Start Michael Penix Jr. or Bo Nix? Week 6
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Michael Penix Jr. over Bo Nix
- Market projects
- 17.4
- fantasy pts
- Market projects
- 15.1
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 5
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Our Week 6 call
Start Michael Penix Jr. over Bo Nix in Week 6.
Market-based projections have Michael Penix Jr. at 17.4 points and Bo Nix at 15.1, a gap of 2.4. Michael Penix Jr.'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. Market coverage on Michael Penix Jr. is 70 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.
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What the market projects
Player markets imply 15.1 fantasy points for Bo Nix, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market-based projection for Bo Nix is 201 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns and 15 rushing yards, with a 18% chance to score a touchdown (13, 14, 13 and 12 market sources).
Player markets imply 17.4 fantasy points for Michael Penix Jr., with 70 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market-based projection for Michael Penix Jr. is 238 passing yards and 1-2 passing touchdowns, with a 9% chance to score a touchdown (10, 13 and 12 market sources).
That puts Michael Penix Jr. 2.4 points ahead of Bo Nix on the market projections.
Injury status
Bo Nix is not on the injury report.
Michael Penix Jr. is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 6
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, 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
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
QB11 · ATL · bye 11
2025 vs pass yds line 4-5
- Overall rank
- 84
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 3
Ranked behind
QB23 · DEN · bye 10
2026 vs pass yds line 1-4
- Overall rank
- 119
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 3
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 6, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board35
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tiersboth in tier 3
- Board size198 draftable players
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