Start Brock Purdy or C.J. Stroud? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Brock Purdy over C.J. Stroud in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Brock Purdy at 19.4 points and C.J. Stroud at 17.4, a gap of 2.0. No player market is posted for C.J. Stroud this week yet, so his 17.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 9 (17.8 and 16.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Brock Purdy at ADP 86 and C.J. Stroud at 185.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 19.4 fantasy points for Brock Purdy, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Brock Purdy is 255 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 18 rushing yards and 0.3 rushing touchdowns (5, 5, 5 and 7 market sources).

No Week 10 player market is posted for C.J. Stroud yet. His market-based projections were 17.8 and 16.9 points in Weeks 7 and 9, an average of 17.4, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

That puts Brock Purdy 2.0 points ahead of C.J. Stroud on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Brock Purdy and SF visit DAL on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

DAL allowed 20.5 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 8 games, the 6th most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 244 yards and 1.9 touchdowns a game against DAL, with 0.4 interceptions a game.

C.J. Stroud and HOU visit CLE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CLE allowed 14.8 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 9 games, the 8th fewest in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 220 yards and 1.3 touchdowns a game against CLE, with 0.7 interceptions a game.

By points allowed to the position, Brock Purdy has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Brock Purdy is not on the injury report.

C.J. Stroud is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Brock Purdy played 97 percent of SF snaps, dropped back 261 times and threw an average of 8.1 air yards per attempt.

Brock Purdy, Week 5 against SEA: 60 of 60 snaps, 19 of 29 passes for 189 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, 3 carries for 8 yards.

Brock Purdy, Week 6 against WAS: 62 of 62 snaps, 21 of 29 passes for 264 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 5 carries for 28 yards.

Brock Purdy, Week 7 against ATL: 66 of 66 snaps, 27 of 39 passes for 288 yards, 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions, 2 carries for 5 yards.

Brock Purdy, Week 9 against LV: 67 of 73 snaps, 17 of 25 passes for 232 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, 7 carries for 40 yards.

Through Week 9, C.J. Stroud played 98 percent of HOU snaps, dropped back 304 times and threw an average of 9.7 air yards per attempt.

C.J. Stroud, Week 5 against TEN: 66 of 66 snaps, 26 of 34 passes for 261 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 4 carries for 7 yards.

C.J. Stroud, Week 6 against JAX: 63 of 63 snaps, 24 of 34 passes for 312 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 5 yards.

C.J. Stroud, Week 7 against NYG: 61 of 61 snaps, 17 of 28 passes for 153 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 4 yards.

C.J. Stroud, Week 9 against LAC: 62 of 70 snaps, 21 of 35 passes for 384 yards, 5 touchdowns and 1 interception, 2 carries for 20 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Brock Purdy played 9 games for SF and scored 187.4 PPR points, 20.8 a game, finishing QB24.

He completed 197 of 284 passes for 2167 yards, 20 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and ran 33 times for 147 yards and 3 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 98 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, C.J. Stroud played 14 games for HOU and scored 216.5 PPR points, 15.5 a game, finishing QB21.

He completed 273 of 423 passes for 3041 yards, 19 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran 48 times for 209 yards and 1 touchdown.

He was on the field for 93 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Brock Purdy over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Brock Purdy over Dak Prescott.
• Start Drake Maye over Brock Purdy.
• Start C.J. Stroud over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start C.J. Stroud over Bryce Young.
• Start Dak Prescott over C.J. Stroud.