Should I start Aaron Rodgers or Geno Smith in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Aaron Rodgers, and the board ranks him 15th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Geno Smith, and the board ranks him 181st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Aaron Rodgers is 16.5 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 10 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Geno Smith is 0.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Aaron Rodgers's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 8, Aaron Rodgers has been on the field for 98 percent of PIT snaps, dropped back 311 times and thrown 7.5 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 48 of 311 dropbacks and scrambled 4 times.

In Week 6 against TB he completed 33 of 47 passes for 253 yards and threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception.

In Week 7 against NO he completed 19 of 30 passes for 212 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 8 yards.

In Week 8 against CLE he completed 13 of 24 passes for 172 yards and threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception.

Through Week 9, Geno Smith has been on the field for 100 percent of NYJ snaps, dropped back 310 times and thrown 7.5 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 53 of 310 dropbacks and scrambled 12 times.

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.

In Week 9 against KC he completed 18 of 32 passes for 165 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 8 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Aaron Rodgers played 16 games and scored 234.1 PPR points, 14.6 a game, finishing QB18.

He threw for 3322 yards on 498 attempts with 24 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran for 61 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 31.1 attempts a game at 6.7 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 95 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.

Aaron Rodgers was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Aaron Rodgers scored 14.6 PPR points a game and Geno Smith 12.7, 1.9 a game between them.

Aaron Rodgers finished QB18 that year and Geno Smith QB23.

Aaron Rodgers had 50 more pass attempts than Geno Smith, 498 to 448.

Aaron Rodgers had 297 more passing yards than Geno Smith, 3322 to 3025.

This season Geno Smith holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 98 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.

Byes and availability

Aaron Rodgers is off in Week 9 and Geno Smith in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.