Should I start Jacoby Brissett or Geno Smith in Week 8?
Updated Nov 2, 10:51 PM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.
Week 8 verdict
Start Jacoby Brissett over Geno Smith
Wrong: 4.5 to 19.0
- Market projected
- 17.1
- pre-game
- DAL D vs QB
- 20.0
- 8th most to QBs (2026)
- Scored
- 4.5
- PPR pts
- Market projected
- 15.6
- pre-game
- LV D vs QB
- 20.8
- 5th most to QBs (2026)
- Scored
- 19.0
- PPR pts
Week 8 result: the call to start Jacoby Brissett over Geno Smith was wrong. Brissett scored 4.5 PPR points to 19.0 for Smith. Projected 17.1 to 15.6 before kickoff.
Should I drop Geno Smith for Jacoby Brissett?
Not on these numbers alone. Geno Smith projects 122 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (15.3 a game over 8 games) and Jacoby Brissett 125 (15.6 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
QB10 · ARI · bye 14
2026 vs pass yds line 4-4
- Market-based projection
- 17.1 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 82
QB21 · NYJ · bye 13
2026 vs pass yds line 6-2
- Market-based projection
- 15.6 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 115
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The gap
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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Jacoby Brissett, and the board ranks him 82nd overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 44.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Geno Smith, and the board ranks him 115th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Jacoby Brissett, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for Geno Smith, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.
This season through Week 8
Through Week 8, Jacoby Brissett has been on the field for 100 percent of ARI snaps, dropped back 331 times and thrown 7.2 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 61 of 331 dropbacks and scrambled 9 times.
In Week 6 against LAR he completed 24 of 35 passes for 218 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 2 yards.
In Week 7 against DEN he completed 27 of 48 passes for 272 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 7 times for 16 yards.
In Week 8 against DAL he completed 10 of 23 passes for 119 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 3 times for 7 yards.
Through Week 8, Geno Smith has been on the field for 100 percent of NYJ snaps, dropped back 272 times and thrown 7.9 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 46 of 272 dropbacks and scrambled 11 times.
In Week 6 against NE he completed 20 of 30 passes for 252 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 0 yards.
In Week 7 against MIA he completed 23 of 30 passes for 287 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 1 yards.
In Week 8 against LV he completed 20 of 32 passes for 290 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 4 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Jacoby Brissett played 14 games and scored 235.4 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing QB16.
He threw for 3366 yards on 485 attempts with 23 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 168 yards and 1 touchdown.
That came to 34.6 attempts a game at 6.9 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 70 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
In 2025 Geno Smith played 15 games and scored 190.9 PPR points, 12.7 a game, finishing QB23.
He threw for 3025 yards on 448 attempts with 19 touchdowns and 17 interceptions, and ran for 109 yards and 0 touchdowns.
That came to 29.9 attempts a game at 6.8 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 97 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Geno Smith was available for 1 game more.
Head to head
In 2025 Jacoby Brissett scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Geno Smith 12.7, 4.1 a game between them.
Jacoby Brissett finished QB16 that year and Geno Smith QB23.
Jacoby Brissett had 37 more pass attempts than Geno Smith, 485 to 448.
Jacoby Brissett had 341 more passing yards than Geno Smith, 3366 to 3025.
Their snap share this season is the same, 100 percent each.
Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.
Byes and availability
Jacoby Brissett is off in Week 14 and Geno Smith in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Geno Smith for Jacoby Brissett?
Not on these numbers alone. Geno Smith projects 122 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (15.3 a game over 8 games) and Jacoby Brissett 125 (15.6 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.
Should I drop Jacoby Brissett for Geno Smith?
Not on these numbers alone. Jacoby Brissett projects 125 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (15.6 a game over 8 games) and Geno Smith 122 (15.3 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.
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