Week 1 start/sit

C.J. Stroud vs Sam Darnold start/sit

Start Sam Darnold if this call rests on measured 2025 production.

The numbers behind the call

Week 1

Sam Darnold led C.J. Stroud in passing yards, 4,048 to 3,041.
Sam Darnold led C.J. Stroud in passing touchdowns, 25 to 19.
Sam Darnold led C.J. Stroud in completion above expected, +5.2% to +0.4%.
C.J. Stroud has vs BUF in week 1.
Sam Darnold has vs NE in week 1.

C.J. Stroud

vs BUF

Sun, Sep 13, 1:00 PM EDT

Sam Darnold

vs NE

Wed, Sep 9, 8:20 PM EDT

This page uses measured 2025 production and the published schedule. It does not grade fixture difficulty or publish a weekly opponent-adjusted projection.

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Source

Data from nflverse (nflverse-data), licensed CC BY 4.0. The fixture line comes from the committed schedule snapshot.

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