Start Jordan Love or Baker Mayfield? Week 1

Our Week 1 call

Start Baker Mayfield over Jordan Love in Week 1.

Jordan Love is priced by the books at 7.2 projected points and Baker Mayfield is not priced at all, so we are leaning on where drafters take them. Drafters take Baker Mayfield at ADP 126 and Jordan Love at 135.

What the books imply

No sportsbook posted a player market for Baker Mayfield in Week 1.

Player prop markets imply 7.2 fantasy points for Jordan Love, with 25 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

Week 1 matchups

Baker Mayfield and TB visit CIN.

CIN allowed 11.6 fantasy points to QBs in its one game this season, the 6th fewest in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 216 yards and no touchdowns against CIN, with no interceptions.

Jordan Love and GB visit MIN on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

MIN allowed 20.5 fantasy points to QBs in its one game this season, the 11th most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 387 yards and 2 touchdowns against MIN, with an interception.

By points allowed to the position, Jordan Love has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Baker Mayfield was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Jordan Love was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Baker Mayfield played 17 games for TB and scored 282.9 PPR points, 16.6 a game, finishing QB12.

He completed 343 of 543 passes for 3693 yards, 26 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and ran 55 times for 382 yards and 1 touchdown.

He was on the field for 97 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Baker Mayfield, Week 18 of 2025 against CAR: 67 of 67 snaps, 16 of 22 passes for 203 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 4 carries for 31 yards, 14.2 PPR points.

Baker Mayfield, Week 17 of 2025 against MIA: 67 of 67 snaps, 33 of 44 passes for 346 yards, 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, 3 carries for 16 yards, 19.4 PPR points.

Baker Mayfield, Week 16 of 2025 against CAR: 64 of 64 snaps, 18 of 26 passes for 145 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 4 carries for 49 yards, 13.7 PPR points.

In 2025, Jordan Love played 15 games for GB and scored 241.1 PPR points, 16.1 a game, finishing QB15.

He completed 291 of 439 passes for 3381 yards, 23 touchdowns and 6 interceptions, and ran 47 times for 199 yards and 0 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 94 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Jordan Love, Week 16 of 2025 against CHI: 26 of 72 snaps, 8 of 13 passes for 77 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 7 yards, 3.8 PPR points.

Jordan Love, Week 15 of 2025 against DEN: 66 of 66 snaps, 24 of 40 passes for 276 yards, 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions, 3 carries for 29 yards, 15.9 PPR points.

How Week 1 went

Baker Mayfield scored 11.6 PPR points and Jordan Love scored 20.5.

The call was wrong: Jordan Love outscored Baker Mayfield by 8.8.

Baker Mayfield, Week 1 against CIN: 57 of 57 snaps, 23 of 28 passes for 216 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 5 carries for 30 yards, 11.6 PPR points.

Baker Mayfield finished as the week's QB27 in PPR scoring.

Jordan Love finished 13.3 points above the 7.2 the props implied.

Jordan Love, Week 1 against MIN: 68 of 68 snaps, 21 of 42 passes for 387 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 0 yards, 20.5 PPR points.

Jordan Love finished as the week's QB11 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 1 calls

• Start Bo Nix over Baker Mayfield.
• Start Jaxson Dart over Baker Mayfield.
• Start Justin Herbert over Baker Mayfield.
• Start Jordan Love over C.J. Stroud.
• Start Daniel Jones over Jordan Love.
• Start Jaxson Dart over Jordan Love.