Jake Ferguson or Drake Maye: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jake Ferguson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 42nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Drake Maye: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 43rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Jake Ferguson at 8.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 52nd highest figure of the 132 players the market prices.

The market has Drake Maye at 20.0 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 8 market sources. That is 90 percent of what a quarterback's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Jake Ferguson has been on the field for 72 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 1 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have averaged 4.5 air yards.

In Week 3 against BAL he caught 3 of 5 targets for 23 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against HOU he caught 3 of 4 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against TB he caught 3 of 6 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Drake Maye has been on the field for 96 percent of NE snaps, dropped back 179 times and thrown 9.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 27 of 179 dropbacks and scrambled 17 times.

In Week 3 against JAX he completed 14 of 25 passes for 199 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions and ran 4 times for 18 yards.

In Week 4 against BUF he completed 22 of 37 passes for 269 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 6 times for 56 yards.

In Week 5 against LV he completed 26 of 34 passes for 374 yards, threw 4 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 29 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jake Ferguson played 17 games and scored 188.1 PPR points, 11.1 a game, finishing TE5.

He caught 82 of 102 targets for 600 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 23 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 7.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 67 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Drake Maye played 17 games and scored 360.0 PPR points, 21.2 a game, finishing QB2.

He threw for 4394 yards on 492 attempts with 31 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 450 yards and 4 touchdowns.

That came to 28.9 attempts a game at 8.9 yards an attempt.

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

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Drake Maye scored 21.2 PPR points a game and Jake Ferguson 11.1, 10.1 a game between them.

Jake Ferguson finished TE5 and Drake Maye QB2, which are two different ladders.

Jake Ferguson is a tight end and Drake Maye a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Drake Maye is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Jake Ferguson.

What would change the answer

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