Should I start Jordan Love or C.J. Stroud in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jordan Love, and the board ranks him 8th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 21.

Live drafts hold no current pick on C.J. Stroud, and the board ranks him 162nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 30.

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 211 players with a market-based projection.

The market has C.J. Stroud at 0.9 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.

C.J. Stroud's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

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 7, C.J. Stroud has been on the field for 100 percent of HOU snaps, dropped back 266 times and thrown 9.3 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 35 of 266 dropbacks and scrambled 8 times.

In Week 5 against TEN he completed 26 of 34 passes for 261 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 7 yards.

In Week 6 against JAX he completed 24 of 34 passes for 312 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 5 yards.

In Week 7 against NYG he completed 17 of 28 passes for 153 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 4 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 C.J. Stroud played 14 games and scored 216.5 PPR points, 15.5 a game, finishing QB21.

He threw for 3041 yards on 423 attempts with 19 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 209 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 30.2 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.

Jordan Love was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jordan Love scored 16.1 PPR points a game and C.J. Stroud 15.5, 0.6 a game between them.

Jordan Love finished QB15 that year and C.J. Stroud QB21.

Jordan Love had 16 more pass attempts than C.J. Stroud, 439 to 423.

Jordan Love had 340 more passing yards than C.J. Stroud, 3381 to 3041.

Their snap share this season is the same, 100 percent each.

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

Byes and availability

Jordan Love is off in Week 11 and C.J. Stroud in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

C.J. Stroud has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.