Patrick Mahomes or Michael Penix Jr.: who should I start in Week 6?
Neither man carries a posted season price right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
Updated Oct 13, 2026 at 10:36 AM ET
Neither is in the consensus draft sample any more, and the market has not posted a whole price on 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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QB5 · KC · bye 5
2026 vs pass yds line 2-2
- Overall rank
- 24
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 3
QB7 · ATL · bye 11
2025 vs pass yds line 4-5
- Overall rank
- 33
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 3
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The gap
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Board size168 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 Patrick Mahomes: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 24th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Drafters have formed no consensus on Michael Penix Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 33rd overall on the rest of his evidence.
What the player markets price
The market has Patrick Mahomes at 17.7 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 7 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a quarterback's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
The market has Michael Penix Jr. at 16.8 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 2 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a quarterback's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
Patrick Mahomes's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season so far
Through Week 4, Patrick Mahomes has been on the field for 100 percent of KC snaps, dropped back 142 times and thrown 7.0 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 21 of 142 dropbacks and scrambled 8 times.
In Week 2 against IND he completed 32 of 47 passes for 382 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 17 yards.
In Week 3 against MIA he completed 20 of 24 passes for 246 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 1 yards.
In Week 4 against LV he completed 15 of 30 passes for 225 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 1 yards.
Through Week 5, Michael Penix Jr. has been on the field for 98 percent of ATL snaps, dropped back 83 times and thrown 6.4 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 8 of 83 dropbacks and scrambled 2 times.
In Week 3 against GB he completed 18 of 25 passes for 256 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception.
In Week 4 against NO he completed 15 of 20 passes for 223 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions.
In Week 5 against BAL he completed 19 of 32 passes for 240 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 8 yards.
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Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Patrick Mahomes played 14 games and scored 296.7 PPR points, 21.2 a game, finishing QB11.
He threw for 3587 yards on 502 attempts with 22 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and ran for 422 yards and 5 touchdowns.
That came to 35.9 attempts a game at 7.1 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 97 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
In 2025 Michael Penix Jr. played 9 games and scored 123.3 PPR points, 13.7 a game, finishing QB33.
He threw for 1982 yards on 276 attempts with 9 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran for 70 yards and 1 touchdown.
That came to 30.7 attempts a game at 7.2 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 93 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Patrick Mahomes was available for 5 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Patrick Mahomes scored 21.2 PPR points a game and Michael Penix Jr. 13.7, 7.5 a game between them.
Patrick Mahomes finished QB11 that year and Michael Penix Jr. QB33.
Patrick Mahomes had 226 more pass attempts than Michael Penix Jr., 502 to 276.
Patrick Mahomes had 1605 more passing yards than Michael Penix Jr., 3587 to 1982.
This season Patrick Mahomes holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 98 percent.
Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.
Byes and availability
Patrick Mahomes is off in Week 5 and Michael Penix Jr. in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.
Michael Penix Jr. is listed as questionable on the injury report.
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