Jacoby Brissett or Justin Herbert: who should I start in Week 6?
Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
Updated Oct 14, 2026 at 4:26 PM ET
Week 6 verdict
Start Jacoby Brissett over Justin Herbert
- Market projects
- 16.4
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 5
- Market projects
- 12.1
- fantasy pts
- KC D vs QB
- 13.4
- 3rd fewest to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 5
Neither is in the consensus draft sample any more, and the market has not posted a whole projection for either of them, so there is no current market order to give between these two. What follows is what each of them has already done.
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QB16 · ARI · bye 14
2026 vs pass yds line 3-2
- Overall rank
- 101
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 4
QB26 · LAC · bye 7
2026 vs pass yds line 1-4
- Overall rank
- 134
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 6
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The gap
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Board size200 draftable players
Consensus average draft position has stopped updating on these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out rather than printed stale. The verdict line above restates the market price and nothing else.
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Where the draft room stands
Drafters have formed no consensus on Jacoby Brissett: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 101st overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 44.
Drafters have formed no consensus on Justin Herbert: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 134th overall on the rest of his evidence.
By format he goes standard: ADP 23; 2QB: ADP 12.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Jacoby Brissett is 16.4 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 13 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
The market-based projection for Justin Herbert is 13.1 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 13 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
Jacoby Brissett's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
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, Justin Herbert has been on the field for 100 percent of LAC snaps, dropped back 175 times and thrown 8.5 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 36 of 175 dropbacks and scrambled 16 times.
In Week 3 against BUF he completed 20 of 34 passes for 226 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 4 times for 17 yards.
In Week 4 against SEA he completed 19 of 31 passes for 189 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 6 times for 40 yards.
In Week 5 against DEN he completed 14 of 23 passes for 121 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 6 times for 54 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 Justin Herbert played 16 games and scored 299.9 PPR points, 18.7 a game, finishing QB10.
He threw for 3727 yards on 512 attempts with 26 touchdowns and 13 interceptions, and ran for 498 yards and 2 touchdowns.
That came to 32.0 attempts a game at 7.3 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 97 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Justin Herbert was available for 2 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Justin Herbert scored 18.7 PPR points a game and Jacoby Brissett 16.8, 1.9 a game between them.
Jacoby Brissett finished QB16 that year and Justin Herbert QB10.
Justin Herbert had 27 more pass attempts than Jacoby Brissett, 512 to 485.
Justin Herbert had 361 more passing yards than Jacoby Brissett, 3727 to 3366.
Their snap share this season is the same, 100 percent each.
Their target share this season is the same, 1 percent each.
Byes and availability
Jacoby Brissett is off in Week 14 and Justin Herbert in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.
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