Should I start C.J. Stroud or Rome Odunze in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on C.J. Stroud, and the board ranks him 85th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 30.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rome Odunze, and the board ranks him 86th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for C.J. Stroud, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for Rome Odunze, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

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, Rome Odunze has been on the field for 81 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 2 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have averaged 14.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against PHI he caught 3 of 6 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NYJ he caught 6 of 7 targets for 94 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against GB he caught 3 of 9 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

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 Rome Odunze played 12 games and scored 146.1 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR41.

He caught 44 of 90 targets for 661 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 7-8 targets a game, a 49 percent catch rate and 15.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 82 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

C.J. Stroud was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 C.J. Stroud scored 15.5 PPR points a game and Rome Odunze 12.2, 3.3 a game between them.

C.J. Stroud finished QB21 and Rome Odunze WR41, which are two different ladders.

C.J. Stroud is a quarterback and Rome Odunze 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 Rome Odunze in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.