Tyler Warren or Matthew Stafford: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tyler Warren: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 39th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Matthew Stafford: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 42nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Tyler Warren at 14.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 47th highest figure of the 143 players the market prices.

The market has Matthew Stafford at 23.3 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 6 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Matthew Stafford's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Tyler Warren has been on the field for 91 percent of IND snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 2 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 36 targets have averaged 4.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against HOU he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 9 of 10 targets for 55 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against WAS he caught 5 of 5 targets for 41 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PIT he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 7 of 9 targets for 83 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 5, Matthew Stafford has been on the field for 97 percent of LAR snaps, dropped back 224 times and thrown 8.8 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 32 of 224 dropbacks and scrambled 4 times.

In Week 3 against DEN he completed 30 of 53 passes for 390 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions and ran 2 times for 13 yards.

In Week 4 against PHI he completed 32 of 51 passes for 317 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions and ran 2 times for 11 yards.

In Week 5 against BUF he completed 40 of 54 passes for 383 yards and threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tyler Warren played 17 games and scored 188.5 PPR points, 11.1 a game, finishing TE4.

He caught 76 of 112 targets for 817 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 19 red zone targets.

That came to 6.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 10.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 84 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Matthew Stafford played 17 games and scored 358.4 PPR points, 21.1 a game, finishing QB3.

He threw for 4707 yards on 597 attempts with 46 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 1 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 35.1 attempts a game at 7.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 99 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Matthew Stafford scored 21.1 PPR points a game and Tyler Warren 11.1, 10.0 a game between them.

Tyler Warren finished TE4 and Matthew Stafford QB3, which are two different ladders.

Tyler Warren is a tight end and Matthew Stafford a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Tyler Warren is off in Week 13 and Matthew Stafford in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

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