Should I start Jordan Love or Sam Darnold in Week 10?
Updated Nov 10, 9:21 AM ET. Week 11 answers post Tuesday.
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Week 10 verdict
Start Jordan Love over Sam Darnold
- Market projects
- 15.7
- recent weeks avg
- MIN D vs QB
- 8.9
- fewest to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 98%
- Through Week 9
- Market projects
- 15.4
- recent weeks avg
- LV D vs QB
- 20.6
- 5th most to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 90%
- Through Week 8
Start Jordan Love over Sam Darnold in Week 10: 15.7 to 15.4 PPR points a game over recent weeks. Darnold is listed out.
Should I drop Sam Darnold for Jordan Love?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Jordan Love projects 117 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (16.7 a game over 7 games), Sam Darnold 106 (15.1 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Jordan Love over Sam Darnold. Sam Darnold is listed out.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
QB4 · GB · bye 11
2026 vs pass yds line 6-3
- Market-based projection
- 16.4 pts a game Wk 9 price
- Overall rank
- 8
QB26 · SEA · bye 11
2026 vs pass yds line 3-4
- Market-based projection
- 14.7 pts a game Wk 9 price
- Overall rank
- 168
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The gap
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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Jordan Love, and the board ranks him 8th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 21.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Sam Darnold, and the board ranks him 168th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 26.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Jordan Love, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
The market-based projection for Sam Darnold is 0.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
This season so far
Through Week 9, Jordan Love has been on the field for 98 percent of GB snaps, dropped back 360 times and thrown 9.5 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 56 of 360 dropbacks and scrambled 2 times.
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.
In Week 9 against NE he completed 23 of 29 passes for 372 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 13 yards.
Through Week 8, Sam Darnold has been on the field for 90 percent of SEA snaps, dropped back 235 times and thrown 6.9 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 45 of 235 dropbacks and scrambled 9 times.
In Week 6 against DEN he completed 27 of 49 passes for 278 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions and ran 2 times for 19 yards.
In Week 7 against KC he completed 20 of 28 passes for 257 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 17 yards.
In Week 8 against CHI he completed 17 of 34 passes for 188 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 20 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 Sam Darnold played 17 games and scored 249.4 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing QB13.
He threw for 4048 yards on 477 attempts with 25 touchdowns and 14 interceptions, and ran for 95 yards and 0 touchdowns.
That came to 28.1 attempts a game at 9 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 96 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Sam Darnold was available for 2 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Jordan Love scored 16.1 PPR points a game and Sam Darnold 14.7, 1.4 a game between them.
Jordan Love finished QB15 that year and Sam Darnold QB13.
Sam Darnold had 38 more pass attempts than Jordan Love, 477 to 439.
Sam Darnold had 667 more passing yards than Jordan Love, 4048 to 3381.
This season Jordan Love holds the bigger snap share, 98 percent against 90 percent.
Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.
Byes and availability
Both are off in Week 11, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.
Sam Darnold is listed as out on the injury report.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Sam Darnold for Jordan Love?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Jordan Love projects 117 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (16.7 a game over 7 games), Sam Darnold 106 (15.1 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Jordan Love over Sam Darnold. Sam Darnold is listed out.
Should I drop Jordan Love for Sam Darnold?
No. Keep Jordan Love: he projects 117 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (16.7 a game over 7 games), Sam Darnold 106 (15.1 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Jordan Love over Sam Darnold. Sam Darnold is listed out.
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