Should I start Aaron Rodgers or Jalen Hurts in Week 9?
Updated Nov 3, 3:36 AM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
Aaron Rodgers and Jalen Hurts are too close to call on usage: 99 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets against 98 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
QB · PIT · on bye this week
2026 vs pass yds line 5-3
- Market-based projection
- 14.1 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 246
QB · PHI · bye 10
2026 vs pass yds line 2-3
- Overall rank
- 255
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The gap
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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Aaron Rodgers, and the board ranks him 246th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Jalen Hurts, and the board ranks him 255th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Aaron Rodgers, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for Jalen Hurts, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.
This season so far
Through Week 8, Aaron Rodgers has been on the field for 99 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 5, Jalen Hurts has been on the field for 99 percent of PHI snaps, dropped back 179 times and thrown 7.5 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 28 of 179 dropbacks and scrambled 12 times.
In Week 3 against CHI he completed 16 of 25 passes for 153 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 4 times for 25 yards.
In Week 4 against LAR he completed 12 of 27 passes for 93 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 18 yards.
In Week 5 against JAX he completed 21 of 40 passes for 220 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 2 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 Jalen Hurts played 16 games and scored 305.1 PPR points, 19.1 a game, finishing QB8.
He threw for 3224 yards on 454 attempts with 25 touchdowns and 6 interceptions, and ran for 421 yards and 8 touchdowns.
That came to 28.4 attempts a game at 7.1 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 98 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Both were available for 16 games that season.
Head to head
In 2025 Jalen Hurts scored 19.1 PPR points a game and Aaron Rodgers 14.6, 4.4 a game between them.
Aaron Rodgers finished QB18 that year and Jalen Hurts QB8.
Aaron Rodgers had 44 more pass attempts than Jalen Hurts, 498 to 454.
Aaron Rodgers had 98 more passing yards than Jalen Hurts, 3322 to 3224.
Their snap share this season is the same, 99 percent each.
Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.
Byes and availability
Aaron Rodgers is off in Week 9 and Jalen Hurts in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.
Jalen Hurts is listed as ir on the injury report.
Both players in full
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