Sam Darnold or Cole Kmet: who should I start in Week 6?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Sam Darnold at 14.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 27th highest figure of the 131 players the market prices.

The player markets price Cole Kmet at 3.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 6 market sources. That is the 78th highest figure of the 131 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Sam Darnold: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 106th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 26.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Cole Kmet: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 108th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Sam Darnold has been on the field for 81 percent of SEA snaps, dropped back 110 times and thrown 6.7 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 22 of 110 dropbacks and scrambled 3 times.

In Week 3 against WAS he completed 31 of 45 passes for 379 yards, threw 4 touchdowns and 2 interceptions and ran 1 time for 5 yards.

In Week 4 against LAC he completed 13 of 22 passes for 168 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 8 yards.

In Week 5 against SF he completed 18 of 29 passes for 195 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 1 time for 5 yards.

Through Week 5, Cole Kmet has been on the field for 61 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 0 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 8.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against PHI he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

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

In Week 5 against GB he caught 1 of 2 targets for 8 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Sam Darnold played 17 games and scored 249.4 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing QB13.

He threw for 4048 yards on 477 attempts with 25 touchdowns and 14 interceptions, and ran for 95 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 28.1 attempts a game at 8.5 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 96 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Cole Kmet played 16 games and scored 78.7 PPR points, 4.9 a game, finishing TE36.

He caught 30 of 48 targets for 347 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 3.0 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 11.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 69 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Sam Darnold was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Sam Darnold scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Cole Kmet 4.9, 9.8 a game between them.

Sam Darnold finished QB13 and Cole Kmet TE36, which are two different ladders.

Sam Darnold is a quarterback and Cole Kmet a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Sam Darnold is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Cole Kmet.

What would change the answer

10.7 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.