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Marcus Mariota — fantasy football 2026

Every game, every stat category, and what the board says. 12.55 points per game in 2025, an ADP of 170, usage worth 14.5.

32 years old · 11 seasons of experience · 2015 draft class

Updated 2026-08-16 · free, no account, no paywall
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ADP 170
Consensus across 1 books, 0 picks between cheapest and priciest. Cheapest on underdog, priciest on espn.
ESPN170
UNDERDOG216
FFA753

Draft-room facts

Goes aroundRound 15, pick 2 in a 12-team draft
Positional rankQB60

The offense he plays in, 2026

Washington Commanders returns 4 of 6 continuity slots, replacing te1, oc. Jayden Daniels at quarterback, Dan Quinn as head coach, David Blough calling it. The offense projects to 30.1 pass attempts a game at medium confidence and 27.7 rushes.

In: Antonio Williams (wr2), Brandon Aiyuk (wr3), Dyami Brown (wr5), Rachaad White (rb2), Kaytron Allen (rb4), Chig Okonkwo (te1). Out: Deebo Samuel (wr2), Austin Ekeler (rb2), Chris Rodriguez Jr (rb3), Zach Ertz (te1).

The projected target split across the offense:

Brandon Aiyuk21.8%
Terry McLaurin18.6%
Chig Okonkwo10.2%
Antonio Williams9%
Jaylin Lane7.7%
Rachaad White6.2%

Our written view on this offense in 2026

What the offense looks like: Terry McLaurin has been struggling with injuries & is aging. The Commanders have young WR talent that can step up, but they are going to need it quickly. Chig Okonkwo could provide immediate help to Jayden Daniels. But Jayden has to play at a high level. I believe Jayden can be a top 5 QB in the NFL & he has not historically struggled with injuries throughout his career. There is a risk in this offense if Jayden gets hurt again, but when healthy, this is an offense that the top RB will be highly relevant, should have a productive TE, and can support fantasy relevance out of multiple WR.

Key additions: Signed RB Rachaad White from Tampa in free agency (Jayden Daniels college teammate). Signed WR Ryami Brown in free agency from Jacksonville. Signed TE Chig Okonkwo from Tennessee in free agency to 3 year deal (starter). Drafted RB Kaytron Allen in the 6th roud. Expected to sign WR Brandon Aiyuk in free agency.

Key departures: OC Kluff Kingsbury is gone afer disaster 2025 season (promoted David Blough to OC). Lost WR Deebo Samuel in free agency. Lost TE Zach Ertz due to ACL injury because Marcus Mariota got his knee exploded on a hospital ball across the middle of the field.

Notes: Williams round 3 WR could connect early with Daniels. Terry McLaurin is aging, but if he can stay healthy, he will produce over next few years. Signed TE Chig Okonkwo who could 100% produce well with Jayden Daniels but hadn't provded it with Titans yet. Jacory Croskey-Merritt is set to be 1A RB while they sign Bucs RB Rachaad White in free agency. Could function as 1B and recieving back. Very curious to see how this dynamic turns out. Brandon Aiyuk WILL SIGN with Commanders or be traded to them. Unsure if he will be good following knee surgery, but he will be in Washington next Season. Daniels top 5 SF dynasty QB. Buy him. Rookie WR Williams, WR Dyami Brown, & Treylon Burks all have a chance to operate as WR2 or 3. Only 1 can win the full time job though.

How the volume number was reached: Same QB Jayden Daniels returning — anchor to 2025 actuals (27.6 att/g); Regressed 42% toward league mean 33.5, floored at 30 → 30.1 att/g; New OC David Blough — pass rate and tempo may shift.

How the quarterback projection was built

Base case 308.5 PPR points, with a bear case of 135.6 and a bull case of 440.2, and a comp mean of 295.5. The model puts 25% probability on him beating this and 75% on falling short. Drawn from 20 comparable quarterback seasons.

Comparable seasonWhat he actually scoredDistance
Jayden Daniels 2024114.30
Josh Allen 2024416.80.4
Jalen Hurts 2023411.60.4
Josh Allen 2023438.30.5
Lamar Jackson 2023471.50.5

Cross-check against the dynasty market: his production ranks in the 90th percentile and his value in the 90th, which the engine reads as in line. Players with a similar production-against-value gap saw dynasty value move -13.4% over the following year, across 81 cases — a dynasty signal, not a 2026 scoring one.

Offensive environment: WAS rates 23 against a league average of 23, exactly at it on opponent-adjusted least squares (multi-capture merge).

2026 schedule

Opponent-adjusted pass defense faced, against 2025 ratings. Positive is an easier slate.

Full season-0.2 · neutral
Weeks 1–6+3.6 · easier
Weeks 12–17-3 · harder
Fantasy playoffs (15–17)-7.5 · harder

Read this narrowly. Our own testing found that season-long strength of schedule does not survive as a draft input — defensive quality is among the least stable team properties year to year, and a preseason slate is built on last year's identities. The playoff-weeks column is the only one we would let break a tie, and even then it is a tiebreaker rather than a reason. The finding.

Dynasty context not redraft

Everything in this section is about his dynasty trade value — what he is worth as a long-term asset in the trade market. It is not a forecast of his 2026 fantasy scoring. A player can be a fine redraft pick while his dynasty value falls, and the reverse. The redraft read is above; this is a different question with a different answer.

Where he sits in the dynasty value cycle

His dynasty value has moved +62.4% over the last twelve months. The market cycle classifies him as post-spike. The base rate that applies: after a +30% spike, QBs crash the following year 52% of the time (hold 48%). That puts the measured risk of his dynasty value falling sharply over the next year at 52% — a probability drawn from comparable historical seasons, not a prediction, and not a statement about his 2026 scoring.

For context on how long this lasts at the position: the average career at his position produces 2.8 elite seasons and 3.1 startable seasons.

The five most similar seasons, and what their dynasty value did next

Matched on production profile — production-driven (pedigree ignored). The last column is how that player’s dynasty value moved the following year — a market outcome, not a scoring one.

PlayerSeasonTheir PPGSimilarityNext year
Deshaun Watson20241157%-4.3%
Jameis Winston202411.953%-0.7%
Jacoby Brissett20221248%-8.9%
Deshaun Watson202314.547%-59.2%
Mason Rudolph20241246%+15.9%

Of the 5 with a following season on record, 1 gained value, 3 lost it and 1 held roughly flat.

Four years of dynasty value

02,000202120222023202420252026
Monthly superflex value, 2020-06 to 2026-07. Down 19% across the series, peaking at 2,470.

The player

Draft capital and athletic profile

Drafted2015, round 1, pick 2 by TEN
CollegeOregon
Age at draft21
Height6′4″
Weight222 lb
40-yard dash4.52s
Vertical36″
Broad jump121″
3-cone6.87s
Shuttle4.11s

Availability and volatility

Career PPR per game11.6
Week-to-week variation0.7
Boom rate14.3%
Bust rate23.8%
Games missed per season1
Injury historyQuadricep, Hand

Injury type matters more than games missed. Measured across our injury database, knee and foot returns stay below a player’s pre-injury baseline for all three of the first games back, while hamstring returns over-recover by the third.

The record, season by season

2025 · WAS · 10 games

His best game was Week 13 against DEN — 23.26 PPR on 0 targets and a 0% target share, in a game that finished 26-27. His worst was Week 14 against MIN at -2.1, on 0 targets, final score 0-31. Across 10 games he cleared 20 points 2 times and came in under 8 points 3 times. In the 4 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 17.4; in the 6 decided by more, 9.3. He scored more when the game was live.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 14.5 points per game. He scored 12.55, 13.4% below it. The engine classified the season as unlucky.

WkOppScorePPRYdsCarRushTDTgt%Snap%
3LV41-2420.28064020%100%
4ATL27-3416.24022020%100%
7DAL22-443.92023400%31%
8KC7-2811.32082810%100%
10DET22-4418.72052220%94%
11MIA13-1615.42044910%99%
13DEN26-2723.260105520%100%
14MIN0-31-2.102700%25%
15NYG29-2114.740104310%100%
16PHI18-293.701-100%59%

Production

Carries50
Rushing yards297
Touchdowns11
Points per game12.55
Yards per carry5.94

Role

Snap share80.8%
Target share0%
Air-yards share0%

Efficiency

Receiving EPA per game0
Rushing EPA per game0.67

Scoring position

Red-zone targets0
Red-zone target share0%
End-zone target share0%
Red-zone carry share8.8%
Goal-line carry share8.8%
Expected receiving TDs0
Actual receiving TDs0
Receiving TD luck0
Expected rushing TDs1.41

Who else ate

The offense threw it 469 times. 2 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Deebo Samuel22.92%
Zach Ertz16.67%
Terry McLaurin13.89%
Jaylin Lane7.41%
Jeremy McNichols7.18%
Chris Moore5.32%

By quarterback

He caught passes from 2 quarterbacks that season, and the splits are not close.

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Marcus Mariota8015.460%
Jayden Daniels200.910%

Blowouts against close games

5 of his 10 games were blowouts, 41.6% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 10.43 in those and 17.41 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

2024 · WAS · 3 games

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 7 points per game. He scored 15.25, 30.7% above it. The engine classified the season as very_lucky.

WkOppScorePPRYdsCarRushTDTgt%Snap%
5CLE34-130.1202200%13%
7CAR40-719.60113420%86%
18DAL23-1926.04055630%55%

Production

Carries18
Rushing yards92
Touchdowns5
Points per game15.25
Yards per carry5.11

Role

Snap share51.33%
Target share0%
Air-yards share0%

Efficiency

Receiving EPA per game0
Rushing EPA per game1.17

Scoring position

Red-zone targets0
Red-zone target share0%
End-zone target share0%
Red-zone carry share1.4%
Goal-line carry share2.6%
Expected receiving TDs0
Actual receiving TDs0
Receiving TD luck0
Expected rushing TDs0.56

Who else ate

The offense threw it 525 times. 2 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Terry McLaurin23.26%
Zach Ertz18.09%
Olamide Zaccheaus12.72%
Noah Brown11.13%
Austin Ekeler8.15%
Dyami Brown7.95%

By quarterback

He caught passes from 2 quarterbacks that season, and the splits are not close.

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Marcus Mariota2022.820%
Jayden Daniels100.120%

Blowouts against close games

2 of his 3 games were blowouts, 43.1% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 9.86 in those and 26.04 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

2023 · PHI · 2 games

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 7.9 points per game. He scored 5.88, 25.1% below it. The engine classified the season as very_unlucky.

WkOppScorePPRYdsCarRushTDTgt%Snap%
13SF19-421.2402600%7%
18NYG10-2710.52064610%57%

Production

Carries8
Rushing yards52
Touchdowns1
Points per game5.88
Yards per carry6.5

Role

Snap share32%
Target share0%
Air-yards share0%

Efficiency

Receiving EPA per game0
Rushing EPA per game2.83

Scoring position

Red-zone targets0
Red-zone target share0%
End-zone target share0%
Expected receiving TDs0
Actual receiving TDs0
Receiving TD luck0
Expected rushing TDs0

Who else ate

The offense threw it 562 times. 3 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

A.J. Brown30.1%
DeVonta Smith21.33%
Dallas Goedert15.81%
D'Andre Swift9.33%
Kenneth Gainwell7.05%
Quez Watkins4%

By quarterback

He caught passes from 2 quarterbacks that season, and the splits are not close.

QBGamesTargetsPPGY/TTgt%
Jalen Hurts101.240%
Marcus Mariota1010.520%

2022 · ATL · 13 games

His best game was Week 6 against SF — 24.16 PPR on 0 targets and a 0% target share, in a game that finished 28-14. His worst was Week 4 against CLE at 3.86, on 0 targets, final score 23-20. Across 13 games he cleared 20 points 2 times and came in under 8 points 2 times. In the 10 games decided by 8 points or fewer he averaged 14.3; in the 3 decided by more, 18. He scored more when the game was not close.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 14.7 points per game. He scored 15.12, 2.6% above it. The engine classified the season as neutral.

WkOppScorePPRYdsCarRushTDTgt%Snap%
1NO26-2719.80127210%100%
2LA27-3113.44061620%100%
3SEA27-2315.5607420%100%
4CLE23-203.8605300%100%
5TB15-2117.98076110%100%
6SF28-1424.16065030%100%
7CIN17-3512.06063110%100%
8CAR37-3422.42064330%100%
9LAC17-207.56052400%100%
10CAR15-2517.74034320%100%
11CHI27-2417.740132520%100%
12WAS13-1913.86064910%100%
13PIT16-1910.38031710%100%

Production

Carries85
Rushing yards438
Touchdowns19
Points per game15.12
Yards per carry5.15

Role

Snap share100%
Target share0%
Air-yards share0%

Efficiency

Receiving EPA per game0
Rushing EPA per game0.76

Scoring position

Red-zone targets0
Red-zone target share0%
End-zone target share0%
Red-zone carry share14.3%
Goal-line carry share15.4%
Expected receiving TDs0
Actual receiving TDs0
Receiving TD luck0
Expected rushing TDs2.59

Who else ate

The offense threw it 415 times. 2 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Drake London29.4%
Olamide Zaccheaus15.33%
Kyle Pitts14.82%
Cordarrelle Patterson7.79%
Damiere Byrd5.78%
MyCole Pruitt5.28%

Blowouts against close games

1 of his 13 games were blowouts, 6.1% of his snaps coming in them. He averaged 12.06 in those and 14.26 in close games — his scoring did not depend on garbage time.

2021 · LV · 7 games

His best game was Week 12 against DAL — 6.4 PPR on 0 targets and a 0% target share, in a game that finished 36-33. His worst was Week 15 against CLE at 0.3, on 0 targets, final score 16-14. Across 7 games he cleared 20 points 0 times and came in under 8 points 7 times.

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 1.5 points per game. He scored 2.12, 40.2% above it. The engine classified the season as very_lucky.

WkOppScorePPRYdsCarRushTDTgt%Snap%
1BAL33-273.1013100%1%
7PHI33-220.401400%2%
9NYG16-230.601600%1%
12DAL36-336.402410%2%
15CLE16-140.301300%6%
17IND23-201.6031600%8%
18LAC35-322.46042300%9%

Production

Carries13
Rushing yards87
Touchdowns1
Points per game2.12
Yards per carry6.69

Role

Snap share4.14%
Target share0%
Air-yards share0%

Efficiency

Receiving EPA per game0
Rushing EPA per game1.03

Scoring position

Red-zone targets0
Red-zone target share0%
End-zone target share0%
Red-zone carry share6.4%
Goal-line carry share9.1%
Expected receiving TDs0
Actual receiving TDs0
Receiving TD luck0
Expected rushing TDs1.11

Who else ate

The offense threw it 628 times. 2 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Hunter Renfrow21.66%
Darren Waller15.74%
Zay Jones11.84%
Josh Jacobs10.83%
Bryan Edwards9.98%
Foster Moreau7.45%

2020 · LV · 1 games

Earned against scored

His usage that season was worth 20.3 points per game. He scored 25.84, 27.3% above it. The engine classified the season as very_lucky.

WkOppScorePPRYdsCarRushTDTgt%Snap%
15LAC27-3025.84098820%86%

Production

Carries9
Rushing yards88
Touchdowns2
Points per game25.84
Yards per carry9.78

Role

Snap share86%
Target share0%
Air-yards share0%

Efficiency

Receiving EPA per game0
Rushing EPA per game11.24

Scoring position

Red-zone targets0
Red-zone target share0%
End-zone target share0%
Red-zone carry share3%
Goal-line carry share3.8%
Expected receiving TDs0
Actual receiving TDs0
Receiving TD luck0
Expected rushing TDs0.53

Who else ate

The offense threw it 551 times. 3 team-mates cleared the competing-target threshold.

Darren Waller28.66%
Nelson Agholor16.21%
Hunter Renfrow15.22%
Josh Jacobs8.89%
Henry Ruggs8.5%
Jalen Richard4.55%
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