Start Aaron Rodgers or Cam Ward? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Aaron Rodgers over Cam Ward in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Aaron Rodgers at 14.8 points and Cam Ward at 11.1, a gap of 3.7.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 14.8 fantasy points for Aaron Rodgers, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Aaron Rodgers is 232 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns and 1 rushing yards, with a 7% chance to score a touchdown (12, 13, 3 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 11.1 fantasy points for Cam Ward, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Cam Ward is 201 passing yards, 0-1 passing touchdowns and 12 rushing yards, with a 18% chance to score a touchdown (8, 8, 12 and 12 market sources).

That puts Aaron Rodgers 3.7 points ahead of Cam Ward on the market projections.

Injury status

Aaron Rodgers is not on the injury report.

Cam Ward is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Aaron Rodgers played 98 percent of PIT snaps, dropped back 200 times and threw an average of 8.6 air yards per attempt.

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.

Aaron Rodgers, Week 5 against IND: 58 of 60 snaps, 22 of 31 passes for 235 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 6 yards.

Through Week 5, Cam Ward played 100 percent of TEN snaps, dropped back 176 times and threw an average of 7.0 air yards per attempt.

Cam Ward, Week 2 against PHI: 53 of 53 snaps, 13 of 20 passes for 183 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 4 carries for 7 yards.

Cam Ward, Week 3 against NYG: 60 of 60 snaps, 23 of 36 passes for 181 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 1 carry for 2 yards.

Cam Ward, Week 4 against BAL: 64 of 64 snaps, 20 of 31 passes for 222 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 4 carries for 27 yards.

Cam Ward, Week 5 against HOU: 63 of 63 snaps, 23 of 36 passes for 170 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 2 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, Cam Ward played 17 games for TEN and scored 193.7 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing QB22.

He completed 323 of 540 passes for 3169 yards, 15 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran 39 times for 159 yards and 2 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 100 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Bo Nix over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Bryce Young over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Caleb Williams over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Bo Nix over Cam Ward.
• Start Bryce Young over Cam Ward.
• Start C.J. Stroud over Cam Ward.