Start Aaron Rodgers or Cam Ward? Week 7

Updated Oct 19, 2:16 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 8 answer posts Tuesday.

Early kickoff: 9:30 AM ET, set your lineup before then.

Ward projects lower, 11.5 to 13.3, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 227 for Ward, 231 for Rodgers.

Start

Cam Ward

QB · TEN · vs CLE

Market projects: 11.5; recent weeks avg
CLE D vs QB: 17.5; 15th most to QBs (2026)
Snap share: 100%; Through Week 6

Sit

Aaron Rodgers

QB · PIT · at NO

Market projects: 13.3; recent weeks avg
NO D vs QB: 17.1; 16th fewest to QBs (2026)
Snap share: 98%; Through Week 6

Should I drop Cam Ward for Aaron Rodgers?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Aaron Rodgers projects 142 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.2 a game over 10 games), Cam Ward 125 (12.5 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Cam Ward over Aaron Rodgers. So make the move after his Week 7 game.

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Our Week 7 call

Start Cam Ward over Aaron Rodgers in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Cam Ward at 11.5 points and Aaron Rodgers at 13.3, a gap of 1.8. Cam Ward still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 227 against 231, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for Cam Ward this week yet, so his 11.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (10.4 and 12.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Aaron Rodgers this week yet, so his 13.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (12.0 and 14.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Aaron Rodgers yet. His market-based projections were 12.0 and 14.5 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 13.3, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Cam Ward yet. His market-based projections were 10.4 and 12.5 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 11.5, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Aaron Rodgers 1.8 points ahead of Cam Ward on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Aaron Rodgers and PIT visit NO on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

NO allowed 17.1 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 5 games, the 16th fewest in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 228 yards and 1.6 touchdowns a game against NO, with 0.2 interceptions.

Cam Ward and TEN host CLE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CLE allowed 17.5 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 5 games, the 15th most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 240 yards and 2.0 touchdowns a game against CLE, with 0.8 interceptions.

By points allowed to the position, Cam Ward has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Aaron Rodgers is not on the injury report.

Cam Ward is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Aaron Rodgers played 98 percent of PIT snaps, dropped back 252 times and threw an average of 7.7 air yards per attempt.

Aaron Rodgers, Week 3 against CIN: 62 of 62 snaps, 19 of 33 passes for 292 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 12 yards.

Aaron Rodgers, Week 4 against CLE: 72 of 72 snaps, 22 of 40 passes for 299 yards, 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.

Aaron Rodgers, Week 5 against IND: 58 of 60 snaps, 22 of 31 passes for 235 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 6 yards.

Aaron Rodgers, Week 6 against TB: 33 of 47 passes for 253 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception.

Through Week 6, Cam Ward played 100 percent of TEN snaps, dropped back 199 times and threw an average of 6.9 air yards per attempt.

Cam Ward, Week 3 against NYG: 60 of 60 snaps, 23 of 36 passes for 181 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 1 carry for 2 yards.

Cam Ward, Week 4 against BAL: 64 of 64 snaps, 20 of 31 passes for 222 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 4 carries for 27 yards.

Cam Ward, Week 5 against HOU: 63 of 63 snaps, 23 of 36 passes for 170 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 2 yards.

Cam Ward, Week 6 against IND: 11 of 22 passes for 102 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 2 carries for 8 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Aaron Rodgers played 16 games for PIT and scored 234.1 PPR points, 14.6 a game, finishing QB18.

He completed 327 of 498 passes for 3322 yards, 24 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran 21 times for 61 yards and 1 touchdown.

He was on the field for 95 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Cam Ward played 17 games for TEN and scored 193.7 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing QB22.

He completed 323 of 540 passes for 3169 yards, 15 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran 39 times for 159 yards and 2 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 100 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 7, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Cam Ward for Aaron Rodgers?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Aaron Rodgers projects 142 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.2 a game over 10 games), Cam Ward 125 (12.5 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Cam Ward over Aaron Rodgers. So make the move after his Week 7 game.
Should I drop Aaron Rodgers for Cam Ward?
No. Keep Aaron Rodgers: he projects 142 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.2 a game over 10 games), Cam Ward 125 (12.5 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Cam Ward over Aaron Rodgers.