Start Jordan Love or Dak Prescott? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Dak Prescott over Jordan Love in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Dak Prescott at 21.5 points and Jordan Love at 17.0, a gap of 4.5. Drafters take Dak Prescott at ADP 64 and Jordan Love at 152.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 21.5 fantasy points for Dak Prescott, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Dak Prescott is 266 passing yards, 2-3 passing touchdowns, 0-1 interceptions, 6 rushing yards and 0.2 rushing touchdowns (7, 9, 7, 5 and 8 market sources).

Player markets imply 17.0 fantasy points for Jordan Love, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jordan Love is 277 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 5 rushing yards and 0.1 rushing touchdowns (12, 14, 11 and 10 market sources).

That puts Dak Prescott 4.5 points ahead of Jordan Love on the market projections.

Week 9 matchups

Dak Prescott and DAL visit IND on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

IND allowed 18.3 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 8 games, the 15th most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 226 yards and 1.8 touchdowns a game against IND, with 0.3 interceptions a game.

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

NE allowed 15.7 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 8 games, the 10th fewest in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 236 yards and 1.4 touchdowns a game against NE, with 0.6 interceptions a game.

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

Injury status

Dak Prescott is not on the injury report.

Jordan Love is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Dak Prescott played 100 percent of DAL snaps, dropped back 330 times and threw an average of 7.8 air yards per attempt.

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: 78 of 78 snaps, 34 of 54 passes for 258 yards, 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions, 2 carries for 7 yards.

Dak Prescott, Week 7 against PHI: 68 of 68 snaps, 15 of 27 passes for 212 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 8 yards.

Dak Prescott, Week 8 against ARI: 74 of 74 snaps, 19 of 29 passes for 195 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 6 carries for 21 yards.

Through Week 8, Jordan Love played 100 percent of GB snaps, dropped back 327 times and threw an average of 9.2 air yards per attempt.

Jordan Love, Week 5 against CHI: 59 of 61 snaps, 25 of 31 passes for 367 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 6 yards.

Jordan Love, Week 6 against DAL: 75 of 75 snaps, 23 of 41 passes for 276 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 2 carries for 14 yards.

Jordan Love, Week 7 against DET: 67 of 67 snaps, 27 of 45 passes for 274 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception.

Jordan Love, Week 8 against CAR: 69 of 69 snaps, 30 of 41 passes for 288 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

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.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Dak Prescott over Brock Purdy.
• Start Dak Prescott over Caleb Williams.
• Start Dak Prescott over C.J. Stroud.
• Start Jordan Love over Baker Mayfield.
• Start Jordan Love over Bo Nix.
• Start Brock Purdy over Jordan Love.