Start Jordan Love. Love is projected for 17.0 PPR points vs 13.7 for Carson Wentz, and faces the 10th-toughest defense against QBs this week.
Updated Nov 7, 4:39 PM ET
| Jordan Love QB · GB | Carson Wentz QB · MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| Projection (Week 9, avg of sources) | 17.0 | 13.7 |
| Floor (lowest source) | 15.9 | 10.8 |
| Ceiling (highest source) | 17.8 | 15.7 |
| StatChasers projection | 17.8 (QB11) | 14.0 (QB26) |
| Opponent | vs NE | vs BUF |
| Opponent vs. position | 10th-toughest (15.7 pts/g allowed) | 11th-softest (19.0 pts/g allowed) |
| Recent usage | — | — |
| Position | QB | QB |
| Our call | START · QB1 | SIT · Bench |
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Start Jordan Love. Love projects for 17.0 PPR points vs NE, against 13.7 for Carson Wentz vs BUF: a 3.3-point edge.
The projection is the average of every source that carries each player this week, and a player listed Out or Doubtful is never the start.
Jordan Love is projected to score more: 17.0 PPR points to 13.7 for Carson Wentz.
The sources range from 15.9 to 17.8 for Love and from 10.8 to 15.7 for Wentz. Even Wentz's highest projection is below Love's lowest.
Jordan Love is the safer start: even the most cautious projection source has Love at 15.9 PPR points, against 10.8 for Carson Wentz.
Start the higher floor when you are favored and only need to avoid a dud.
Jordan Love has the higher ceiling: the most optimistic projection source has Love at 17.8 PPR points, against 15.7 for Carson Wentz.
Start the higher ceiling when you are the underdog and need points more than safety.
Jordan Love plays NE and Carson Wentz plays BUF in Week 9.
By fantasy points allowed to each position, Love faces the 10th-toughest defense against QBs and Wentz faces the 11th-softest defense against QBs, so Carson Wentz has the softer matchup.
Each projection already accounts for the opponent, so a soft matchup is a tiebreaker, not a reason to bench the higher projection.
These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets.
Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.
Neither Jordan Love nor Carson Wentz has an injury designation for Week 9.
Designations change through the week, so check again before kickoff; this page updates with each refresh.
Each figure is the average of the projection sources that carry the player this week: StatChasers, Sleeper, ESPN, numberFire, FFToday and the betting markets (sportsbook player props). Jordan Love is projected by 6 of them and Carson Wentz by 6.
A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.