Michael Penix Jr. or Fernando Mendoza: who should I start in Week 3?
Neither man carries a posted season price right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
Updated Sep 25, 2026 at 3:56 AM ET
Neither is in the consensus draft sample any more, and no sportsbook prices either of them this season, so there is no current market order to give between these two. What follows is what each of them has already done.
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QB31 · ATL · bye 11
2025 vs pass yds line 4-5
- Books price
- 12.9 pts a game Wk 3 price
- Overall rank
- 147
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 7
QB33 · LV · bye 13
- Overall rank
- 200
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 8
The gap
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Board size230 draftable players
Consensus average draft position has stopped updating on these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out rather than printed stale. The verdict line above restates the sportsbooks' price and nothing else.
Where the draft room stands
Drafters have formed no consensus on Michael Penix Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 147th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 138.
Drafters have formed no consensus on Fernando Mendoza: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 200th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 151.
What the sportsbooks price
No sportsbook has posted a season market for Michael Penix Jr., so the only market pricing him on this page is the draft room.
No sportsbook has posted a season market for Fernando Mendoza, so the only market pricing 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.
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.
Fernando Mendoza is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.
Byes and availability
Michael Penix Jr. is off in Week 11 and Fernando Mendoza in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.
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