Who Should I Start? Jordan Love or Kenny Pickett

Thursday, January 8, 4:40 PM

After suffering a concussion early in his team's Week 16 loss to the Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love missed the final two games of the 2025 season. However, Love is off the injury report and ready to go for his team's Wild Card Weekend rematch against Chicago. The 27-year-old was very solid when healthy this season, completing 66.3% of his pass attempts for 3,381 yards, 23 touchdowns, and six interceptions. Love was also highly productive in the one full game he played against the Bears this season, completing 17 of 25 pass attempts for 234 yards, three touchdowns, and one interception. Chicago's defense was generally a favorable matchup for quarterbacks throughout the regular season, allowing the third-most fantasy points per game to the position. Fantasy managers in playoff leagues may feel the need to be cautious about trusting Love coming off the injury, but he could be a sleeper option at the quarterback position in the first round of the postseason.

Friday, January 2, 7:24 PM

Las Vegas Raiders head coach Pete Carroll refused to name a starting quarterback for the Week 18 regular-season finale on Sunday against the division-rival Kansas City Chiefs, according to Paul Gutierrez of ESPN. "You'll see on Sunday," Carroll said. The head coach added that there is "a rotation in mind" between Kenny Pickett and Aidan O'Connell. Geno Smith (ankle) has already been ruled out. Pickett is expected to make the start against the Chiefs, but he may not play the entire game before giving way to O'Connell, who has yet to play a snap this year. In Pickett's lone start against the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 15, Pickett went 15-for-25 passing for only 64 yards with no touchdowns and an interception. Fantasy managers should definitely be staying away from the Raiders' QB situation in Week 18 in a meaningless game.