Sam Darnold or Ashton Jeanty: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Sam Darnold: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 59th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 26.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ashton Jeanty: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 60th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 8; 2QB: ADP 25.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Sam Darnold at 14.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 22nd highest figure of the 124 players the market prices.

The market has Ashton Jeanty at 5.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Sam Darnold has been on the field for 81 percent of SEA snaps, dropped back 110 times and thrown 6.7 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 22 of 110 dropbacks and scrambled 3 times.

In Week 3 against WAS he completed 31 of 45 passes for 379 yards, threw 4 touchdowns and 2 interceptions and ran 1 time for 5 yards.

In Week 4 against LAC he completed 13 of 22 passes for 168 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 8 yards.

In Week 5 against SF he completed 18 of 29 passes for 195 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 1 time for 5 yards.

Through Week 5, Ashton Jeanty has been on the field for 72 percent of LV snaps, taken 68 percent of the carries, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 47 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 7 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 30 targets have averaged 1.7 air yards.

In Week 3 against NO he carried 19 times for 56 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against KC he carried 15 times for 58 yards, caught 6 of 8 targets for 68 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NE he carried 10 times for 27 yards, caught 3 of 6 targets for 50 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Sam Darnold played 17 games and scored 249.4 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing QB13.

He threw for 4048 yards on 477 attempts with 25 touchdowns and 14 interceptions, and ran for 95 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 28.1 attempts a game at 8.5 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 96 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Ashton Jeanty played 17 games and scored 245.1 PPR points, 14.4 a game, finishing RB11.

He carried 266 times for 975 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 55 of 73 targets for 346 more yards.

That came to 15.6 carries a game at 3.7 yards a carry and 3.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Sam Darnold scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Ashton Jeanty 14.4, 0.3 a game between them.

Sam Darnold finished QB13 and Ashton Jeanty RB11, which are two different ladders.

Sam Darnold is a quarterback and Ashton Jeanty a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Sam Darnold is off in Week 11 and Ashton Jeanty in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

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