Start Dak Prescott or Aaron Rodgers? Week 7

Updated Oct 20, 3:46 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 8 answer posts Tuesday.

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Start Dak Prescott over Aaron Rodgers

Start

Dak Prescott

QB · DAL · at PHI

Market projects: 18.2; recent weeks avg
PHI D vs QB: 19.3; 12th most to QBs (2026)
Snap share: 100%; Through Week 6

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Aaron Rodgers

QB · PIT · at NO

Market projects: 15.3; fantasy pts
NO D vs QB: 17.1; 16th fewest to QBs (2026)
Snap share: 98%; Through Week 6

Should I drop Aaron Rodgers for Dak Prescott?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Dak Prescott projects 182 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (18.2 a game over 10 games), Aaron Rodgers 142 (14.2 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Dak Prescott over Aaron Rodgers.

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Our Week 7 call

Start Dak Prescott over Aaron Rodgers in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Dak Prescott at 18.2 points and Aaron Rodgers at 15.3, a gap of 2.9. No player market is posted for Dak Prescott this week yet, so his 18.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (18.1 and 18.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Dak Prescott at ADP 64 and Aaron Rodgers at 231.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 15.3 fantasy points for Aaron Rodgers, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Aaron Rodgers is 232 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 1 rushing yards and 0.1 rushing touchdowns (7, 7, 6 and 8 market sources).

No Week 7 player market is posted for Dak Prescott yet. His market-based projections were 18.1 and 18.3 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 18.2, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Dak Prescott 2.9 points ahead of Aaron Rodgers 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.

Dak Prescott and DAL visit PHI on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

PHI allowed 19.3 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 5 games, the 12th most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 248 yards and 1.2 touchdowns a game against PHI, with 0.6 interceptions.

By points allowed to the position, Dak Prescott has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Aaron Rodgers is not on the injury report.

Dak Prescott 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, Dak Prescott played 100 percent of DAL snaps, dropped back 265 times and threw an average of 7.4 air yards per attempt.

Dak Prescott, Week 3 against BAL: 74 of 74 snaps, 25 of 40 passes for 276 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 4 carries for 19 yards.

Dak Prescott, Week 4 against HOU: 78 of 78 snaps, 32 of 45 passes for 335 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 7 yards.

Dak Prescott, Week 5 against TB: 60 of 60 snaps, 24 of 42 passes for 316 yards, 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions.

Dak Prescott, Week 6 against GB: 34 of 54 passes for 258 yards, 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions, 2 carries for 7 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, Dak Prescott played 17 games for DAL and scored 323.8 PPR points, 19.0 a game, finishing QB6.

He completed 404 of 600 passes for 4552 yards, 30 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and ran 53 times for 177 yards and 2 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 98 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 Aaron Rodgers for Dak Prescott?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Dak Prescott projects 182 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (18.2 a game over 10 games), Aaron Rodgers 142 (14.2 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Dak Prescott over Aaron Rodgers.
Should I drop Dak Prescott for Aaron Rodgers?
No. Keep Dak Prescott: he projects 182 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (18.2 a game over 10 games), Aaron Rodgers 142 (14.2 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Dak Prescott over Aaron Rodgers.