C.J. Stroud or Jameis Winston: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price C.J. Stroud at 14.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 44th highest figure of the 218 players the market prices.

The player markets price Jameis Winston at 12.8 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 61st highest figure of the 218 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on C.J. Stroud: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 116th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 30.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, C.J. Stroud has been on the field for 100 percent of HOU snaps, dropped back 166 times and thrown 10.3 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 27 of 166 dropbacks and scrambled 7 times.

In Week 2 against CIN he completed 30 of 53 passes for 353 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 29 yards.

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.

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 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 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.

C.J. Stroud was available for 11 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 C.J. Stroud scored 15.5 PPR points a game and Jameis Winston 15.1, 0.4 a game between them.

C.J. Stroud finished QB21 that year and Jameis Winston QB46.

C.J. Stroud had 357 more pass attempts than Jameis Winston, 423 to 66.

C.J. Stroud had 2474 more passing yards than Jameis Winston, 3041 to 567.

This season C.J. Stroud holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 96 percent.

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

Byes and availability

C.J. Stroud is off in Week 8. No bye is listed for Jameis Winston.

What would change the answer

1.8 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 price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.