Should I start Michael Penix Jr. or Konata Mumpfield in Week 7?
Updated Oct 21, 1:46 AM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.
Start Michael Penix Jr.: his market-based projection is 10.4 points a game ahead of Konata Mumpfield's this season.
Should I drop Konata Mumpfield for Michael Penix Jr.?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Michael Penix Jr. projects 150 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (15.0 a game over 10 games), Konata Mumpfield 32 (3.2 a game over 10 games).
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The gap
- Price difference10.4 points a game
- Board size303 draftable players
Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from the market projection.
The market-based projections
Michael Penix Jr.'s market-based projection is 15.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 5 market sources. That is the 39th highest figure of the 198 players with a market-based projection.
Konata Mumpfield's market-based projection is 4.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 100th highest figure of the 198 players with a market-based projection.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Michael Penix Jr., and the board ranks him 113th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Konata Mumpfield, and the board ranks him 114th overall on the rest of his evidence.
This season through Week 6
Through Week 6, Michael Penix Jr. has been on the field for 99 percent of ATL snaps, dropped back 122 times and thrown 7.4 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 15 of 122 dropbacks and scrambled 3 times.
In Week 4 against NO he completed 15 of 20 passes for 223 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions.
In Week 5 against BAL he completed 19 of 32 passes for 240 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 8 yards.
In Week 6 against CHI he completed 19 of 33 passes for 225 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 1 yards.
Through Week 6, Konata Mumpfield has been on the field for 41 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 6 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 0 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 33 two minute targets.
His 17 targets have averaged 13.6 air yards.
In Week 4 against PHI he caught 1 of 3 targets for 7 yards and did not score.
In Week 5 against BUF he was not given the ball.
In Week 6 against ARI he caught 2 of 3 targets for 15 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 Konata Mumpfield played 17 games and scored 25.2 PPR points, 1.5 a game, finishing WR145.
He caught 10 of 23 targets for 92 yards and 1 touchdown, with 4 red zone targets.
That came to 1.4 targets a game, a 43 percent catch rate and 9.2 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 32 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Konata Mumpfield was available for 8 games more.
Side by side
In 2025 Michael Penix Jr. scored 13.7 PPR points a game and Konata Mumpfield 1.5, 12.2 a game between them.
Michael Penix Jr. finished QB33 and Konata Mumpfield WR145, which are two different ladders.
Michael Penix Jr. is a quarterback and Konata Mumpfield a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.
Byes and availability
Michael Penix Jr. is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Konata Mumpfield.
Michael Penix Jr. is listed as questionable on the injury report.
What would change the answer
10.4 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.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Konata Mumpfield for Michael Penix Jr.?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Michael Penix Jr. projects 150 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (15.0 a game over 10 games), Konata Mumpfield 32 (3.2 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Michael Penix Jr. for Konata Mumpfield?
No. Keep Michael Penix Jr.: he projects 150 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (15.0 a game over 10 games), Konata Mumpfield 32 (3.2 a game over 10 games).
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