Start Jameis Winston or Aaron Rodgers? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Jameis Winston over Aaron Rodgers in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Jameis Winston at 15.8 points and Aaron Rodgers at 14.8, a gap of 1.0. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Jameis Winston'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 15.8 fantasy points for Jameis Winston, with 80 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jameis Winston is 223 passing yards and 1-2 passing touchdowns, with a 12% chance to score a touchdown (13, 14 and 13 market sources).

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, 4 and 13 market sources).

That puts Jameis Winston 1.0 points ahead of Aaron Rodgers on the market projections.

Injury status

Jameis Winston is not on the injury report.

Aaron Rodgers is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Jameis Winston played 96 percent of NYG snaps, dropped back 148 times and threw an average of 9.6 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.

Jameis Winston, Week 5 against WAS: 84 of 89 snaps, 33 of 54 passes for 326 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 4 carries for 28 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

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.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Jameis Winston over Bo Nix.
• Start Brock Purdy over Jameis Winston.
• Start Bryce Young over Jameis Winston.
• Start Bo Nix over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Bryce Young over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Caleb Williams over Aaron Rodgers.