Start Patrick Mahomes or Jordan Love? Week 10
Updated Nov 10, 11:51 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 11 answer posts Tuesday.
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- : Patrick Mahomes: Listed Questionable (Elbow) (Sleeper injury feed)
Start Patrick Mahomes over Jordan Love
- Market projects
- 17.0
- fantasy pts
- ATL D vs QB
- 15.9
- 11th fewest to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 99%
- Through Week 9
- Market projects
- 16.7
- fantasy pts
- MIN D vs QB
- 8.9
- fewest to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 98%
- Through Week 9
Should I drop Jordan Love for Patrick Mahomes?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Patrick Mahomes projects 137 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (17.1 a game over 8 games), Jordan Love 117 (16.7 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Patrick Mahomes over Jordan Love, 17.0 to 16.7 projected PPR points. Patrick Mahomes is listed questionable.
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Our Week 10 call
Start Patrick Mahomes over Jordan Love in Week 10.
Market-based projections have Patrick Mahomes at 17.0 points and Jordan Love at 16.7, a gap of 0.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Drafters take Patrick Mahomes at ADP 107 and Jordan Love at 152.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 17.0 fantasy points for Patrick Mahomes, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market-based projection for Patrick Mahomes is 242 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 0-1 interceptions, 11 rushing yards and 0.1 rushing touchdowns (7, 7, 5, 7 and 7 market sources).
Player markets imply 16.7 fantasy points for Jordan Love, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market-based projection for Jordan Love is 258 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 0-1 interceptions, 5 rushing yards and 0.1 rushing touchdowns (7, 9, 7, 6 and 7 market sources).
That puts Patrick Mahomes 0.4 points ahead of Jordan Love on the market projections.
Week 10 matchups
Patrick Mahomes and KC visit ATL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
ATL allowed 16.0 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 8 games, the 11th fewest in the league.
Quarterbacks threw for 238 yards and 1.4 touchdowns a game against ATL, with 0.4 interceptions a game.
Jordan Love and GB host MIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
MIN allowed 8.9 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 7 games, the fewest in the league.
Quarterbacks threw for 180 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against MIN, with 1.1 interceptions a game.
By points allowed to the position, Patrick Mahomes has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Patrick Mahomes is listed as questionable with a elbow injury.
Jordan Love is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 10
Through Week 9, Patrick Mahomes played 99 percent of KC snaps, dropped back 289 times and threw an average of 5.6 air yards per attempt.
Patrick Mahomes, Week 6 against LAC: 61 of 61 snaps, 23 of 30 passes for 272 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 3 carries for 19 yards.
Patrick Mahomes, Week 7 against SEA: 53 of 53 snaps, 19 of 33 passes for 165 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 2 carries for 14 yards.
Patrick Mahomes, Week 8 against DEN: 69 of 69 snaps, 30 of 41 passes for 321 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 6 yards.
Patrick Mahomes, Week 9 against NYJ: 62 of 66 snaps, 23 of 31 passes for 242 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 8 yards.
Through Week 9, Jordan Love played 98 percent of GB snaps, dropped back 360 times and threw an average of 9.5 air yards per attempt.
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.
Jordan Love, Week 9 against NE: 58 of 66 snaps, 23 of 29 passes for 372 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 13 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Patrick Mahomes played 14 games for KC and scored 296.7 PPR points, 21.2 a game, finishing QB11.
He completed 315 of 502 passes for 3587 yards, 22 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and ran 64 times for 422 yards and 5 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 10 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 10, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Jordan Love for Patrick Mahomes?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Patrick Mahomes projects 137 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (17.1 a game over 8 games), Jordan Love 117 (16.7 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Patrick Mahomes over Jordan Love, 17.0 to 16.7 projected PPR points. Patrick Mahomes is listed questionable.
Should I drop Patrick Mahomes for Jordan Love?
No. Keep Patrick Mahomes: he projects 137 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (17.1 a game over 8 games), Jordan Love 117 (16.7 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Patrick Mahomes over Jordan Love, 17.0 to 16.7 projected PPR points. Patrick Mahomes is listed questionable.
Week 10 on the board
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- Is Jordan Love playing Week 10?
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