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Start Drake Maye or Jared Goff? Week 7

Updated Oct 19, 2:21 PM ET.

Start Drake Maye over Jared Goff

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Drake Maye

QB · NE · at CHI

Market projects
20.2
recent weeks avg
CHI D vs QB
17.5
14th most to QBs (2026)
Snap share
96%
Through Week 6
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Jared Goff

QB · DET · vs GB

Market projects
16.7
recent weeks avg
GB D vs QB
13.8
6th fewest to QBs (2026)
Snap share
99%
Through Week 5

Should I drop Drake Maye for Jared Goff?

Not on these numbers alone. Drake Maye projects 181 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (18.1 a game over 10 games) and Jared Goff 184 (16.7 a game over 11 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Drake Maye over Jared Goff.

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Our Week 7 call

Start Drake Maye over Jared Goff in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Drake Maye at 20.2 points and Jared Goff at 16.7, a gap of 3.5. No player market is posted for Drake Maye this week yet, so his 20.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (23.6 and 16.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Jared Goff this week yet, so his 16.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (17.0 and 16.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Drake Maye at ADP 50 and Jared Goff at 106.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Drake Maye yet. His market-based projections were 23.6 and 16.8 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 20.2, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Jared Goff yet. His market-based projections were 17.0 and 16.4 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 16.7, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Drake Maye 3.5 points ahead of Jared Goff on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Drake Maye and NE visit CHI on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

CHI allowed 17.5 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 5 games, the 14th most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 229 yards and 1.2 touchdowns a game against CHI, with 0.6 interceptions.

Jared Goff and DET host GB on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

GB allowed 13.8 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 5 games, the 6th fewest in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 199 yards and 1.2 touchdowns a game against GB, with 1.4 interceptions.

By points allowed to the position, Drake Maye has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Drake Maye is not on the injury report.

Jared Goff is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Drake Maye played 96 percent of NE snaps, dropped back 214 times and threw an average of 9.0 air yards per attempt.

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.

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: 18 of 32 passes for 235 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 25 yards.

Through Week 5, Jared Goff played 99 percent of DET snaps, dropped back 207 times and threw an average of 7.9 air yards per attempt.

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.

Jared Goff, Week 5 against ARI: 63 of 66 snaps, 19 of 30 passes for 271 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 1 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

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.

Their other Week 7 calls

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 7, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Drake Maye for Jared Goff?

    Not on these numbers alone. Drake Maye projects 181 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (18.1 a game over 10 games) and Jared Goff 184 (16.7 a game over 11 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Drake Maye over Jared Goff.

  • Should I drop Jared Goff for Drake Maye?

    Not on these numbers alone. Jared Goff projects 184 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.7 a game over 11 games) and Drake Maye 181 (18.1 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Drake Maye over Jared Goff.

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