Should I start Carson Wentz or Sam Darnold in Week 10?
Updated Nov 11, 8:56 PM ET. Week 11 answers post Tuesday.
Latest
- : Carson Wentz: Listed Questionable (Ankle) (Sleeper injury feed)
- : Kyler Murray: Questionable to Out (Hamstring, Soreness) (Sleeper injury feed)
- : Seahawks' Quenton Nelson, Sam Darnold among starters ruled out (ESPN)
Start Sam Darnold: 100 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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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
QB22 · MIN · bye 6
2025 vs pass td line 3-2
- Market-based projection
- 14.8 pts a game Wk 9 price
- Overall rank
- 116
QB25 · SEA · bye 11
2026 vs pass yds line 3-4
- Market-based projection
- 14.7 pts a game Wk 9 price
- Overall rank
- 121
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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 Carson Wentz, and the board ranks him 116th 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
No season market is posted for Carson Wentz, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for Sam Darnold, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.
This season so far
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.
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 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.
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 12 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Carson Wentz scored 15.1 PPR points a game and Sam Darnold 14.7, 0.4 a game between them.
Carson Wentz finished QB39 that year and Sam Darnold QB13.
Sam Darnold had 308 more pass attempts than Carson Wentz, 477 to 169.
Sam Darnold had 2832 more passing yards than Carson Wentz, 4048 to 1216.
This season Sam Darnold holds the bigger snap share, 90 percent against 88 percent.
Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.
Byes and availability
Carson Wentz is off in Week 6 and Sam Darnold in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.
Carson Wentz is listed as questionable on the injury report.
Sam Darnold is listed as out on the injury report.
Both players in full
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