Jordan Love · Patrick Mahomes · 2026 week 1

Jordan Love or Patrick Mahomes?

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

Start Jordan Love — barelyThis one is a coin flip — the projections are within 0.5 points. The matchup leans Jordan Love (MIN allow the 32nd-most QB points), but you can defend either call.

Player	Wk 1	Proj (PPR)	Matchup	Form L3	Trade value	Status
Jordan Love START	@ MIN	19.7	32nd · tough	13.3	659	healthy
Patrick Mahomes	vs DEN	19.2	25th · tough	17.6	1,558	Questionable

QBs vs MIN recently: Jaxson Dart 1 pts (W16) · Jared Goff 4.1 pts (W17) · Clayton Tune 3.7 pts (W18).

QBs vs DEN recently: Trevor Lawrence 31.2 pts (W16) · Chris Oladokun 7.7 pts (W17) · Trey Lance 9.3 pts (W18).

Who wins a straight-up trade?

Patrick Mahomes carries the higher trade value — 1,558 against 659 (a 58% gap). In a one-for-one, the side receiving Patrick Mahomes gets the most. Momentum: Jordan Love -2 and Patrick Mahomes -391 over the last 30 days.

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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.