Should I start Jordan Love or Justin Herbert in Week 9?

The market-based projections

Jordan Love's market-based projection is 17.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 19th highest figure of the 225 players with a market-based projection.

Justin Herbert's market-based projection is 11.9 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 67th highest figure of the 225 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jordan Love, and the board ranks him 100th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 21.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Justin Herbert, and the board ranks him 161st overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 23; 2QB: ADP 12.

This season through Week 8

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 8, Justin Herbert has been on the field for 100 percent of LAC snaps, dropped back 255 times and thrown 7.4 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 48 of 255 dropbacks and scrambled 22 times.

In Week 5 against DEN he completed 14 of 23 passes for 121 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 6 times for 54 yards.

In Week 6 against KC he completed 22 of 37 passes for 204 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 5 times for 26 yards.

In Week 8 against LAR he completed 24 of 31 passes for 257 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions and ran 4 times for 15 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 Justin Herbert played 16 games and scored 299.9 PPR points, 18.7 a game, finishing QB10.

He threw for 3727 yards on 512 attempts with 26 touchdowns and 13 interceptions, and ran for 498 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 32.0 attempts a game at 7.3 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 97 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Justin Herbert was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Justin Herbert scored 18.7 PPR points a game and Jordan Love 16.1, 2.7 a game between them.

Jordan Love finished QB15 that year and Justin Herbert QB10.

Justin Herbert had 73 more pass attempts than Jordan Love, 512 to 439.

Justin Herbert had 346 more passing yards than Jordan Love, 3727 to 3381.

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 Justin Herbert in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

5.1 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.