Start Jacoby Brissett or Fernando Mendoza? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Jacoby Brissett over Fernando Mendoza in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Jacoby Brissett at 14.9 points and Fernando Mendoza at 11.8, a gap of 3.2.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 14.9 fantasy points for Jacoby Brissett, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jacoby Brissett is 215 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 0-1 interceptions, 6 rushing yards and 0.1 rushing touchdowns (11, 12, 5, 10 and 4 market sources).

Player markets imply 11.8 fantasy points for Fernando Mendoza, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Fernando Mendoza is 181 passing yards, 13 rushing yards and 0.1 rushing touchdowns (15, 14 and 13 market sources).

That puts Jacoby Brissett 3.2 points ahead of Fernando Mendoza on the market projections.

Week 10 matchups

Jacoby Brissett and ARI host LAR on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

LAR allowed 16.8 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 8 games, the 12th fewest in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 199 yards and 1.3 touchdowns a game against LAR, with 0.9 interceptions a game.

Fernando Mendoza and LV host SEA on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

SEA allowed 11.9 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 8 games, the 2nd fewest in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 169 yards and 1.1 touchdowns a game against SEA, with an interception a game.

By points allowed to the position, Jacoby Brissett has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Jacoby Brissett is not on the injury report.

Fernando Mendoza is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 8, Jacoby Brissett played 94 percent of ARI snaps, dropped back 331 times and threw an average of 7.2 air yards per attempt.

Jacoby Brissett, Week 5 against DET: 73 of 73 snaps, 29 of 46 passes for 292 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception, 2 carries for 19 yards.

Jacoby Brissett, Week 6 against LAR: 72 of 72 snaps, 24 of 35 passes for 218 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 2 carries for 2 yards.

Jacoby Brissett, Week 7 against DEN: 81 of 81 snaps, 27 of 48 passes for 272 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 7 carries for 16 yards.

Jacoby Brissett, Week 8 against DAL: 47 of 81 snaps, 10 of 23 passes for 119 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 3 carries for 7 yards.

Through Week 5, Fernando Mendoza played 17 percent of LV snaps, dropped back 9 times and threw an average of 5.9 air yards per attempt.

Fernando Mendoza, Week 5 against NE: 10 of 60 snaps, 6 of 8 passes for 48 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 3 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jacoby Brissett played 14 games for ARI and scored 235.4 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing QB16.

He completed 315 of 485 passes for 3366 yards, 23 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran 38 times for 168 yards and 1 touchdown.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Aaron Rodgers over Jacoby Brissett.
• Start Bryce Young over Jacoby Brissett.
• Start Jacoby Brissett over Cam Ward.
• Start Aaron Rodgers over Fernando Mendoza.
• Start Bryce Young over Fernando Mendoza.
• Start Fernando Mendoza over Cam Ward.