Joe Burrow or Aaron Rodgers: who should I start in Week 5?
Neither man carries a posted season price right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
Updated Oct 8, 2026 at 12:26 AM ET
Neither is in the consensus draft sample any more, and the market has not posted a whole price on either of them, so there is no current market order to give between these two. What follows is what each of them has already done.
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QB8 · CIN · bye 6
2026 vs pass yds line 2-2
- Overall rank
- 68
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 5
QB15 · PIT · bye 9
2026 vs pass yds line 3-1
- Overall rank
- 93
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 6
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The gap
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Board size222 draftable players
Consensus average draft position has stopped updating on these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out rather than printed stale. The verdict line above restates the market price and nothing else.
Where the draft room stands
Drafters have formed no consensus on Joe Burrow: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 68th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Drafters have formed no consensus on Aaron Rodgers: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 93rd overall on the rest of his evidence.
What the player markets price
The market has Joe Burrow at 17.5 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 12 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
The market has Aaron Rodgers at 16.3 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 17 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
Joe Burrow's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season through Week 4
Through Week 4, Joe Burrow has been on the field for 100 percent of CIN snaps, dropped back 171 times and thrown 7.1 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 32 of 171 dropbacks and scrambled 5 times.
In Week 2 against HOU he completed 20 of 31 passes for 207 yards and threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.
In Week 3 against PIT he completed 28 of 37 passes for 282 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 13 yards.
In Week 4 against JAX he completed 39 of 54 passes for 428 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 3 times for 6 yards.
Through Week 4, Aaron Rodgers has been on the field for 99 percent of PIT snaps, dropped back 167 times and thrown 9.4 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 30 of 167 dropbacks and scrambled 2 times.
In Week 2 against NE he completed 23 of 39 passes for 187 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 5 yards.
In Week 3 against CIN he completed 19 of 33 passes for 292 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 12 yards.
In Week 4 against CLE he completed 22 of 40 passes for 299 yards and threw 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Joe Burrow played 8 games and scored 139.5 PPR points, 17.4 a game, finishing QB29.
He threw for 1809 yards on 259 attempts with 17 touchdowns and 5 interceptions, and ran for 41 yards and 0 touchdowns.
That came to 32.4 attempts a game at 7.0 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 86 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
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.
Aaron Rodgers was available for 8 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Joe Burrow scored 17.4 PPR points a game and Aaron Rodgers 14.6, 2.8 a game between them.
Joe Burrow finished QB29 that year and Aaron Rodgers QB18.
Aaron Rodgers had 239 more pass attempts than Joe Burrow, 498 to 259.
Aaron Rodgers had 1513 more passing yards than Joe Burrow, 3322 to 1809.
This season Joe Burrow holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 99 percent.
Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.
Byes and availability
Joe Burrow is off in Week 6 and Aaron Rodgers in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.
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