Should I start Patrick Mahomes or Cam Skattebo in Week 6?

The market-based projections

Patrick Mahomes's market-based projection is 16.9 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 21st highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Cam Skattebo's market-based projection is 9.9 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 92nd highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Patrick Mahomes, and the board ranks him 82nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Cam Skattebo, and the board ranks him 83rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 4, Patrick Mahomes has been on the field for 100 percent of KC snaps, dropped back 142 times and thrown 7.0 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 21 of 142 dropbacks and scrambled 8 times.

In Week 2 against IND he completed 32 of 47 passes for 382 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 17 yards.

In Week 3 against MIA he completed 20 of 24 passes for 246 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 1 yards.

In Week 4 against LV he completed 15 of 30 passes for 225 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 1 yards.

Through Week 5, Cam Skattebo has been on the field for 65 percent of NYG snaps, taken 57 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 28 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 3 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 2.4 air yards.

In Week 3 against TEN he carried 20 times for 60 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against ARI he carried 18 times for 58 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against WAS he carried 13 times for 59 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Patrick Mahomes played 14 games and scored 296.7 PPR points, 21.2 a game, finishing QB11.

He threw for 3587 yards on 502 attempts with 22 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and ran for 422 yards and 5 touchdowns.

That came to 35.9 attempts a game at 7.1 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 97 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Cam Skattebo played 8 games and scored 127.7 PPR points, 16.0 a game, finishing RB37.

He carried 101 times for 410 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 32 targets for 207 more yards.

That came to 12.6 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 3.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Patrick Mahomes was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Patrick Mahomes scored 21.2 PPR points a game and Cam Skattebo 16.0, 5.2 a game between them.

Patrick Mahomes finished QB11 and Cam Skattebo RB37, which are two different ladders.

Patrick Mahomes is a quarterback and Cam Skattebo a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Patrick Mahomes is off in Week 5 and Cam Skattebo in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

7.0 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 live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.