 3 carries for 8 yards.

Brock Purdy, Week 6 against WAS: 62 of 62 snaps, 21 of 29 passes for 264 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 5 carries for 28 yards.

Brock Purdy, Week 7 against ATL: 66 of 66 snaps, 27 of 39 passes for 288 yards, 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions, 2 carries for 5 yards.

Through Week 8, Drake Maye played 97 percent of NE snaps, dropped back 275 times and threw an average of 8.9 air yards per attempt.

Drake Maye, Week 5 against LV: 75 of 75 snaps, 26 of 34 passes for 374 yards, 4 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 4 carries for 29 yards.

Drake Maye, Week 6 against NYJ: 68 of 68 snaps, 18 of 32 passes for 235 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 25 yards.

Drake Maye, Week 7 against CHI: 54 of 54 snaps, 24 of 30 passes for 321 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, 4 carries for 26 yards.

Drake Maye, Week 8 against MIA: 16 of 20 passes for 199 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 5 carries for 7 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Brock Purdy played 9 games for SF and scored 187.4 PPR points, 20.8 a game, finishing QB24.

He completed 197 of 284 passes for 2167 yards, 20 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and ran 33 times for 147 yards and 3 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 98 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Drake Maye played 17 games for NE and scored 360.0 PPR points, 21.2 a game, finishing QB2.

He completed 354 of 492 passes for 4394 yards, 31 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran 103 times for 450 yards and 4 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 97 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 9 calls

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 9, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Drake Maye for Brock Purdy?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Brock Purdy projects 158 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (17.5 a game over 9 games), Drake Maye 148 (18.5 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Drake Maye over Brock Purdy. So make the move after his Week 9 game.

  • Should I drop Brock Purdy for Drake Maye?

    No. Keep Brock Purdy: he projects 158 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (17.5 a game over 9 games), Drake Maye 148 (18.5 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Drake Maye over Brock Purdy.

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