Sam Darnold or Rhamondre Stevenson: 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 52nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 26.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rhamondre Stevenson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 53rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Sam Darnold at 14.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 18th highest figure of the 123 players the market prices.

The market has Rhamondre Stevenson at 5.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Rhamondre Stevenson's price 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, Rhamondre Stevenson has been on the field for 64 percent of NE snaps, taken 40 percent of the carries, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 3 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have come 0.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against JAX he carried 7 times for 22 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BUF he carried 13 times for 47 yards, caught 3 of 5 targets for 27 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against LV he carried 13 times for 64 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 21 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Rhamondre Stevenson played 14 games and scored 178.8 PPR points, 12.8 a game, finishing RB25.

He carried 130 times for 603 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 32 of 37 targets for 345 more yards.

That came to 9.3 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 60 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Sam Darnold was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Sam Darnold scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Rhamondre Stevenson 12.8, 1.9 a game between them.

Sam Darnold finished QB13 and Rhamondre Stevenson RB25, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 11, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

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