Should I start Michael Penix Jr. or Shedeur Sanders in Week 10?
Updated Nov 11, 3:26 AM ET. Week 11 answers post Tuesday.
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Start Michael Penix Jr.: 99 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Shedeur Sanders's 37 percent of the snaps and 0 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.
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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.
QB21 · ATL · bye 11
2026 vs pass yds line 2-5
- Market-based projection
- 15.0 pts a game
QB22 · CLE · bye 11
2025 vs pass td line 2-6
- Market-based projection
- 12.7 pts a game Wk 9 price
- Overall rank
- 160
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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 112th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Shedeur Sanders, and the board ranks him 160th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
Michael Penix Jr.'s market-based projection is 15.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 36th highest figure of the 213 players with a market-based projection.
No season market is posted for Shedeur Sanders, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
This season through Week 9
Through Week 9, Michael Penix Jr. has been on the field for 99 percent of ATL snaps, dropped back 93 times and thrown 7.1 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 0 of 93 dropbacks and scrambled 5 times.
In Week 7 against SF he completed 25 of 33 passes for 213 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 2 yards.
In Week 8 against TB he completed 8 of 24 passes for 125 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 4 interceptions and ran 5 times for 11 yards.
In Week 9 against CIN he completed 20 of 31 passes for 162 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 3 times for 50 yards.
Through Week 9, Shedeur Sanders has been on the field for 37 percent of CLE snaps, dropped back 45 times and thrown 5.7 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 10 of 45 dropbacks and scrambled 7 times.
In Week 3 against CAR he completed 1 of 1 pass for 0 yards and threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.
In Week 8 against PIT he completed 2 of 2 passes for 2 yards and threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.
In Week 9 against NO he completed 19 of 30 passes for 297 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 9 times for 29 yards.
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 Shedeur Sanders played 8 games and scored 94.9 PPR points, 11.9 a game, finishing QB37.
He threw for 1400 yards on 212 attempts with 7 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and ran for 169 yards and 1 touchdown.
That came to 26-27 attempts a game at 6.6 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 60 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Michael Penix Jr. was available for 1 game more.
Head to head
In 2025 Michael Penix Jr. scored 13.7 PPR points a game and Shedeur Sanders 11.9, 1.8 a game between them.
Michael Penix Jr. finished QB33 that year and Shedeur Sanders QB37.
Michael Penix Jr. had 64 more pass attempts than Shedeur Sanders, 276 to 212.
Michael Penix Jr. had 582 more passing yards than Shedeur Sanders, 1982 to 1400.
This season Michael Penix Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 99 percent against 37 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.
What would change the answer
Shedeur Sanders has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.
Both players in full
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