Start Aaron Rodgers or Tanner McKee? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Aaron Rodgers over Tanner McKee in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Aaron Rodgers at 14.7 points and Tanner McKee at 14.1, a gap of 0.6. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Tanner McKee'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 14.7 fantasy points for Aaron Rodgers, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Aaron Rodgers is 230 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns and 1 rushing yards, with a 6% chance to score a touchdown (11, 14, 5 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 14.1 fantasy points for Tanner McKee, with 70 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Tanner McKee is 191 passing yards, with a 18% chance to score a touchdown (12 and 4 market sources).

That puts Aaron Rodgers 0.6 points ahead of Tanner McKee on the market projections.

Injury status

Aaron Rodgers is not on the injury report.

Tanner McKee 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.

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, Tanner McKee played 4 games for PHI and scored 14.8 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing QB55.

He completed 24 of 43 passes for 274 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, and ran 8 times for 8 yards and 0 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 3 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Tanner McKee, Week 18 of 2025 against WAS: 21 of 40 passes for 241 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 2 carries for 3 yards, 12.9 PPR points.

Tanner McKee, Week 16 of 2025 against WAS: 4 of 70 snaps, 0 of 0 passes for 0 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for -2 yards, -0.2 PPR points.

Tanner McKee, Week 15 of 2025 against LV: 17 of 69 snaps, 3 of 3 passes for 33 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 9 yards, 2.2 PPR points.

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 Tanner McKee.
• Start Tanner McKee over Cam Ward.
• Start Tanner McKee over Jalen Hurts.