Start Aaron Rodgers or Jameis Winston? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Aaron Rodgers over Jameis Winston in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Aaron Rodgers at 16.3 points and Jameis Winston at 13.0, a gap of 3.3. 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 14 market sources).

Player markets imply 13.0 fantasy points for Jameis Winston, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market has Jameis Winston at 202.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 2.5 rushing yards, with a 9% chance to score a touchdown (14, 14, 8 and 15 market sources).

That puts Aaron Rodgers 3.3 points ahead of Jameis Winston on the market projections.

Injury status

Aaron Rodgers is not on the injury report.

Jameis Winston 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, Jameis Winston played 96 percent of NYG snaps, dropped back 88 times and threw an average of 9.8 air yards per attempt.

Jameis Winston, Week 2 against LAR: 51 of 58 snaps, 11 of 27 passes for 111 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 2 carries for 1 yards.

Jameis Winston, Week 3 against TEN: 64 of 64 snaps, 14 of 22 passes for 118 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 15 yards.

Jameis Winston, Week 4 against ARI: 67 of 67 snaps, 18 of 29 passes for 250 yards, 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.

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, Jameis Winston played 3 games for NYG and scored 45.3 PPR points, 15.1 a game, finishing QB46.

He completed 37 of 66 passes for 567 yards, 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, and ran 7 times for 23 yards and 1 touchdown.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Bo Nix over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Brock Purdy over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start C.J. Stroud over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Brock Purdy over Jameis Winston.
• Start Jameis Winston over Cam Ward.
• Start C.J. Stroud over Jameis Winston.