Should I start Michael Penix Jr. or Carson Wentz in Week 10?
Updated Nov 11, 2:46 PM ET. Week 11 answers post Tuesday.
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Start Michael Penix Jr.: 99 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Carson Wentz's 88 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.
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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.
QB20 · ATL · bye 11
2026 vs pass yds line 2-5
- Market-based projection
- 14.7 pts a game
QB33 · MIN · bye 6
2025 vs pass td line 3-2
- Market-based projection
- 14.8 pts a game Wk 9 price
- Overall rank
- 224
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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 Michael Penix Jr., and the board ranks him 118th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Carson Wentz, and the board ranks him 224th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
Michael Penix Jr.'s market-based projection is 14.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 43rd highest figure of the 216 players with a market-based projection.
The market-based projection for Carson Wentz is 0.4 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.
Carson Wentz's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season through Week 9
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.
Through Week 9, Carson Wentz has been on the field for 88 percent of MIN snaps, dropped back 72 times and thrown 9.0 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 15 of 72 dropbacks and scrambled 2 times.
In Week 1 against GB he completed 12 of 19 passes for 133 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 2 yards.
In Week 2 against CHI he completed 11 of 20 passes for 143 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 6 yards.
In Week 9 against BUF he completed 8 of 24 passes for 81 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions and ran 1 time for 0 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
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.
In 2025 Carson Wentz played 5 games and scored 75.3 PPR points, 15.1 a game, finishing QB39.
He threw for 1216 yards on 169 attempts with 6 touchdowns and 5 interceptions, and ran for 57 yards and 0 touchdowns.
That came to 33.8 attempts a game at 7.2 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 71 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Michael Penix Jr. was available for 4 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Carson Wentz scored 15.1 PPR points a game and Michael Penix Jr. 13.7, 1.4 a game between them.
Michael Penix Jr. finished QB33 that year and Carson Wentz QB39.
Michael Penix Jr. had 107 more pass attempts than Carson Wentz, 276 to 169.
Michael Penix Jr. had 766 more passing yards than Carson Wentz, 1982 to 1216.
This season Michael Penix Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 99 percent against 88 percent.
Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.
Byes and availability
Michael Penix Jr. is off in Week 11 and Carson Wentz in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.
Carson Wentz is listed as questionable on the injury report.
What would change the answer
Carson Wentz has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.
Both players in full
Week 10 on the board
- Is Michael Penix Jr. playing Week 10?
- Is Carson Wentz playing Week 10?
- Falcons depth chart
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- Week 10 QB rankings
- Week 10 fantasy rankings
- Week 10 start or sit
- Week 10 waiver wire
- Week 10 trade value chart
- Trade deadline buy low, sell high
- Fantasy football rankings
- Start 'em sit 'em Week 10
- Waiver wire pickups
- Fantasy sleepers
- Rest of season rankings
- Week 10 kicker rankings
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