Lamar Jackson or Jaxson Dart: 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.
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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QB28 · BAL · bye 13
2026 vs pass yds line 3-1
- Overall rank
- 159
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 8
QB30 · NYG · bye 8
2025 vs pass td line 5-7
- Overall rank
- 168
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 10
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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 Lamar Jackson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 159th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 3.
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.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Lamar Jackson is 1.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 2 market sources. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
No season market is posted for Jaxson Dart, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
This season so far
Through Week 4, Lamar Jackson has been on the field for 88 percent of BAL snaps, dropped back 111 times and thrown 10.4 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 13 of 111 dropbacks and scrambled 10 times.
In Week 2 against NO he completed 21 of 30 passes for 235 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 4 times for 34 yards.
In Week 3 against DAL he completed 15 of 20 passes for 186 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 6 times for 50 yards.
In Week 4 against TEN he completed 15 of 20 passes for 222 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 20 yards.
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.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Lamar Jackson played 13 games and scored 221.9 PPR points, 17.1 a game, finishing QB20.
He threw for 2549 yards on 302 attempts with 21 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran for 349 yards and 2 touchdowns.
That came to 23.2 attempts a game at 8.4 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 92 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
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.
Jaxson Dart was available for 1 game more.
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Head to head
In 2025 Jaxson Dart scored 17.6 PPR points a game and Lamar Jackson 17.1, 0.5 a game between them.
Lamar Jackson finished QB20 that year and Jaxson Dart QB14.
Jaxson Dart had 37 more pass attempts than Lamar Jackson, 339 to 302.
Lamar Jackson had 277 more passing yards than Jaxson Dart, 2549 to 2272.
This season Lamar Jackson holds the bigger snap share, 88 percent against 60 percent.
Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.
Byes and availability
Lamar Jackson is off in Week 13 and Jaxson Dart in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.
Lamar Jackson is listed as questionable on the injury report.
Jaxson Dart is listed as ir on the injury report.
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