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Cam Newton or Tyrod Taylor

Who Should I Start? - Week 1 • Start New
Cam Newton

Cam Newton

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Tyrod Taylor

Tyrod Taylor

QB • Green Bay Packers GB
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Outlook Tyrod Taylor

Jordan Love's Primary Backup Holds Value Exclusively as a Superflex Contingency

Tyrod Taylor enters the season firmly established as the primary backup behind starting quarterback Jordan Love in Green Bay. The 37-year-old veteran joined the Packers to provide experienced insurance, earning praise in camp for his arm strength while working ahead of Kyle McCord on the depth chart.

Our models project Taylor for minimal standalone production with just 24 pass attempts while Love stays healthy. Historically, Taylor possesses dual-threat utility, having tallied over 2,000 career rushing yards across his 15-year career. Should injury strike, his mobility offers a decent emergency baseline in Matt LaFleur’s offense.

Draft momentum highlights his lack of standalone appeal, with his ADP sliding from around pick 300 down past 590 in late August as fantasy ownership declined to 2%. Taylor carries no standalone draft value in standard formats, representing strictly a late-round insurance stash in deep Superflex leagues.

Updated 14 hrs ago

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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Cam Newton
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Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
Redzone Touches Cam Newton

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Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Cam Newton
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OWN/START Tyrod Taylor
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2%
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Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
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Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Cam Newton

    Overview

  • He has missed playing in at least 2 games but is not listed on the injury report as of today. Check out his player news to see if he has any nagging injuries.

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  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
Breakdown Tyrod Taylor

    Overview

  • A good quarterback can mean the world of difference in such a pass heavy league.
  • Experts don't even rank him among QB's. Either he is on a bye week or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 41st with 72.24 total points (4.01 avg).
  • Currently 362 points behind the leader: Matthew Stafford
  • Decline in numbers lately by 4 PPG.

    • QB Stats

  • Top 50 in pass yards with 1001 (55.61 per game) and is currently ranked 40th among QB.
  • Top 50 in pass tds with 6 (0.33 per game) and is currently ranked 40th among QB.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Yards: +585, TDs: +2, INTs: +5

    • Season Outlook

  • PASS YDS: 0, PASS TDS: 0, RUSH YDS: 0, RUSH TDS: 0
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Cam Newton

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Injury Tyrod Taylor

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Overview

  • He has missed playing in at least 2 games but is not listed on the injury report as of today. Check out his player news to see if he has any nagging injuries.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
Matchups Tyrod Taylor

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PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
19.59319.002184924.79
Compare to same point last season

Overview

  • Experts don"t even rank him among DST's. Either he is on a bye week or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 8th with 132.00 total points (7.76 avg).
  • Currently 95 points behind the leader: Seahawks DST
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 7.8.

Defensive Stats

  • Top 4 in total yards against with 319.00 per game and is currently ranked 3rd among DST.
  • Top 10 in turnovers with 21 (1.24 per game) and is currently ranked 10th among DST.
  • Ranked 25th in rush defense with 2256 (132.71 per game).
  • Top 2 in pass defense with 3167 (186.29 per game) and is currently ranked 2nd among DST.
  • Top 4 in sacks with 49 (2.88 per game) and currently ranked 4th among DST.
  • Top 8 in points against with 19.59 per game and currently ranked 7th among DST.
  • Top 14 in Total TDs with 2 (0.12 per game) and currently ranked 14th among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: -48.71, Turnovers: -9 Sacks: +4, INTs: -13, TDs: -1, Points Allowed: -1.06,

Season Outlook

  • SACK: 49, INT: 13, TDS: 3, PA/G: 20.8, YDS/G: 300.3
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Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Cam Newton

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Career Tyrod Taylor
PASS RUSH
YR TM GP YD CMP% TD INT RAT YD TD FUM
2011 BAL 2 18 100% 0 0 160.4 2 0 0
2012 BAL 5 179 59% 0 1 62.3 73 1 0
2013 BAL 3 2 20% 0 1 -62.9 64 0 0
2014 BAL 1 0 0% 0 0 -3 0 0
2015 BUF 14 3035 64% 20 6 99.4 568 4 1
2016 BUF 15 3023 62% 17 6 89.6 580 6 4
2017 BUF 15 2799 63% 14 4 89.2 427 4 4
2018 CLE 4 473 49% 2 2 64.5 125 1 0
2019 LAC 4 33 67% 1 0 136.1 7 0 0
2020 LAC 1 208 53% 0 0 75.4 7 0 0
2021 HOU 6 966 61% 5 5 76.7 151 3 0
2022 NYG 2 58 75% 1 1 84.4 70 0 1
2023 NYG 10 1341 64% 5 3 89.1 197 0 0
2024 NYJ 2 119 77% 3 0 134.5 13 0 0
2025 NYJ 7 1001 60% 6 6 74.6 162 1 1
3-YEAR AVG 6 820 63% 5 3 85.4 124 0 0
Totals 91 13255 62% 74 35 87.7 2443 20 11
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ARI @LAC
ATL @PIT
BAL @IND
BUF @HOU
CAR vs CHI
CIN vs TB
CLE @JAC
DAL @NYG
DEN @KC
DET vs NO
GB @MIN
LAR vs SF
LV vs MIA
NE @SEA
NYJ @TEN
PHI vs WAS
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ARI @SF 10:15 EDT EST
ATH vs BAL 09:40 EDT EST
ATL vs COL 07:15 EDT EST
BOS @NYY 07:15 EDT EST
CHC vs CIN 02:20 EDT EST
CHW @MIN 08:10 EDT EST
CLE vs KC 07:10 EDT EST
DET vs LAD 06:40 EDT EST
HOU @NYM 07:10 EDT EST
LAA vs PHI 09:38 EDT EST
MIA @WAS 06:45 EDT EST
MIL vs TEX 07:40 EDT EST
PIT @STL 08:15 EDT EST
SD @TB 07:10 EDT EST
SEA @TOR 07:15 EDT EST
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