Drake Maye or Jameis Winston: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Drake Maye at 18.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 market sources. That is the 14th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The player markets price Jameis Winston at 12.9 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 60th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Drake Maye: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 57th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jameis Winston: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 142nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Drake Maye has been on the field for 95 percent of NE snaps, dropped back 141 times and thrown 9.1 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 22 of 141 dropbacks and scrambled 14 times.

In Week 2 against PIT he completed 14 of 22 passes for 208 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 20 yards.

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.

Through Week 4, Jameis Winston has been on the field for 96 percent of NYG snaps, dropped back 88 times and thrown 9.8 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 19 of 88 dropbacks and scrambled 1 time.

In Week 2 against LAR he completed 11 of 27 passes for 111 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 1 yards.

In Week 3 against TEN he completed 14 of 22 passes for 118 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 15 yards.

In Week 4 against ARI he completed 18 of 29 passes for 250 yards and threw 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Jameis Winston played 3 games and scored 45.3 PPR points, 15.1 a game, finishing QB46.

He threw for 567 yards on 66 attempts with 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, and ran for 23 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 22.0 attempts a game at 8.6 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Drake Maye was available for 14 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Drake Maye scored 21.2 PPR points a game and Jameis Winston 15.1, 6.1 a game between them.

Drake Maye finished QB2 that year and Jameis Winston QB46.

Drake Maye had 426 more pass attempts than Jameis Winston, 492 to 66.

Drake Maye had 3827 more passing yards than Jameis Winston, 4394 to 567.

This season Jameis Winston holds the bigger snap share, 96 percent against 95 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.

Byes and availability

Drake Maye is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Jameis Winston.

What would change the answer

5.4 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.