Aaron Rodgers · Tua Tagovailoa · 2026 week 1

Aaron Rodgers or Tua Tagovailoa?

Wondering who you should start this week — Aaron Rodgers or Tua Tagovailoa? The start/sit call and the numbers behind it are below, plus who wins a straight-up trade. Rebuilt nightly.

Start Tua Tagovailoa — barelyThis one is a coin flip — the projections are within 0.7 points. The matchup leans Tua Tagovailoa (PIT allow the 5th-most QB points), but you can defend either call.

Player	Wk 1	Proj (PPR)	Matchup	Form L3	Trade value	Status
Aaron Rodgers	vs ATL	17.6	16th	13.5	126	healthy
Tua Tagovailoa START	@ PIT	18.3	5th · soft	10.7	52	healthy

QBs vs ATL recently: Jacoby Brissett 11.6 pts (W16) · Matthew Stafford 15.8 pts (W17) · Tyler Shough 22.8 pts (W18).

QBs vs PIT recently: Jared Goff 26.5 pts (W16) · Shedeur Sanders 11.4 pts (W17) · Lamar Jackson 21.4 pts (W18).

Who wins a straight-up trade?

Aaron Rodgers carries the higher trade value — 126 against 52 (a 59% gap). In a one-for-one, the side receiving Aaron Rodgers gets the most. Momentum: Aaron Rodgers +32 and Tua Tagovailoa -7 over the last 30 days.

Open in Start/Sit (any scoring) Open in the Trade Analyzer

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Game logs, matchup ranks and form are the 2025 season — 2026 hasn’t kicked off. Projections, schedule and trade values are current 2026 numbers, refreshed nightly.