Start Jordan Love or Kyler Murray? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Jordan Love over Kyler Murray in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Jordan Love at 17.0 points and Kyler Murray at 16.5, a gap of 0.5. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Drafters take Jordan Love at ADP 152 and Kyler Murray at 139.

What the market projects

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).

Player markets imply 16.5 fantasy points for Kyler Murray, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Kyler Murray is 212 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 0-1 interceptions, 18 rushing yards and 0.2 rushing touchdowns (6, 6, 5, 6 and 8 market sources).

That puts Jordan Love 0.5 points ahead of Kyler Murray on the market projections.

Week 9 matchups

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.

Kyler Murray and MIN host BUF on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

BUF allowed 19.0 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 7 games, the 11th most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 269 yards and 2.1 touchdowns a game against BUF, with 0.6 interceptions a game.

By points allowed to the position, Kyler Murray has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Jordan Love is not on the injury report.

Kyler Murray is listed as questionable with a hamstring injury.

Usage before Week 9

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.

Through Week 8, Kyler Murray played 86 percent of MIN snaps, dropped back 184 times and threw an average of 7.7 air yards per attempt.

Kyler Murray, Week 4 against MIA: 78 of 78 snaps, 27 of 37 passes for 247 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 21 yards.

Kyler Murray, Week 5 against NO: 71 of 71 snaps, 24 of 29 passes for 229 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 7 carries for 54 yards.

Kyler Murray, Week 7 against IND: 59 of 59 snaps, 14 of 24 passes for 150 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 41 yards.

Kyler Murray, Week 8 against DET: 53 of 53 snaps, 17 of 29 passes for 210 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, 3 carries for 36 yards.

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.

In 2025, Kyler Murray played 5 games for ARI and scored 80.8 PPR points, 16.2 a game, finishing QB38.

He completed 110 of 161 passes for 962 yards, 6 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran 29 times for 173 yards and 1 touchdown.

He was on the field for 99 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Jordan Love over Baker Mayfield.
• Start Jordan Love over Bo Nix.
• Start Brock Purdy over Jordan Love.
• Start Kyler Murray over Baker Mayfield.
• Start Kyler Murray over Bo Nix.
• Start Brock Purdy over Kyler Murray.