Start Matthew Stafford or Drake Maye? Week 5
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Matthew Stafford over Drake Maye
- Market projects
- 20.6
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 97%
- Through Week 4
- Market projects
- 18.4
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 95%
- Through Week 4
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Our Week 5 call
Start Matthew Stafford over Drake Maye in Week 5.
Market-based projections have Matthew Stafford at 20.6 points and Drake Maye at 18.4, a gap of 2.2.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 20.6 fantasy points for Matthew Stafford, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market has Matthew Stafford at 280.5 passing yards and 2.5 passing touchdowns, with a 6% chance to score a touchdown (16, 17 and 15 market sources).
Player markets imply 18.4 fantasy points for Drake Maye, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market has Drake Maye at 227.5 passing yards and 1.5 passing touchdowns, with a 20% chance to score a touchdown (14, 17 and 15 market sources).
That puts Matthew Stafford 2.2 points ahead of Drake Maye on the market projections.
Injury status
Matthew Stafford is not on the injury report.
Drake Maye is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 5
Through Week 4, Matthew Stafford played 97 percent of LAR snaps, dropped back 169 times and threw an average of 9.6 air yards per attempt.
Matthew Stafford, Week 1 against SF: 51 of 61 snaps, 15 of 25 passes for 155 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 0 yards.
Matthew Stafford, Week 2 against NYG: 62 of 62 snaps, 22 of 30 passes for 327 yards, 4 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 2 yards.
Matthew Stafford, Week 3 against DEN: 86 of 86 snaps, 30 of 53 passes for 390 yards, 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, 2 carries for 13 yards.
Matthew Stafford, Week 4 against PHI: 84 of 84 snaps, 32 of 51 passes for 317 yards, 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, 2 carries for 11 yards.
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, Matthew Stafford played 17 games for LAR and scored 358.4 PPR points, 21.1 a game, finishing QB3.
He completed 388 of 597 passes for 4707 yards, 46 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran 29 times for 1 yards and 0 touchdowns.
He was on the field for 99 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
QB4 · LAR · bye 11
2026 vs pass yds line 3-1
- Overall rank
- 39
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 4
Ranked behind
QB5 · NE · bye 11
2026 vs pass yds line 1-3
- Overall rank
- 58
- 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 board19
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 4 and tier 5
- Board size221 draftable players
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