Should I start Jordan Love or Baker Mayfield in Week 9?
Updated Nov 3, 4:36 AM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
Week 9 verdict
Start Jordan Love over Baker Mayfield
- Market projects
- 17.0
- fantasy pts
- NE D vs QB
- 15.7
- 10th fewest to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 16.0
- recent weeks avg
- CHI D vs QB
- 19.7
- 8th most to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 97%
- Through Week 8
Start Jordan Love: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Baker Mayfield's 95 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets. 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.
Should I drop Baker Mayfield for Jordan Love?
Not on these numbers alone. Baker Mayfield projects 129 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (16.1 a game over 8 games) and Jordan Love 132 (16.5 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Jordan Love over Baker Mayfield.
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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.
QB7 · GB · bye 11
2026 vs pass yds line 5-3
- Market-based projection
- 17.0 pts a game
QB9 · TB · bye 10
2026 vs pass yds line 1-4
- Market-based projection
- 16.0 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 14
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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 Jordan Love, and the board ranks him 11th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 21.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Baker Mayfield, and the board ranks him 14th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 20.
The market-based projections
Jordan Love's market-based projection is 17.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 5th highest figure of the 175 players with a market-based projection.
No season market is posted for Baker Mayfield, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
This season through Week 8
Through Week 8, Jordan Love has been on the field for 100 percent of GB snaps, dropped back 327 times and thrown 9.2 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 52 of 327 dropbacks and scrambled 1 time.
In Week 6 against DAL he completed 23 of 41 passes for 276 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 14 yards.
In Week 7 against DET he completed 27 of 45 passes for 274 yards and threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception.
In Week 8 against CAR he completed 30 of 41 passes for 288 yards and threw 3 touchdowns and 1 interception.
Through Week 8, Baker Mayfield has been on the field for 96 percent of TB snaps, dropped back 134 times and thrown 8.4 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 23 of 134 dropbacks and scrambled 10 times.
In Week 3 against MIN he completed 17 of 34 passes for 217 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 6 yards.
In Week 7 against CAR he completed 7 of 11 passes for 64 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 1 yards.
In Week 8 against ATL he completed 0 of 3 passes for 0 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 15 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Jordan Love played 15 games and scored 241.1 PPR points, 16.1 a game, finishing QB15.
He threw for 3381 yards on 439 attempts with 23 touchdowns and 6 interceptions, and ran for 199 yards and 0 touchdowns.
That came to 29.3 attempts a game at 7.7 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 94 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
In 2025 Baker Mayfield played 17 games and scored 282.9 PPR points, 16.6 a game, finishing QB12.
He threw for 3693 yards on 543 attempts with 26 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and ran for 382 yards and 1 touchdown.
That came to 31.9 attempts a game at 6.8 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 97 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Baker Mayfield was available for 2 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Baker Mayfield scored 16.6 PPR points a game and Jordan Love 16.1, 0.6 a game between them.
Jordan Love finished QB15 that year and Baker Mayfield QB12.
Baker Mayfield had 104 more pass attempts than Jordan Love, 543 to 439.
Baker Mayfield had 312 more passing yards than Jordan Love, 3693 to 3381.
This season Jordan Love holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 96 percent.
Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.
Byes and availability
Jordan Love is off in Week 11 and Baker Mayfield in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.
What would change the answer
Baker Mayfield has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Baker Mayfield for Jordan Love?
Not on these numbers alone. Baker Mayfield projects 129 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (16.1 a game over 8 games) and Jordan Love 132 (16.5 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Jordan Love over Baker Mayfield.
Should I drop Jordan Love for Baker Mayfield?
Not on these numbers alone. Jordan Love projects 132 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (16.5 a game over 8 games) and Baker Mayfield 129 (16.1 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Jordan Love over Baker Mayfield.
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