Start Drake Maye or Jordan Love? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Drake Maye over Jordan Love in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Drake Maye at 18.5 points and Jordan Love at 17.0, a gap of 1.5. Drafters take Drake Maye at ADP 50 and Jordan Love at 152.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 18.5 fantasy points for Drake Maye, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Drake Maye is 230 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 26 rushing yards and 0.3 rushing touchdowns (10, 11, 10 and 7 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 274 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 5 rushing yards and 0.1 rushing touchdowns (10, 11, 10 and 7 market sources).

That puts Drake Maye 1.5 points ahead of Jordan Love on the market projections.

Week 9 matchups

Drake Maye and NE host GB on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

GB allowed 14.3 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 7 games, the 5th fewest in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 223 yards and 1.3 touchdowns a game against GB, with 1.3 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 7 games, the 9th fewest in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 239 yards and 1.3 touchdowns a game against NE, with 0.6 interceptions a game.

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

Injury status

Drake Maye is not on the injury report.

Jordan Love is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Drake Maye played 97 percent of NE snaps, dropped back 275 times and threw an average of 8.9 air yards per attempt.

Drake Maye, Week 5 against LV: 75 of 75 snaps, 26 of 34 passes for 374 yards, 4 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 4 carries for 29 yards.

Drake Maye, Week 6 against NYJ: 68 of 68 snaps, 18 of 32 passes for 235 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 25 yards.

Drake Maye, Week 7 against CHI: 54 of 54 snaps, 24 of 30 passes for 321 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, 4 carries for 26 yards.

Drake Maye, Week 8 against MIA: 16 of 20 passes for 199 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 5 carries for 7 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, Drake Maye played 17 games for NE and scored 360.0 PPR points, 21.2 a game, finishing QB2.

He completed 354 of 492 passes for 4394 yards, 31 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran 103 times for 450 yards and 4 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 97 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 Drake Maye over Brock Purdy.
• Start Drake Maye over Bryce Young.
• Start Drake Maye over Caleb Williams.
• Start Jordan Love over Baker Mayfield.
• Start Jordan Love over Bo Nix.
• Start Jordan Love over Bryce Young.