Jordan Love or Michael Penix Jr.: 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 5:31 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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QB27 · GB · bye 11
2025 vs pass yds line 6-9
- Books price
- 14.7 pts a game Wk 3 price
- Overall rank
- 132
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 7
QB31 · ATL · bye 11
2025 vs pass yds line 4-5
- Books price
- 12.9 pts a game Wk 3 price
- Overall rank
- 146
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 9
The gap
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Board size227 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 Jordan Love: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 132nd overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 58.
Drafters have formed no consensus on Michael Penix Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 146th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 138.
What the sportsbooks price
No sportsbook has posted a season market for Jordan Love, so the only market pricing him on this page is the draft room.
No sportsbook has posted a season market for Michael Penix Jr., 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.
This season through Week 2
Through Week 2, Jordan Love has been on the field for 100 percent of GB snaps, dropped back 78 times and thrown 9.6 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 19 of 78 dropbacks.
In Week 1 against MIN he completed 21 of 42 passes for 387 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 0 yards.
In Week 2 against NYJ he completed 16 of 29 passes for 145 yards and threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.
The usage feed holds no snap or target counts for Michael Penix Jr. this season.
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 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.
Jordan Love was available for 6 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Jordan Love scored 16.1 PPR points a game and Michael Penix Jr. 13.7, 2.4 a game between them.
Jordan Love finished QB15 that year and Michael Penix Jr. QB33.
Jordan Love had 163 more pass attempts than Michael Penix Jr., 439 to 276.
Jordan Love had 1399 more passing yards than Michael Penix Jr., 3381 to 1982.
Byes and availability
Both are off in Week 11, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.
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