Should I start Jacoby Brissett or Jameis Winston in Week 6?

The market-based projections

Jacoby Brissett's market-based projection is 15.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 38th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Jameis Winston's market-based projection is 14.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 45th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jacoby Brissett, and the board ranks him 105th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 44.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jameis Winston, and the board ranks him 128th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Jacoby Brissett has been on the field for 100 percent of ARI snaps, dropped back 214 times and thrown 7.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 33 of 214 dropbacks and scrambled 5 times.

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.

In Week 5 against DET he completed 29 of 46 passes for 292 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 19 yards.

Through Week 5, Jameis Winston has been on the field for 96 percent of NYG snaps, dropped back 148 times and thrown 9.6 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 27 of 148 dropbacks and scrambled 5 times.

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.

In Week 5 against WAS he completed 33 of 54 passes for 326 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 28 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 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.

Jacoby Brissett was available for 11 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jacoby Brissett scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Jameis Winston 15.1, 1.7 a game between them.

Jacoby Brissett finished QB16 that year and Jameis Winston QB46.

Jacoby Brissett had 419 more pass attempts than Jameis Winston, 485 to 66.

Jacoby Brissett had 2799 more passing yards than Jameis Winston, 3366 to 567.

This season Jacoby Brissett holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 96 percent.

This season Jacoby Brissett holds the bigger target share, 1 percent against 0 percent.

Byes and availability

Jacoby Brissett is off in Week 14 and Jameis Winston in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

1.1 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 live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.