Geno Smith or Darren Waller: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Geno Smith: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 105th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Geno Smith is 16.2 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.

Darren Waller's market-based projection is 6.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 9 market sources. That is the 104th highest figure of the 157 players with a market-based projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 5, Geno Smith has been on the field for 100 percent of NYJ snaps, dropped back 171 times and thrown 6.9 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 31 of 171 dropbacks and scrambled 9 times.

In Week 3 against DET he completed 31 of 37 passes for 321 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 12 yards.

In Week 4 against CHI he completed 8 of 15 passes for 119 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions.

In Week 5 against CLE he completed 17 of 30 passes for 182 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 9 yards.

Through Week 4, Darren Waller has been on the field for 46 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have averaged 7.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against ATL he caught 3 of 3 targets for 33 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 3 against CLE he caught 5 of 8 targets for 51 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DET he caught 3 of 6 targets for 36 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Geno Smith played 15 games and scored 190.9 PPR points, 12.7 a game, finishing QB23.

He threw for 3025 yards on 448 attempts with 19 touchdowns and 17 interceptions, and ran for 109 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 29.9 attempts a game at 6.8 yards an attempt.

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

In 2025 Darren Waller played 9 games and scored 88.7 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing TE33.

He caught 24 of 34 targets for 283 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3.8 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 11.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 45 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Geno Smith was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Geno Smith scored 12.7 PPR points a game and Darren Waller 9.9, 2.9 a game between them.

Geno Smith finished QB23 and Darren Waller TE33, which are two different ladders.

Geno Smith is a quarterback and Darren Waller a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Geno Smith is off in Week 13. No bye is listed for Darren Waller.

What would change the answer

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