Should I start Michael Penix Jr. or Drake London in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Michael Penix Jr., and the board ranks him 12th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Drake London, and the board ranks him 13th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market has Michael Penix Jr. at 16.6 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 7 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Drake London's market-based projection is 16.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 7 market sources. That is the 6th highest figure of the 175 players with a market-based projection.

Michael Penix Jr.'s projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Michael Penix Jr. has been on the field for 99 percent of ATL snaps, dropped back 59 times and thrown 7.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 0 of 59 dropbacks and scrambled 2 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.

Through Week 8, Drake London has been on the field for 88 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 29 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 23 of the offence's 62 third down targets, had 0 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 62 targets have averaged 10.0 air yards.

In Week 6 against CHI he caught 4 of 10 targets for 62 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against SF he caught 7 of 10 targets for 66 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against TB he caught 1 of 6 targets for 8 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 Drake London played 12 games and scored 201.9 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing WR19.

He caught 68 of 112 targets for 919 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 9.3 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 14 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 90 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Drake London was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Drake London scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Michael Penix Jr. 13.7, 3.1 a game between them.

Michael Penix Jr. finished QB33 and Drake London WR19, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 11, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

Drake London is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Michael Penix Jr. has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.