Sam Darnold or Justice Hill: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Sam Darnold: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 120th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 26.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Justice Hill: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 121st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Sam Darnold's market-based projection is 14.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 50th highest figure of the 184 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Justice Hill is 5.8 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is 60 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Justice Hill's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Sam Darnold has been on the field for 81 percent of SEA snaps, dropped back 110 times and thrown 6.7 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 22 of 110 dropbacks and scrambled 3 times.

In Week 3 against WAS he completed 31 of 45 passes for 379 yards, threw 4 touchdowns and 2 interceptions and ran 1 time for 5 yards.

In Week 4 against LAC he completed 13 of 22 passes for 168 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 8 yards.

In Week 5 against SF he completed 18 of 29 passes for 195 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 1 time for 5 yards.

Through Week 5, Justice Hill has been on the field for 42 percent of BAL snaps, taken 12 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 0 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have come 1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against DAL he carried 5 times for 33 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against TEN he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 22 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against ATL he carried 4 times for 73 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Sam Darnold played 17 games and scored 249.4 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing QB13.

He threw for 4048 yards on 477 attempts with 25 touchdowns and 14 interceptions, and ran for 95 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 28.1 attempts a game at 9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 96 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Justice Hill played 10 games and scored 65.2 PPR points, 6.5 a game, finishing RB60.

He carried 18 times for 93 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 21 of 27 targets for 169 more yards.

That came to 1.8 carries a game at 5.2 yards a carry and 2.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 37 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Sam Darnold was available for 7 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Sam Darnold scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Justice Hill 6.5, 8.2 a game between them.

Sam Darnold finished QB13 and Justice Hill RB60, which are two different ladders.

Sam Darnold is a quarterback and Justice Hill a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Sam Darnold is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Justice Hill.

What would change the answer

Justice Hill is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.