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Patrick Mahomes or Drake Maye

Who Should I Start? - Week 1 • Start New
Patrick Mahomes

Patrick Mahomes

QB • Kansas City Chiefs KC
Drake Maye

Drake Maye

QB • New England Patriots NE
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Mahomes over Maye

 
 
 
 
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Outlook Patrick Mahomes

Post-Injury Market Drop Creates Massive Value for Kansas City Star

Patrick Mahomes enters the 2026 season recovering from an ACL injury, but encouraging training camp reports confirm he is firmly on track to start Week 1. Although Kansas City held him out of the preseason finale for precaution, his knee has responded well and his movement continues to trend in the right direction.

Leading an offense featuring Travis Kelce, Rashee Rice, Xavier Worthy, and new backfield addition Kenneth Walker, Mahomes retains plenty of high-caliber support. We project Mahomes to deliver 3,800 passing yards, 27 passing touchdowns, and 280 rushing yards, reinforcing his standing as an elite fantasy contributor.

Market skepticism has caused his draft stock to tumble significantly, dropping from an ADP near pick 101 in July down past pick 150 heading into September. With our projections signaling stable high-end production, this declining draft cost transforms the former MVP into an exceptional draft-day value steal in 1.0 PPR drafts.

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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Maye over Mahomes

 
 
 
 
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Outlook Drake Maye

Elite Dual-Threat Upside Offers Exceptional Draft-Day Value

Following an exceptional 2025 campaign where he posted 4,688 passing yards and 32 touchdowns, Drake Maye enters his third season firmly established as one of the league's premier young passers. New England's aerial attack has upgraded considerably around him, featuring elite wideout A.J. Brown alongside dependable targets Hunter Henry and Romeo Doubs.

Our projections forecast another dominant campaign, projecting 4,250 passing yards, 32 touchdowns through the air, and 450 rushing yards with four scores on the ground. Maye's rushing mobility provides a rock-solid fantasy floor to pair with his explosive downfield efficiency and high passing ceiling.

Draft market sentiment has seen Maye's ADP drift from the mid-50s in July down toward the 80 mark entering September drafts. Given his top-five positional upside and 100% roster rate, this dipping cost makes Maye a premier draft-day value who can anchor fantasy lineups without requiring an early-round pick.

Updated 14 hrs ago

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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Patrick Mahomes
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29562.822370
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Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
Redzone Touches Patrick Mahomes

Redzone information only applies to RB, WR, TE.

Redzone Touches Drake Maye

Redzone information only applies to RB, WR, TE.

Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Patrick Mahomes
OWN
95%
+0.12 compared to last week
START
24%
-3.02 compared to last week
OWN/START Drake Maye
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
85%
+1.79 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Patrick Mahomes
15th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Drake Maye
3rd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Patrick Mahomes

    Overview

  • A good quarterback can mean the world of difference in such a pass heavy league.
  • Experts rank this player at 15th among QB's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 10th with 301.76 total points (20.12 avg).
  • Currently 132.48 points behind the leader: Matthew Stafford
  • He is putting up slightly better numbers than the experts expected him to.
  • He has missed playing in at least 2 games and is listed on the injury report.
  • He is listed on the injury report about his Knee (ACL) (Since Aug 31, 2026). Check out his player news for a closer look.
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 20.1.

    • QB Stats

  • Top 10 in pass yards with 3939 (262.60 per game) and is currently ranked 8th among QB.
  • Top 20 in pass tds with 22 (1.47 per game) and is currently ranked 17th among QB.
  • Top 15 in pass completions with 344 (22.93 per game) and is currently ranked 11th.
  • Top 10 in interceptions with 12 (0.80 per game) and is currently ranked 10th.
  • Top 5 in rushing TDs with 5 (0.33 per game) and is currently ranked 5th among QB.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 2 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Yards: +11, TDs: -4, INTs: +1
  • He has recorded some deep balls down the field. If your league gives out bonuses for long TD passes then he has some added value.

    • Season Outlook

  • PASS YDS: 3800, PASS TDS: 26, RUSH YDS: 280, RUSH TDS: 3
Breakdown Drake Maye

    Overview

  • A good quarterback can mean the world of difference in such a pass heavy league.
  • Experts rank this player at 3rd among QB's. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 2nd with 431.84 total points (19.63 avg).
  • Currently 2.4 points behind the leader: Matthew Stafford
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 19.6.

    • QB Stats

  • Top 6 in pass yards with 4688 (260.44 per game) and is currently ranked 4th among QB.
  • Top 6 in pass tds with 32 (1.78 per game) and is currently ranked 4th among QB.
  • Top 6 in pass completions with 376 (20.89 per game) and is currently ranked 5th.
  • Top 20 in interceptions with 9 (0.50 per game) and is currently ranked 16th.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 6 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Yards: +3240, TDs: +23, INTs: +3
  • He has recorded some deep balls down the field. If your league gives out bonuses for long TD passes then he has some added value.
  • Unfortunately two players have the same exact name and his rating may not be entirely accurate at this point. We are working on fixing situations like this!

    • Season Outlook

  • PASS YDS: 4250, PASS TDS: 32, RUSH YDS: 450, RUSH TDS: 4
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Patrick Mahomes

KNEE (ACL) - Since Aug 31, 2026

Week 1
Injury Drake Maye

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Patrick Mahomes

Week 1
Kansas City Chiefs VS Denver Broncos

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
18.47271.2619127624.97
Compare to same point last season

Overview

  • Experts don"t even rank him among DST's. Either he is on a bye week or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 4th with 160.00 total points (8.42 avg).
  • Currently 67 points behind the leader: Seahawks DST
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 8.4.

Defensive Stats

  • Top 2 in total yards against with 303.18 per game and is currently ranked 2nd among DST.
  • Top 2 in rush defense with 1548 (91.06 per game) and is currently ranked 2nd among DST.
  • Top 6 in pass defense with 3606 (212.12 per game) and is currently ranked 6th among DST.
  • Top 2 in sacks with 68 (4.00 per game) and currently ranked 1st among DST.
  • Top 4 in points against with 18.29 per game and currently ranked 3rd among DST.
  • Currently ranked 18th in Total TDs with 2 (0.12 per game) among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: -75.68, Turnovers: -6 Sacks: +15, INTs: -3, TDs: -3, Points Allowed: +0.47,
  • Unfortunately two players have the same exact name and his rating may not be entirely accurate at this point. We are working on fixing situations like this!

Season Outlook

  • SACK: 60, INT: 14, TDS: 4, PA/G: 19.4, YDS/G: 295.6
Matchups Drake Maye

Week 1
New England Patriots @ Seattle Seahawks

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
16.90276.10332156104.06
Compare to same point last season

Overview

  • Experts don"t even rank him among DST's. Either he is on a bye week or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 1st with 227.00 total points (11.35 avg).
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 11.4.

Defensive Stats

  • Top 6 in total yards against with 324.82 per game and is currently ranked 6th among DST.
  • Top 6 in turnovers with 26 (1.53 per game) and is currently ranked 5th among DST.
  • Top 4 in rush defense with 1622 (95.41 per game) and is currently ranked 3rd among DST.
  • Ranked 14th in pass defense with 3900 (229.41 per game).
  • Top 8 in sacks with 47 (2.76 per game) and currently ranked 8th among DST.
  • Top 6 in interceptions with 18 (1.06 per game) and currently ranked 5th among DST.
  • Top 2 in points against with 17.18 per game and currently ranked 1st among DST.
  • Top 2 in Total TDs with 8 (0.47 per game) and currently ranked 1st among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: -85.25, Turnovers: +17 Sacks: +12, INTs: +10, TDs: +5, Points Allowed: -4.69,
  • Unfortunately two players have the same exact name and his rating may not be entirely accurate at this point. We are working on fixing situations like this!

Season Outlook

  • SACK: 44, INT: 14, TDS: 8, PA/G: 18.3, YDS/G: 303.8
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Patrick Mahomes
16.86
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Drake Maye
20.38
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Patrick Mahomes
PASS RUSH
YR TM GP YD CMP% TD INT RAT YD TD FUM
2018 KC 16 5097 66% 50 12 113.8 272 2 4
2019 KC 14 4031 66% 26 5 105.3 218 2 4
2020 KC 15 4740 66% 38 6 108.2 308 2 2
2021 KC 16 4839 66% 37 13 98.5 381 2 4
2022 KC 16 5250 67% 41 12 105.2 358 4 0
2023 KC 16 4184 67% 27 14 92.6 389 0 3
2024 KC 16 3928 68% 26 11 93.5 307 2 0
2025 KC 15 3939 63% 22 12 88.6 452 5 0
ON PACE 68 17726 63% 99 54 88.6 2034 23 0
3-YEAR AVG 18 4978 68% 35 13 97.9 404 2 1
Totals 138 39109 66% 286 90 100.6 2976 22 20
Career Drake Maye
PASS RUSH
YR TM GP YD CMP% TD INT RAT YD TD FUM
2024 NE 13 2276 67% 15 10 88.1 421 2 6
2025 NE 16 4688 71% 32 9 111.7 472 4 3
ON PACE 72 21096 71% 144 41 111.7 2124 18 14
3-YEAR AVG 10 2321 70% 16 6 102.5 298 2 3
Totals 35 7792 68% 53 23 100.0 1071 7 13
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Matchups

Week 1
ARI @LAC
ATL @PIT
BAL @IND
BUF @HOU
CAR vs CHI
CIN vs TB
CLE @JAC
DAL @NYG
DEN @KC
DET vs NO
GB @MIN
LAR vs SF
LV vs MIA
NE @SEA
NYJ @TEN
PHI vs WAS
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ATH @TEX 02:35 EDT EST
ATL @WAS 01:05 EDT EST
BAL @COL 03:10 EDT EST
BOS vs SEA 04:10 EDT EST
CHC vs MIL 07:40 EDT EST
CHW @HOU 08:10 EDT EST
CIN vs SD 12:40 EDT EST
CLE vs TOR 06:40 EDT EST
DET @MIN 07:40 EDT EST
KC vs MIA 07:40 EDT EST
LAA vs NYY 09:38 EDT EST
LAD vs STL 10:10 EDT EST
NYM @TB 06:40 EDT EST
PIT vs SF 06:40 EDT EST
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