Should I start Michael Penix Jr. or Darnell Mooney in Week 10?

The market-based projections

Michael Penix Jr.'s market-based projection is 15.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 36th highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.

Darnell Mooney's market-based projection is 3.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 118th highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Michael Penix Jr., and the board ranks him 112th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Darnell Mooney, and the board ranks him 111th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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, Darnell Mooney has been on the field for 55 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 71 third down targets, had 0 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 13.8 air yards.

In Week 6 against NO he carried 1 time for 20 yards, caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against HOU he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against PHI he carried 1 time for -4 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 54 yards and did not score.

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 Darnell Mooney played 15 games and scored 82.3 PPR points, 5.5 a game, finishing WR79.

He caught 32 of 72 targets for 443 yards and 1 touchdown, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 4.8 targets a game, a 44 percent catch rate and 13.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 82 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Darnell Mooney was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Michael Penix Jr. scored 13.7 PPR points a game and Darnell Mooney 5.5, 8.2 a game between them.

Michael Penix Jr. finished QB33 and Darnell Mooney WR79, which are two different ladders.

Michael Penix Jr. is a quarterback and Darnell Mooney a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Michael Penix Jr. is off in Week 11 and Darnell Mooney in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Darnell Mooney is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

11.2 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.