Start Joe Burrow or Drake Maye? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Joe Burrow over Drake Maye in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Joe Burrow at 23.5 points and Drake Maye at 19.4, a gap of 4.0. Joe Burrow's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is. Drafters take Joe Burrow at ADP 55 and Drake Maye at 50.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 23.5 fantasy points for Joe Burrow, with 80 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Joe Burrow is 287 passing yards, 2-3 passing touchdowns and 0.1 rushing touchdowns (10, 11 and 11 market sources).

Player markets imply 19.4 fantasy points for Drake Maye, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Drake Maye is 262 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 26 rushing yards and 0.2 rushing touchdowns (13, 13, 12 and 12 market sources).

That puts Joe Burrow 4.0 points ahead of Drake Maye on the market projections.

Week 10 matchups

Joe Burrow and CIN host PIT on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

PIT allowed 12.9 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 8 games, the 3rd fewest in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 242 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against PIT, with 0.9 interceptions a game.

Drake Maye and NE visit DET on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

DET allowed 25.5 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 7 games, the most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 298 yards and 2.6 touchdowns a game against DET, with 0.7 interceptions a game.

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

Injury status

Joe Burrow is not on the injury report.

Drake Maye is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Joe Burrow played 99 percent of CIN snaps, dropped back 321 times and threw an average of 7.5 air yards per attempt.

Joe Burrow, Week 5 against MIA: 65 of 65 snaps, 23 of 32 passes for 190 yards, 4 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 12 yards.

Joe Burrow, Week 7 against BAL: 50 of 53 snaps, 22 of 30 passes for 292 yards, 4 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 12 yards.

Joe Burrow, Week 8 against TEN: 74 of 74 snaps, 38 of 48 passes for 462 yards, 5 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, 3 carries for 10 yards.

Joe Burrow, Week 9 against ATL: 57 of 57 snaps, 24 of 29 passes for 271 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 8 yards.

Through Week 9, Drake Maye played 96 percent of NE snaps, dropped back 318 times and threw an average of 9.2 air yards per attempt.

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: 60 of 60 snaps, 16 of 20 passes for 199 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 5 carries for 7 yards.

Drake Maye, Week 9 against GB: 51 of 63 snaps, 21 of 38 passes for 299 yards, 3 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, 1 carry for 3 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Joe Burrow played 8 games for CIN and scored 139.5 PPR points, 17.4 a game, finishing QB29.

He completed 173 of 259 passes for 1809 yards, 17 touchdowns and 5 interceptions, and ran 14 times for 41 yards and 0 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 86 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 10 calls

• Start Joe Burrow over Brock Purdy.
• Start Joe Burrow over C.J. Stroud.
• Start Joe Burrow over Dak Prescott.
• Start Drake Maye over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Drake Maye over Brock Purdy.
• Start Drake Maye over C.J. Stroud.