Quinshon Judkins or C.J. Stroud: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

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

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

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 30.

What the player markets price

The market has Quinshon Judkins at 3.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price C.J. Stroud at 16.8 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 19th highest figure of the 135 players the market prices.

Quinshon Judkins's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Quinshon Judkins has been on the field for 60 percent of CLE snaps, taken 61 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 43 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 4 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have come 1.5 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against CAR he carried 18 times for 70 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against PIT he carried 17 times for 53 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 43 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against NYJ he carried 14 times for 44 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Quinshon Judkins played 15 games and scored 169.8 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing RB26.

He carried 230 times for 827 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 26 of 36 targets for 171 more yards.

That came to 15.3 carries a game at 3.6 yards a carry and 1.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Quinshon Judkins was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 C.J. Stroud scored 15.5 PPR points a game and Quinshon Judkins 11.3, 4.1 a game between them.

Quinshon Judkins finished RB26 and C.J. Stroud QB21, which are two different ladders.

Quinshon Judkins is a running back and C.J. Stroud a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Quinshon Judkins is off in Week 11 and C.J. Stroud in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Quinshon Judkins is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

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