Brock Purdy or Jameis Winston: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Brock Purdy at 16.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 27th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

The player markets price Jameis Winston at 12.9 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 61st highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Brock Purdy: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 87th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jameis Winston: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 143rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Brock Purdy has been on the field for 97 percent of SF snaps, dropped back 122 times and thrown 7.8 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 11 of 122 dropbacks and scrambled 10 times.

In Week 2 against MIA he completed 20 of 22 passes for 287 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 30 yards.

In Week 3 against ARI he completed 15 of 27 passes for 297 yards, threw 4 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 35 yards.

In Week 4 against DEN he completed 19 of 29 passes for 218 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 8 times for 31 yards.

Through Week 4, Jameis Winston has been on the field for 96 percent of NYG snaps, dropped back 88 times and thrown 9.8 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 19 of 88 dropbacks and scrambled 1 time.

In Week 2 against LAR he completed 11 of 27 passes for 111 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 1 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Brock Purdy played 9 games and scored 187.4 PPR points, 20.8 a game, finishing QB24.

He threw for 2167 yards on 284 attempts with 20 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and ran for 147 yards and 3 touchdowns.

That came to 31.6 attempts a game at 7.6 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 98 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.

Brock Purdy was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Brock Purdy scored 20.8 PPR points a game and Jameis Winston 15.1, 5.7 a game between them.

Brock Purdy finished QB24 that year and Jameis Winston QB46.

Brock Purdy had 218 more pass attempts than Jameis Winston, 284 to 66.

Brock Purdy had 1600 more passing yards than Jameis Winston, 2167 to 567.

This season Brock Purdy holds the bigger snap share, 97 percent against 96 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.

What would change the answer

3.6 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.