Jacoby Brissett or Jalen Hurts: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Jacoby Brissett at 17.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 17th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

The player markets price Jalen Hurts at 15.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 39th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jacoby Brissett: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 71st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 47.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jalen Hurts: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 113th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Jacoby Brissett has been on the field for 100 percent of ARI snaps, dropped back 162 times and thrown 6.3 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 23 of 162 dropbacks and scrambled 4 times.

In Week 2 against SEA he completed 17 of 28 passes for 95 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 7 yards.

In Week 3 against SF he completed 38 of 51 passes for 280 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 4 yards.

In Week 4 against NYG he completed 21 of 35 passes for 166 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 3 interceptions and ran 4 times for 18 yards.

Through Week 4, Jalen Hurts has been on the field for 98 percent of PHI snaps, dropped back 137 times and thrown 7.8 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 23 of 137 dropbacks and scrambled 11 times.

In Week 2 against TEN he completed 26 of 37 passes for 264 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions and ran 5 times for 16 yards.

In Week 3 against CHI he completed 16 of 25 passes for 153 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 4 times for 25 yards.

In Week 4 against LAR he completed 12 of 27 passes for 93 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 18 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jacoby Brissett played 14 games and scored 235.4 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing QB16.

He threw for 3366 yards on 485 attempts with 23 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 168 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 34.6 attempts a game at 6.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jalen Hurts played 16 games and scored 305.1 PPR points, 19.1 a game, finishing QB8.

He threw for 3224 yards on 454 attempts with 25 touchdowns and 6 interceptions, and ran for 421 yards and 8 touchdowns.

That came to 28.4 attempts a game at 7.1 yards an attempt.

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

Jalen Hurts was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jalen Hurts scored 19.1 PPR points a game and Jacoby Brissett 16.8, 2.2 a game between them.

Jacoby Brissett finished QB16 that year and Jalen Hurts QB8.

Jacoby Brissett had 31 more pass attempts than Jalen Hurts, 485 to 454.

Jacoby Brissett had 142 more passing yards than Jalen Hurts, 3366 to 3224.

This season Jacoby Brissett holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 98 percent.

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

Byes and availability

Jacoby Brissett is off in Week 14 and Jalen Hurts in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

2.2 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.