Start Drew Lock or Joe Fagnano? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Drew Lock over Joe Fagnano in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Drew Lock at 15.2 points and Joe Fagnano at 8.9, a gap of 6.3. Joe Fagnano'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.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 15.2 fantasy points for Drew Lock, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Drew Lock is 213 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 6 rushing yards and 0.2 rushing touchdowns (12, 13, 11 and 12 market sources).

Player markets imply 8.9 fantasy points for Joe Fagnano, with 80 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Joe Fagnano is 160 passing yards and 0.1 rushing touchdowns (13 and 14 market sources).

That puts Drew Lock 6.3 points ahead of Joe Fagnano on the market projections.

Week 9 matchups

Drew Lock and SEA host ARI on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

ARI allowed 22.4 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 8 games, the 2nd most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 238 yards and 2.3 touchdowns a game against ARI, with 0.4 interceptions a game.

Joe Fagnano and BAL host JAX on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

JAX allowed 15.6 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 7 games, the 9th fewest in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 262 yards and 1.1 touchdowns a game against JAX, with 1.3 interceptions a game.

By points allowed to the position, Drew Lock has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Drew Lock is listed as questionable with a elbow injury.

Joe Fagnano is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 2, Drew Lock played 96 percent of SEA snaps, dropped back 51 times and threw an average of 7.6 air yards per attempt.

Drew Lock, Week 1 against NE: 45 of 50 snaps, 16 of 22 passes for 187 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 14 yards.

Drew Lock, Week 2 against ARI: 70 of 70 snaps, 19 of 26 passes for 235 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.

Through Week 8, Joe Fagnano played 78 percent of BAL snaps, dropped back 25 times and threw an average of 4.3 air yards per attempt.

Joe Fagnano, Week 8 against BUF: 40 of 51 snaps, 10 of 21 passes for 91 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 2 carries for 4 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Drew Lock played 5 games for SEA and scored 0.1 PPR points, 0.0 a game, finishing QB73.

He completed 2 of 3 passes for 15 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, and ran 6 times for -5 yards and 0 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 4 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Baker Mayfield over Drew Lock.
• Start Bo Nix over Drew Lock.
• Start Bryce Young over Drew Lock.
• Start Baker Mayfield over Joe Fagnano.
• Start Daniel Jones over Joe Fagnano.
• Start Deshaun Watson over Joe Fagnano.