Should I start Cam Ward or Michael Penix Jr. in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Cam Ward, and the board ranks him 198th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 43.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Michael Penix Jr., and the board ranks him 209th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Cam Ward is 1.3 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.

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.

Cam Ward's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 8, Cam Ward has been on the field for 100 percent of TEN snaps, dropped back 278 times and thrown 7.0 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 36 of 278 dropbacks and scrambled 17 times.

In Week 6 against IND he completed 11 of 22 passes for 102 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 8 yards.

In Week 7 against CLE he completed 20 of 31 passes for 181 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 5 yards.

In Week 8 against CIN he completed 26 of 40 passes for 304 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 7 times for 41 yards.

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 Cam Ward played 17 games and scored 193.7 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing QB22.

He threw for 3169 yards on 540 attempts with 15 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran for 159 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 31.8 attempts a game at 5.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 100 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.

Cam Ward was available for 8 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Michael Penix Jr. scored 13.7 PPR points a game and Cam Ward 11.4, 2.3 a game between them.

Cam Ward finished QB22 that year and Michael Penix Jr. QB33.

Cam Ward had 264 more pass attempts than Michael Penix Jr., 540 to 276.

Cam Ward had 1187 more passing yards than Michael Penix Jr., 3169 to 1982.

This season Cam Ward holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 99 percent.

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

Byes and availability

Cam Ward is off in Week 9 and Michael Penix Jr. in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.