Jaxson Dart or Joe Burrow: 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 2:56 PM ET
Neither is in the consensus draft sample any more, and neither of them has a market-based projection this season, 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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QB31 · NYG · bye 8
2025 vs pass td line 5-7
- Overall rank
- 168
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 8
QB34 · CIN · on bye this week
2026 vs pass yds line 2-3
- Market-based projection
- 17.6 pts a game Wk 5 price
- Overall rank
- 175
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 8
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The gap
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Board size198 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 Jaxson Dart: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 168th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 16.
Drafters have formed no consensus on Joe Burrow: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 175th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Jaxson Dart, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for Joe Burrow, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.
This season so far
Through Week 2, Jaxson Dart has been on the field for 60 percent of NYG snaps, dropped back 38 times and thrown 8.6 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 6 of 38 dropbacks and scrambled 2 times.
In Week 1 against DAL he completed 23 of 29 passes for 230 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 8 times for 59 yards.
In Week 2 against LAR he completed 3 of 5 passes for 20 yards and threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.
Through Week 5, Joe Burrow has been on the field for 100 percent of CIN snaps, dropped back 204 times and thrown 7.2 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 36 of 204 dropbacks and scrambled 6 times.
In Week 3 against PIT he completed 28 of 37 passes for 282 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 13 yards.
In Week 4 against JAX he completed 39 of 54 passes for 428 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 3 times for 6 yards.
In Week 5 against MIA he completed 23 of 32 passes for 190 yards, threw 4 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 12 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Jaxson Dart played 14 games and scored 246.6 PPR points, 17.6 a game, finishing QB14.
He threw for 2272 yards on 339 attempts with 15 touchdowns and 5 interceptions, and ran for 487 yards and 9 touchdowns.
That came to 24.2 attempts a game at 6.7 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
In 2025 Joe Burrow played 8 games and scored 139.5 PPR points, 17.4 a game, finishing QB29.
He threw for 1809 yards on 259 attempts with 17 touchdowns and 5 interceptions, and ran for 41 yards and 0 touchdowns.
That came to 32.4 attempts a game at 7.0 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 86 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Jaxson Dart was available for 6 games more.
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Head to head
In 2025 Jaxson Dart scored 17.6 PPR points a game and Joe Burrow 17.4, 0.2 a game between them.
Jaxson Dart finished QB14 that year and Joe Burrow QB29.
Jaxson Dart had 80 more pass attempts than Joe Burrow, 339 to 259.
Jaxson Dart had 463 more passing yards than Joe Burrow, 2272 to 1809.
This season Joe Burrow holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 60 percent.
Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.
Byes and availability
Jaxson Dart is off in Week 8 and Joe Burrow in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.
Jaxson Dart is listed as ir on the injury report.
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