Start Jared Goff or Drake Maye? Week 5
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Jared Goff over Drake Maye
- Market projects
- 21.1
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 4
- Market projects
- 18.3
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 95%
- Through Week 4
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Our Week 5 call
Start Jared Goff over Drake Maye in Week 5.
Market-based projections have Jared Goff at 21.1 points and Drake Maye at 18.3, a gap of 2.8.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 21.1 fantasy points for Jared Goff, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market has Jared Goff at 280.5 passing yards, 2.5 passing touchdowns and 0.5 rushing yards, with a 7% chance to score a touchdown (15, 16, 10 and 15 market sources).
Player markets imply 18.3 fantasy points for Drake Maye, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market has Drake Maye at 228.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 30.5 rushing yards, with a 20% chance to score a touchdown (14, 17, 3 and 15 market sources).
That puts Jared Goff 2.8 points ahead of Drake Maye on the market projections.
Injury status
Jared Goff is not on the injury report.
Drake Maye is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 5
Through Week 4, Jared Goff played 100 percent of DET snaps, dropped back 174 times and threw an average of 7.6 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.
Jared Goff, Week 3 against NYJ: 65 of 65 snaps, 25 of 32 passes for 269 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 8 yards.
Jared Goff, Week 4 against CAR: 71 of 71 snaps, 32 of 52 passes for 412 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions.
Through Week 4, Drake Maye played 95 percent of NE snaps, dropped back 141 times and threw an average of 9.1 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.
Drake Maye, Week 3 against JAX: 51 of 63 snaps, 14 of 25 passes for 199 yards, 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, 4 carries for 18 yards.
Drake Maye, Week 4 against BUF: 76 of 76 snaps, 22 of 37 passes for 269 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception, 6 carries for 56 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.
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 5 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
QB3 · DET · bye 6
2026 vs pass yds line 3-1
- Overall rank
- 30
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 3
Ranked behind
QB5 · NE · bye 11
2026 vs pass yds line 1-3
- Overall rank
- 57
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 5
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 5, 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 3 and tier 5
- Board size223 draftable players
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