Patrick Mahomes or D'Andre Swift: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Patrick Mahomes: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 37th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on D'Andre Swift: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 50th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 13.

What the player markets price

The market has Patrick Mahomes at 17.3 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 10 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has D'Andre Swift at 6.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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.

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

This season so far

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.

Through Week 5, D'Andre Swift has been on the field for 56 percent of CHI snaps, taken 44 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 29 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 10 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have come 1.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against PHI he carried 20 times for 84 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NYJ he carried 15 times for 58 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against GB he carried 9 times for 43 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 30 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 D'Andre Swift played 16 games and scored 228.6 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing RB15.

He carried 223 times for 1087 yards and 9 touchdowns, and caught 34 of 48 targets for 299 more yards.

That came to 13.9 carries a game at 4.9 yards a carry and 2.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

D'Andre Swift was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Patrick Mahomes scored 21.2 PPR points a game and D'Andre Swift 14.3, 6.9 a game between them.

Patrick Mahomes finished QB11 and D'Andre Swift RB15, which are two different ladders.

Patrick Mahomes is a quarterback and D'Andre Swift a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

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