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Start Michael Penix Jr. or Fernando Mendoza? Week 10

Updated Nov 11, 3:21 AM ET.

Start Michael Penix Jr. over Fernando Mendoza

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Michael Penix Jr.

QB · ATL · vs KC

Market projects
15.0
fantasy pts
KC D vs QB
13.9
7th fewest to QBs (2026)
Upside
Limited
15 of 100 at QB
Snap share
99%
Through Week 9
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Fernando Mendoza

QB · LV · vs SEA

Market projects
11.9
fantasy pts
SEA D vs QB
11.9
2nd fewest to QBs (2026)
Snap share
17%
Through Week 5

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Our Week 10 call

Start Michael Penix Jr. over Fernando Mendoza in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Michael Penix Jr. at 15.0 points and Fernando Mendoza at 11.9, a gap of 3.1.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 15.0 fantasy points for Michael Penix Jr., with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Michael Penix Jr. is 218 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 0-1 interceptions, 8 rushing yards and 0.1 rushing touchdowns (7, 8, 7, 7 and 7 market sources).

Player markets imply 11.9 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, 12 rushing yards and 0.1 rushing touchdowns (11, 11 and 8 market sources).

That puts Michael Penix Jr. 3.1 points ahead of Fernando Mendoza on the market projections.

Week 10 matchups

Michael Penix Jr. and ATL host KC on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

KC allowed 13.9 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 7 games, the 7th fewest in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 228 yards and a touchdown a game against KC, 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, Michael Penix Jr. has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Michael Penix Jr. is not on the injury report.

Fernando Mendoza is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Michael Penix Jr. played 99 percent of ATL snaps, dropped back 93 times and threw an average of 7.1 air yards per attempt.

Michael Penix Jr., Week 7 against SF: 68 of 69 snaps, 25 of 33 passes for 213 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 2 yards.

Michael Penix Jr., Week 8 against TB: 53 of 53 snaps, 8 of 24 passes for 125 yards, 0 touchdowns and 4 interceptions, 5 carries for 11 yards.

Michael Penix Jr., Week 9 against CIN: 62 of 62 snaps, 20 of 31 passes for 162 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 3 carries for 50 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, Michael Penix Jr. played 9 games for ATL and scored 123.3 PPR points, 13.7 a game, finishing QB33.

He completed 166 of 276 passes for 1982 yards, 9 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran 21 times for 70 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

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