Start Jameis Winston or Bo Nix? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Jameis Winston over Bo Nix in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Jameis Winston at 15.9 points and Bo Nix at 15.0, a gap of 0.9. 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 15.9 fantasy points for Jameis Winston, with 80 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market has Jameis Winston at 222.5 passing yards and 1.5 passing touchdowns, with a 12% chance to score a touchdown (9, 10 and 11 market sources).

Player markets imply 15.0 fantasy points for Bo Nix, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market has Bo Nix at 202.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 13.5 rushing yards, with a 18% chance to score a touchdown (12, 14, 13 and 13 market sources).

That puts Jameis Winston 0.9 points ahead of Bo Nix on the market projections.

Injury status

Jameis Winston is not on the injury report.

Bo Nix 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, Bo Nix played 100 percent of DEN snaps, dropped back 172 times and threw an average of 5.2 air yards per attempt.

Bo Nix, Week 2 against JAX: 62 of 62 snaps, 22 of 31 passes for 288 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 2 carries for 9 yards.

Bo Nix, Week 3 against LAR: 67 of 67 snaps, 17 of 34 passes for 186 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, 4 carries for 7 yards.

Bo Nix, Week 4 against SF: 65 of 65 snaps, 25 of 42 passes for 214 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 10 yards.

Bo Nix, Week 5 against LAC: 62 of 62 snaps, 16 of 27 passes for 123 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 4 carries for 10 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, Bo Nix played 17 games for DEN and scored 315.8 PPR points, 18.6 a game, finishing QB7.

He completed 388 of 612 passes for 3931 yards, 25 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and ran 83 times for 356 yards and 5 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 Brock Purdy over Jameis Winston.
• Start C.J. Stroud over Jameis Winston.
• Start Dak Prescott over Jameis Winston.
• Start Brock Purdy over Bo Nix.
• Start C.J. Stroud over Bo Nix.
• Start Dak Prescott over Bo Nix.