Start Brock Purdy or Aaron Rodgers? Week 5
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Brock Purdy over Aaron Rodgers
- Market projects
- 16.5
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 97%
- Through Week 4
- Market projects
- 16.3
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 99%
- Through Week 4
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Our Week 5 call
Start Brock Purdy over Aaron Rodgers in Week 5.
Market-based projections have Brock Purdy at 16.5 points and Aaron Rodgers at 16.3, a gap of 0.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Aaron Rodgers's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 16.3 fantasy points for Aaron Rodgers, with 80 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market has Aaron Rodgers at 224.5 passing yards and 1.5 passing touchdowns, with a 9% chance to score a touchdown (16, 17 and 15 market sources).
Player markets imply 16.5 fantasy points for Brock Purdy, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market has Brock Purdy at 225.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 19.5 rushing yards, with a 15% chance to score a touchdown (16, 16, 16 and 15 market sources).
That puts Brock Purdy 0.3 points ahead of Aaron Rodgers on the market projections.
Injury status
Aaron Rodgers is not on the injury report.
Brock Purdy is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 5
Through Week 4, Aaron Rodgers played 99 percent of PIT snaps, dropped back 167 times and threw an average of 9.4 air yards per attempt.
Aaron Rodgers, Week 1 against ATL: 67 of 67 snaps, 24 of 40 passes for 221 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions.
Aaron Rodgers, Week 2 against NE: 67 of 70 snaps, 23 of 39 passes for 187 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 5 yards.
Aaron Rodgers, Week 3 against CIN: 62 of 62 snaps, 19 of 33 passes for 292 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 12 yards.
Aaron Rodgers, Week 4 against CLE: 72 of 72 snaps, 22 of 40 passes for 299 yards, 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.
Through Week 4, Brock Purdy played 97 percent of SF snaps, dropped back 122 times and threw an average of 7.8 air yards per attempt.
Brock Purdy, Week 1 against LAR: 65 of 65 snaps, 25 of 34 passes for 205 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception, 5 carries for 29 yards.
Brock Purdy, Week 2 against MIA: 44 of 52 snaps, 20 of 22 passes for 287 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 30 yards.
Brock Purdy, Week 3 against ARI: 54 of 54 snaps, 15 of 27 passes for 297 yards, 4 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 35 yards.
Brock Purdy, Week 4 against DEN: 66 of 66 snaps, 19 of 29 passes for 218 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 8 carries for 31 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Aaron Rodgers played 16 games for PIT and scored 234.1 PPR points, 14.6 a game, finishing QB18.
He completed 327 of 498 passes for 3322 yards, 24 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran 21 times for 61 yards and 1 touchdown.
He was on the field for 95 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
In 2025, Brock Purdy played 9 games for SF and scored 187.4 PPR points, 20.8 a game, finishing QB24.
He completed 197 of 284 passes for 2167 yards, 20 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and ran 33 times for 147 yards and 3 touchdowns.
He was on the field for 98 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 5 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
QB12 · SF · bye unlisted
2026 vs pass yds line 2-2
- Overall rank
- 87
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 6
Ranked behind
QB16 · PIT · bye 9
2026 vs pass yds line 3-1
- Overall rank
- 95
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 6
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 5, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board8
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tiersboth in tier 6
- Board size222 draftable players
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