Should I start Aaron Rodgers or Michael Penix Jr. in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Aaron Rodgers, and the board ranks him 14th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Michael Penix Jr., and the board ranks him 188th 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 11 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 has Michael Penix Jr. at 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, Michael Penix Jr. has been on the field for 99 percent of ATL snaps, dropped back 93 times and thrown 7.1 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 0 of 93 dropbacks and scrambled 5 times.

In Week 7 against SF he completed 25 of 33 passes for 213 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 2 yards.

In Week 8 against TB he completed 8 of 24 passes for 125 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 4 interceptions and ran 5 times for 11 yards.

In Week 9 against CIN he completed 20 of 31 passes for 162 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 3 times for 50 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 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, 99 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 Michael Penix Jr. in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.