Should I start Rachaad White or Geno Smith in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rachaad White: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 97th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Geno Smith: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 99th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Rachaad White's market-based projection is 8.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 98th highest figure of the 206 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Geno Smith is 16.2 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is 90 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Rachaad White has been on the field for 49 percent of WAS snaps, taken 24 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 0.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against DAL he carried 7 times for 43 yards, caught 6 of 6 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against SEA he carried 8 times for 35 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 6 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against NYG he carried 7 times for 18 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Rachaad White played 17 games and scored 143.0 PPR points, 8.4 a game, finishing RB32.

He carried 132 times for 572 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 40 of 45 targets for 218 more yards.

That came to 7.8 carries a game at 4.3 yards a carry and 2.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 51 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.

Rachaad White was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Geno Smith scored 12.7 PPR points a game and Rachaad White 8.4, 4.3 a game between them.

Rachaad White finished RB32 and Geno Smith QB23, which are two different ladders.

Rachaad White is a running back and Geno Smith a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Rachaad White is off in Week 7 and Geno Smith in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

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.