Start Lamar Jackson or Jared Goff? Week 3
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Lamar Jackson over Jared Goff
- Books imply
- 22.4
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 2
- Books imply
- 19.2
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 2
Our Week 3 call
Start Lamar Jackson over Jared Goff in Week 3.
De-vigged player props project Lamar Jackson at 22.4 points and Jared Goff at 19.2, a gap of 3.3. Both numbers are scaled up from a partial market: the books have not posted every stat the position needs, so the rest is estimated from what they have.
What the books imply
Player prop markets imply 22.5 fantasy points for Lamar Jackson, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The books have Lamar Jackson at 238.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 38.5 rushing yards, with a 32% chance to score a touchdown (14, 17, 15 and 15 books).
Player prop markets imply 19.2 fantasy points for Jared Goff, with 80 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The books have Jared Goff at 258.5 passing yards and 1.5 passing touchdowns, with a 5% chance to score a touchdown (13, 16 and 14 books).
That puts Lamar Jackson 3.3 points ahead of Jared Goff on the books.
Injury status
Lamar Jackson is not on the injury report.
Jared Goff is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 3
Through Week 2, Lamar Jackson played 100 percent of BAL snaps, dropped back 66 times and threw an average of 10.9 air yards per attempt.
Lamar Jackson, Week 1 against IND: 68 of 68 snaps, 17 of 24 passes for 324 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 4 carries for 43 yards.
Lamar Jackson, Week 2 against NO: 58 of 58 snaps, 21 of 30 passes for 235 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 4 carries for 34 yards.
Through Week 2, Jared Goff played 100 percent of DET snaps, dropped back 85 times and threw an average of 7.1 air yards per attempt.
Jared Goff, Week 1 against NO: 77 of 77 snaps, 26 of 39 passes for 206 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 2 yards.
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.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Lamar Jackson played 13 games for BAL and scored 221.9 PPR points, 17.1 a game, finishing QB20.
He completed 192 of 302 passes for 2549 yards, 21 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran 67 times for 349 yards and 2 touchdowns.
He was on the field for 92 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Lamar Jackson, Week 18 of 2025 against PIT: 11 of 18 passes for 238 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception, 4 carries for 9 yards, 21.4 PPR points.
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.
Jared Goff, Week 18 of 2025 against CHI: 27 of 42 passes for 331 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 16.2 PPR points.
Their other Week 3 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
QB2 · BAL · bye 13
2025 vs pass yds line 5-8
- Overall rank
- 36
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 2
Ranked behind
QB17 · DET · bye 6
2025 vs pass yds line 10-7
- Overall rank
- 102
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 6
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 3, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board66
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 2 and tier 6
- Board size230 draftable players
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