AJ Barner or Jameis Winston: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on AJ Barner: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 109th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jameis Winston: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 110th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price AJ Barner at 6.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 89th highest figure of the 142 players the market prices.

The market has Jameis Winston at 15.8 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 12 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Jameis Winston's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, AJ Barner has been on the field for 89 percent of SEA snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 3 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 2.1 air yards.

In Week 3 against WAS he caught 5 of 9 targets for 69 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LAC he caught 1 of 3 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against SF he caught 3 of 5 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Jameis Winston has been on the field for 96 percent of NYG snaps, dropped back 148 times and thrown 9.6 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 27 of 148 dropbacks and scrambled 5 times.

In Week 3 against TEN he completed 14 of 22 passes for 118 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 15 yards.

In Week 4 against ARI he completed 18 of 29 passes for 250 yards and threw 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.

In Week 5 against WAS he completed 33 of 54 passes for 326 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 28 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 AJ Barner played 17 games and scored 147.3 PPR points, 8.7 a game, finishing TE14.

He caught 52 of 68 targets for 519 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 4.0 targets a game, a 76 percent catch rate and 10.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jameis Winston played 3 games and scored 45.3 PPR points, 15.1 a game, finishing QB46.

He threw for 567 yards on 66 attempts with 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, and ran for 23 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 22.0 attempts a game at 8.6 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

AJ Barner was available for 14 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jameis Winston scored 15.1 PPR points a game and AJ Barner 8.7, 6.4 a game between them.

AJ Barner finished TE14 and Jameis Winston QB46, which are two different ladders.

AJ Barner is a tight end and Jameis Winston a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

What would change the answer

Jameis Winston is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.