Should I start Michael Penix Jr. or Noah Fant in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 8:11 PM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Start Michael Penix Jr.: 98 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Noah Fant's 60 percent of the snaps and 6 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Noah Fant 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), Noah Fant 34 (3.4 a game over 10 games). Michael Penix Jr. is listed questionable.

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

Michael Penix Jr.

QB14 · ATL · bye 11

2026 vs pass yds line 2-2

Overall rank: 97

Noah Fant

TE14 · NO · bye unlisted

2026 vs anytime td line 2-3

Market-based projection: 3.6 pts a game

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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 Michael Penix Jr., and the board ranks him 97th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Noah Fant, and the board ranks him 99th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market has Michael Penix Jr. at 16.1 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 5 market sources. That is 90 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Noah Fant's market-based projection is 3.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 94th highest figure of the 194 players with a market-based projection.

Michael Penix Jr.'s projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

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, Noah Fant has been on the field for 52 percent of NO snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 1 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 14 targets have averaged 4.8 air yards.

In Week 3 against LV he caught 4 of 4 targets for 33 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 5 against MIN he caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NYG he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 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 Noah Fant played 15 games and scored 74.8 PPR points, 5.0 a game, finishing TE37.

He caught 34 of 41 targets for 288 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 2.7 targets a game, a 83 percent catch rate and 9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Noah Fant was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Michael Penix Jr. scored 13.7 PPR points a game and Noah Fant 5.0, 8.7 a game between them.

Michael Penix Jr. finished QB33 and Noah Fant TE37, which are two different ladders.

Michael Penix Jr. is a quarterback and Noah Fant a tight end, 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 Noah Fant.

Michael Penix Jr. is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Michael Penix Jr. has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Noah Fant 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), Noah Fant 34 (3.4 a game over 10 games). Michael Penix Jr. is listed questionable.
Should I drop Michael Penix Jr. for Noah Fant?
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), Noah Fant 34 (3.4 a game over 10 games). Michael Penix Jr. is listed questionable.