Start Aaron Rodgers or Tyson Bagent? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Aaron Rodgers over Tyson Bagent in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Aaron Rodgers at 14.8 points and Tyson Bagent at 14.5, a gap of 0.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Tyson Bagent this week yet, so his 14.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (10.6, 17.0 and 15.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

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, 4 and 13 market sources).

No Week 6 player market is posted for Tyson Bagent yet. His market-based projections were 10.6, 17.0 and 15.8 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 14.5, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

That puts Aaron Rodgers 0.3 points ahead of Tyson Bagent on these projections.

Week 6 matchups

Tyson Bagent and CHI visit ATL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

ATL allowed 19.1 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 5 games, the 13th most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 261 yards and 1.8 touchdowns a game against ATL, with 0.2 interceptions.

Injury status

Aaron Rodgers is not on the injury report.

Tyson Bagent 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, Tyson Bagent played 63 percent of CHI snaps, dropped back 70 times and threw an average of 6.9 air yards per attempt.

Tyson Bagent, Week 2 against MIN: 10 of 74 snaps, 5 of 8 passes for 54 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.

Tyson Bagent, Week 4 against NYJ: 93 of 93 snaps, 25 of 34 passes for 268 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 4 yards.

Tyson Bagent, Week 5 against GB: 46 of 69 snaps, 12 of 21 passes for 87 yards, 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, 3 carries for 17 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, Tyson Bagent played 3 games for CHI and scored 2.6 PPR points, 0.9 a game, finishing QB67.

He completed 3 of 4 passes for 47 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, and ran 2 times for 7 yards and 0 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 1 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Aaron Rodgers over Bo Nix.
• Start Bryce Young over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Caleb Williams over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Tyson Bagent over Bo Nix.
• Start Bryce Young over Tyson Bagent.
• Start Tyson Bagent over Cam Ward.