Should I start C.J. Stroud or Emeka Egbuka in Week 6?

The market-based projections

C.J. Stroud's market-based projection is 16.9 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 24th highest figure of the 199 players with a market-based projection.

Emeka Egbuka's market-based projection is 9.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 90th highest figure of the 199 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on C.J. Stroud: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 86th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 30.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Emeka Egbuka: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 85th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, C.J. Stroud has been on the field for 100 percent of HOU snaps, dropped back 202 times and thrown 9.8 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 29 of 202 dropbacks and scrambled 7 times.

In Week 3 against IND he completed 16 of 27 passes for 167 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 10 yards.

In Week 4 against DAL he completed 21 of 29 passes for 347 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 12 yards.

In Week 5 against TEN he completed 26 of 34 passes for 261 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 7 yards.

Through Week 5, Emeka Egbuka has been on the field for 85 percent of TB snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 2 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 33 targets have averaged 10.3 air yards.

In Week 3 against MIN he caught 5 of 9 targets for 62 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against GB he caught 2 of 4 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DAL he carried 1 time for 14 yards, caught 6 of 9 targets for 38 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 C.J. Stroud played 14 games and scored 216.5 PPR points, 15.5 a game, finishing QB21.

He threw for 3041 yards on 423 attempts with 19 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 209 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 30.2 attempts a game at 7.2 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 93 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Emeka Egbuka played 17 games and scored 195.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR23.

He caught 63 of 127 targets for 938 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 7-8 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.

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

Emeka Egbuka was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 C.J. Stroud scored 15.5 PPR points a game and Emeka Egbuka 11.5, 4.0 a game between them.

C.J. Stroud finished QB21 and Emeka Egbuka WR23, which are two different ladders.

C.J. Stroud is a quarterback and Emeka Egbuka a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

C.J. Stroud is off in Week 8 and Emeka Egbuka in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

7.8 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 projection, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market-based projection when it does.