Jameis Winston or Justin Herbert: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Jameis Winston at 12.9 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 57th highest figure of the 200 players the market prices.

The player markets price Justin Herbert at 12.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 66th highest figure of the 200 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jameis Winston: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 150th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Justin Herbert: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 160th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 23; 2QB: ADP 12.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Jameis Winston has been on the field for 96 percent of NYG snaps, dropped back 88 times and thrown 9.8 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 19 of 88 dropbacks and scrambled 1 time.

In Week 2 against LAR he completed 11 of 27 passes for 111 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 1 yards.

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.

Through Week 4, Justin Herbert has been on the field for 100 percent of LAC snaps, dropped back 144 times and thrown 8.8 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 30 of 144 dropbacks and scrambled 13 times.

In Week 2 against LV he completed 15 of 27 passes for 192 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 3 times for 2 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

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 13 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Justin Herbert scored 18.7 PPR points a game and Jameis Winston 15.1, 3.6 a game between them.

Jameis Winston finished QB46 that year and Justin Herbert QB10.

Justin Herbert had 446 more pass attempts than Jameis Winston, 512 to 66.

Justin Herbert had 3160 more passing yards than Jameis Winston, 3727 to 567.

This season Justin Herbert holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 96 percent.

This season Justin Herbert holds the bigger target share, 1 percent against 0 percent.

Byes and availability

Justin Herbert is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Jameis Winston.

What would change the answer

0.8 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.