Michael Penix Jr. or Courtland Sutton: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Michael Penix Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 84th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

The market has Michael Penix Jr. at 17.4 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Courtland Sutton's market-based projection is 8.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 91st highest figure of the 157 players with a market-based projection.

Michael Penix Jr.'s projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Michael Penix Jr. has been on the field for 98 percent of ATL snaps, dropped back 83 times and thrown 6.4 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 8 of 83 dropbacks and scrambled 2 times.

In Week 3 against GB he completed 18 of 25 passes for 256 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception.

In Week 4 against NO he completed 15 of 20 passes for 223 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions.

In Week 5 against BAL he completed 19 of 32 passes for 240 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 8 yards.

Through Week 5, Courtland Sutton has been on the field for 78 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 2 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have averaged 11.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against LAR he caught 3 of 7 targets for 46 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SF he caught 1 of 6 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LAC he caught 2 of 3 targets for 18 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Michael Penix Jr. played 9 games and scored 123.3 PPR points, 13.7 a game, finishing QB33.

He threw for 1982 yards on 276 attempts with 9 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran for 70 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 30.7 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 Courtland Sutton played 17 games and scored 219.7 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR13.

He caught 74 of 124 targets for 1017 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 7.3 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 13.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 86 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Courtland Sutton was available for 8 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Michael Penix Jr. scored 13.7 PPR points a game and Courtland Sutton 12.9, 0.8 a game between them.

Michael Penix Jr. finished QB33 and Courtland Sutton WR13, which are two different ladders.

Michael Penix Jr. is a quarterback and Courtland Sutton a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Michael Penix Jr. is off in Week 11 and Courtland Sutton in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Michael Penix Jr. is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Michael Penix Jr. is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.