Sam Darnold or Parker Washington: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Sam Darnold at 14.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 16th highest figure of the 107 players the market prices.

The player markets price Parker Washington at 13.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 9 market sources. That is the 18th highest figure of the 107 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Sam Darnold: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 29th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 26.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Parker Washington: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 28th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 18.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Sam Darnold has been on the field for 75 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, Parker Washington has been on the field for 77 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 35 targets have averaged 12.7 air yards.

In Week 3 against NE he caught 3 of 5 targets for 40 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against CIN he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PHI he caught 6 of 9 targets for 124 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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 8.5 yards an attempt.

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

In 2025 Parker Washington played 16 games and scored 184.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR27.

He caught 58 of 95 targets for 847 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 5.9 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 14.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 61 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Sam Darnold was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Sam Darnold scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Parker Washington 11.5, 3.1 a game between them.

Sam Darnold finished QB13 and Parker Washington WR27, which are two different ladders.

Sam Darnold is a quarterback and Parker Washington a wide receiver, 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 and Parker Washington in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.9 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.