Start Drake Maye or Jared Goff? Week 3

Our Week 3 call

Start Jared Goff over Drake Maye in Week 3.

De-vigged player props project Jared Goff at 19.1 points and Drake Maye at 18.6, a gap of 0.6. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Both numbers are scaled up from a partial market: the books have not posted every stat the position needs, so the rest is estimated from what they have.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 19.1 fantasy points for Jared Goff, with 80 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The books have Jared Goff at 258.5 passing yards and 1.5 passing touchdowns, with a 6% chance to score a touchdown (13, 17 and 14 books).

Player prop markets imply 18.6 fantasy points for Drake Maye, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The books have Drake Maye at 218.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 25.5 rushing yards, with a 25% chance to score a touchdown (17, 17, 12 and 15 books).

That puts Jared Goff 0.6 points ahead of Drake Maye on the books.

Injury status

Jared Goff is not on the injury report.

Drake Maye is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 3

Through Week 2, Jared Goff played 100 percent of DET snaps, dropped back 85 times and threw an average of 7.1 air yards per attempt.

Jared Goff, Week 1 against NO: 77 of 77 snaps, 26 of 39 passes for 206 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 2 yards.

Jared Goff, Week 2 against BUF: 65 of 65 snaps, 26 of 38 passes for 327 yards, 4 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 7 yards.

Through Week 2, Drake Maye played 100 percent of NE snaps, dropped back 69 times and threw an average of 7.6 air yards per attempt.

Drake Maye, Week 1 against SEA: 71 of 71 snaps, 23 of 33 passes for 178 yards, 1 touchdown and 3 interceptions, 7 carries for 47 yards.

Drake Maye, Week 2 against PIT: 55 of 55 snaps, 14 of 22 passes for 208 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 2 carries for 20 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jared Goff played 17 games for DET and scored 305.1 PPR points, 17.9 a game, finishing QB9.

He completed 393 of 578 passes for 4564 yards, 34 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran 19 times for 45 yards and 0 touchdowns.

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

Jared Goff, Week 18 of 2025 against CHI: 27 of 42 passes for 331 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 16.2 PPR points.

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.

Drake Maye, Week 18 of 2025 against MIA: 14 of 18 passes for 191 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 5 carries for 41 yards, 15.7 PPR points.

Their other Week 3 calls

• Start Brock Purdy over Jared Goff.
• Start Jared Goff over Dak Prescott.
• Start Jalen Hurts over Jared Goff.
• Start Drake Maye over Bryce Young.
• Start Dak Prescott over Drake Maye.
• Start Joe Burrow over Drake Maye.