Start Jordan Love or Daniel Jones? Week 1

Our Week 1 call

Start Daniel Jones over Jordan Love in Week 1.

Daniel Jones is priced by the books at 9.3 projected points. Jordan Love has no player market posted for this week, so his side of this call rests on consensus ADP and the news wire only. Drafters take Daniel Jones at ADP 188 and Jordan Love at 146. Market coverage on Daniel Jones is 45 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the books imply

No sportsbook posted a player market for Jordan Love in Week 1.

Player prop markets imply 9.3 fantasy points for Daniel Jones, with 45 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

Week 1 matchups

Jordan Love and GB visit MIN.

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.

Daniel Jones and IND host BAL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

BAL allowed 10.0 fantasy points to QBs in its one game this season, the 5th fewest in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 166 yards and a touchdown against BAL, with an interception.

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

Injury status

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

Daniel Jones was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025, Daniel Jones played 13 games for IND and scored 234.4 PPR points, 18.0 a game, finishing QB17.

He completed 261 of 384 passes for 3101 yards, 19 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran 45 times for 164 yards and 5 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 91 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

How Week 1 went

Daniel Jones scored 10.0 PPR points and Jordan Love scored 20.5.

The call was wrong: Jordan Love outscored Daniel Jones by 10.4.

Daniel Jones finished 0.7 points above the 9.3 the props implied.

Daniel Jones, Week 1 against BAL: 54 of 54 snaps, 19 of 31 passes for 166 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 1 carry for 4 yards, 10.0 PPR points.

Daniel Jones finished as the week's QB28 in PPR scoring.

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 Baker Mayfield over Jordan Love.
• Start Jordan Love over C.J. Stroud.
• Start Jaxson Dart over Jordan Love.
• Start Daniel Jones over Bryce Young.
• Start Daniel Jones over Cam Ward.
• Start Daniel Jones over C.J. Stroud.