Start Trevor Lawrence or Jordan Love? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Trevor Lawrence over Jordan Love in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Trevor Lawrence at 17.1 points and Jordan Love at 17.0, a gap of 0.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Drafters take Trevor Lawrence at ADP 97 and Jordan Love at 152.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 17.1 fantasy points for Trevor Lawrence, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Trevor Lawrence is 236 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 12 rushing yards and 0.2 rushing touchdowns (13, 15, 10 and 13 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 277 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 5 rushing yards and 0.1 rushing touchdowns (12, 14, 11 and 10 market sources).

That puts Trevor Lawrence 0.1 points ahead of Jordan Love on the market projections.

Week 9 matchups

Trevor Lawrence and JAX visit BAL on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

BAL allowed 18.6 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 8 games, the 12th most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 242 yards and 1.4 touchdowns a game against BAL, with 0.5 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 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.

By points allowed to the position, Trevor Lawrence has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Trevor Lawrence is not on the injury report.

Jordan Love is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Trevor Lawrence played 95 percent of JAX snaps, dropped back 219 times and threw an average of 8.3 air yards per attempt.

Trevor Lawrence, Week 4 against CIN: 61 of 61 snaps, 18 of 23 passes for 227 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 2 yards.

Trevor Lawrence, Week 5 against PHI: 72 of 72 snaps, 24 of 39 passes for 331 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, 3 carries for 25 yards.

Trevor Lawrence, Week 6 against HOU: 71 of 71 snaps, 24 of 41 passes for 306 yards, 4 touchdowns and 1 interception, 2 carries for 12 yards.

Trevor Lawrence, Week 8 against IND: 44 of 54 snaps, 10 of 14 passes for 210 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 10 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, Trevor Lawrence played 17 games for JAX and scored 350.2 PPR points, 20.6 a game, finishing QB4.

He completed 341 of 560 passes for 4007 yards, 29 touchdowns and 12 interceptions, and ran 82 times for 359 yards and 9 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 98 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 Trevor Lawrence over Baker Mayfield.
• Start Trevor Lawrence over Bo Nix.
• Start Brock Purdy over Trevor Lawrence.
• Start Jordan Love over Baker Mayfield.
• Start Jordan Love over Bo Nix.
• Start Brock Purdy over Jordan Love.