Jordan Love · Trevor Lawrence · 2026 week 1

Jordan Love or Trevor Lawrence?

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

Start Trevor Lawrence — barelyThis one is a coin flip — the projections are within 0.4 points. The matchup leans Trevor Lawrence (CLE allow the 28th-most QB points), but you can defend either call.

Player	Wk 1	Proj (PPR)	Matchup	Form L3	Trade value	Status
Jordan Love	@ MIN	19.7	32nd · tough	13.3	659	healthy
Trevor Lawrence START	vs CLE	20.1	28th · tough	26.2	1,538	healthy

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

QBs vs CLE recently: Josh Allen 6.9 pts (W16) · Aaron Rodgers 7.3 pts (W17) · Joe Burrow 22.1 pts (W18).

Who wins a straight-up trade?

Trevor Lawrence carries the higher trade value — 1,538 against 659 (a 57% gap). In a one-for-one, the side receiving Trevor Lawrence gets the most. Momentum: Jordan Love -2 and Trevor Lawrence -603 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.