Aaron Rodgers or Michael Penix Jr.: who should I start in Week 5?
Both players' season market price, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, with the draft market's own figures wherever it still has them.
Updated Oct 7, 2026 at 11:46 PM ET
Neither is in the consensus draft sample any more, and the market has not posted a whole price on Aaron Rodgers, 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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QB15 · PIT · bye 9
2026 vs pass yds line 3-1
- Overall rank
- 94
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 6
QB26 · ATL · bye 11
2025 vs pass yds line 4-5
- Market price
- 14.5 pts a game
- Draft pick
- no consensus
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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 Aaron Rodgers: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 94th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Drafters have formed no consensus on Michael Penix Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 123rd overall on the rest of his evidence.
What the player markets price
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.
The player markets price Michael Penix Jr. at 14.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 47th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.
Aaron Rodgers's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season through Week 4
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.
Through Week 4, Michael Penix Jr. has been on the field for 100 percent of ATL snaps, dropped back 46 times and thrown 6.2 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 2 of 46 dropbacks.
In Week 3 against GB he completed 18 of 25 passes for 256 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception.
In Week 4 against NO he completed 15 of 20 passes for 223 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions.
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 Michael Penix Jr. played 9 games and scored 123.3 PPR points, 13.7 a game, finishing QB33.
He threw for 1982 yards on 276 attempts with 9 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran for 70 yards and 1 touchdown.
That came to 30.7 attempts a game at 7.2 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 93 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Aaron Rodgers was available for 7 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Aaron Rodgers scored 14.6 PPR points a game and Michael Penix Jr. 13.7, 0.9 a game between them.
Aaron Rodgers finished QB18 that year and Michael Penix Jr. QB33.
Aaron Rodgers had 222 more pass attempts than Michael Penix Jr., 498 to 276.
Aaron Rodgers had 1340 more passing yards than Michael Penix Jr., 3322 to 1982.
This season Michael Penix Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 99 percent.
Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.
Byes and availability
Aaron Rodgers is off in Week 9 and Michael Penix Jr. in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.
What would change the answer
Aaron Rodgers is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.
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