Jared Goff or Geno Smith: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Jared Goff at 21.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 6th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The player markets price Geno Smith at 14.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 45th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jared Goff: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 30th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Geno Smith: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 119th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Jared Goff has been on the field for 100 percent of DET snaps, dropped back 174 times and thrown 7.6 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 26 of 174 dropbacks and scrambled 5 times.

In Week 2 against BUF he completed 26 of 38 passes for 327 yards, threw 4 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 7 yards.

In Week 3 against NYJ he completed 25 of 32 passes for 269 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 8 yards.

In Week 4 against CAR he completed 32 of 52 passes for 412 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions.

Through Week 4, Geno Smith has been on the field for 100 percent of NYJ snaps, dropped back 136 times and thrown 7.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 23 of 136 dropbacks and scrambled 8 times.

In Week 2 against GB he completed 27 of 40 passes for 247 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 17 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jared Goff played 17 games and scored 305.1 PPR points, 17.9 a game, finishing QB9.

He threw for 4564 yards on 578 attempts with 34 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 45 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 34.0 attempts a game at 7.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 98 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Jared Goff was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jared Goff scored 17.9 PPR points a game and Geno Smith 12.7, 5.2 a game between them.

Jared Goff finished QB9 that year and Geno Smith QB23.

Jared Goff had 130 more pass attempts than Geno Smith, 578 to 448.

Jared Goff had 1539 more passing yards than Geno Smith, 4564 to 3025.

Their snap share this season is the same, 100 percent each.

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

Byes and availability

Jared Goff is off in Week 6 and Geno Smith in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

6.6 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.