Cam Ward or Romeo Doubs: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Cam Ward: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 148th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 43.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Romeo Doubs: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 149th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Cam Ward's market-based projection is 11.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 69th highest figure of the 161 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Romeo Doubs is 2.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 10 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Romeo Doubs's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Cam Ward has been on the field for 100 percent of TEN snaps, dropped back 176 times and thrown 7.0 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 24 of 176 dropbacks and scrambled 11 times.

In Week 3 against NYG he completed 23 of 36 passes for 181 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 2 yards.

In Week 4 against BAL he completed 20 of 31 passes for 222 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 4 times for 27 yards.

In Week 5 against HOU he completed 23 of 36 passes for 170 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 2 yards.

Through Week 5, Romeo Doubs has been on the field for 69 percent of NE snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 1 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have averaged 16.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against JAX he caught 3 of 4 targets for 49 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BUF he caught 6 of 9 targets for 58 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 5 against LV he caught 1 of 3 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Cam Ward played 17 games and scored 193.7 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing QB22.

He threw for 3169 yards on 540 attempts with 15 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran for 159 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 31.8 attempts a game at 5.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 100 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Romeo Doubs played 16 games and scored 165.4 PPR points, 10.3 a game, finishing WR37.

He caught 55 of 85 targets for 724 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 5.3 targets a game, a 65 percent catch rate and 13.2 yards a catch.

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

Cam Ward was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Cam Ward scored 11.4 PPR points a game and Romeo Doubs 10.3, 1.1 a game between them.

Cam Ward finished QB22 and Romeo Doubs WR37, which are two different ladders.

Cam Ward is a quarterback and Romeo Doubs a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Cam Ward is off in Week 9 and Romeo Doubs in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

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