Should I start Aaron Rodgers or Sam Darnold in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Aaron Rodgers, and the board ranks him 113th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Sam Darnold, and the board ranks him 121st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 26.

The market-based projections

Aaron Rodgers's market-based projection is 15.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 36th highest figure of the 217 players with a market-based projection.

No season market is posted for Sam Darnold, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season through Week 8

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 8, Sam Darnold has been on the field for 90 percent of SEA snaps, dropped back 235 times and thrown 6.9 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 45 of 235 dropbacks and scrambled 9 times.

In Week 6 against DEN he completed 27 of 49 passes for 278 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions and ran 2 times for 19 yards.

In Week 7 against KC he completed 20 of 28 passes for 257 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 17 yards.

In Week 8 against CHI he completed 17 of 34 passes for 188 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 20 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 Sam Darnold played 17 games and scored 249.4 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing QB13.

He threw for 4048 yards on 477 attempts with 25 touchdowns and 14 interceptions, and ran for 95 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 28.1 attempts a game at 9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 96 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Sam Darnold was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Sam Darnold scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Aaron Rodgers 14.6, 0.0 a game between them.

Aaron Rodgers finished QB18 that year and Sam Darnold QB13.

Aaron Rodgers had 21 more pass attempts than Sam Darnold, 498 to 477.

Sam Darnold had 726 more passing yards than Aaron Rodgers, 4048 to 3322.

This season Aaron Rodgers holds the bigger snap share, 98 percent against 90 percent.

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

Byes and availability

Aaron Rodgers is off in Week 9 and Sam Darnold in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Sam Darnold is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Sam Darnold has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.