Rome Odunze or Sam Darnold: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rome Odunze: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 85th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Sam Darnold: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 87th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 26.

What the player markets price

The market has Rome Odunze at 2.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Sam Darnold at 14.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 16th highest figure of the 107 players the market prices.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Rome Odunze has been on the field for 77 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 2 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have averaged 14.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against PHI he caught 3 of 6 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NYJ he caught 6 of 7 targets for 94 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against GB he caught 3 of 9 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Rome Odunze played 12 games and scored 146.1 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR41.

He caught 44 of 90 targets for 661 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 7.5 targets a game, a 49 percent catch rate and 15.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 82 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Sam Darnold was available for 5 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Sam Darnold scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Rome Odunze 12.2, 2.5 a game between them.

Rome Odunze finished WR41 and Sam Darnold QB13, which are two different ladders.

Rome Odunze is a wide receiver and Sam Darnold a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Rome Odunze is off in Week 10 and Sam Darnold in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

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