Courtland Sutton or Patrick Mahomes: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

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.

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

The market-based projections

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.

The market-based projection for Patrick Mahomes is 17.2 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 13 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Patrick Mahomes's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

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.

Through Week 4, Patrick Mahomes has been on the field for 100 percent of KC snaps, dropped back 142 times and thrown 7.0 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 21 of 142 dropbacks and scrambled 8 times.

In Week 2 against IND he completed 32 of 47 passes for 382 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 17 yards.

In Week 3 against MIA he completed 20 of 24 passes for 246 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 1 yards.

In Week 4 against LV he completed 15 of 30 passes for 225 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 1 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Patrick Mahomes played 14 games and scored 296.7 PPR points, 21.2 a game, finishing QB11.

He threw for 3587 yards on 502 attempts with 22 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and ran for 422 yards and 5 touchdowns.

That came to 35.9 attempts a game at 7.1 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 97 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Courtland Sutton was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Patrick Mahomes scored 21.2 PPR points a game and Courtland Sutton 12.9, 8.3 a game between them.

Courtland Sutton finished WR13 and Patrick Mahomes QB11, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

Courtland Sutton is off in Week 10 and Patrick Mahomes in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

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