Start Bo Nix or Sam Darnold? Week 6
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Sam Darnold over Bo Nix
- Market projects
- 14.4
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 81%
- Through Week 5
- Market projects
- 11.0
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 5
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Our Week 6 call
Start Sam Darnold over Bo Nix in Week 6.
Market-based projections have Sam Darnold at 14.4 points and Bo Nix at 11.0, a gap of 3.4.
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What the market projects
Player markets imply 14.4 fantasy points for Sam Darnold, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market-based projection for Sam Darnold is 221 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns and 5 rushing yards, with a 8% chance to score a touchdown (13, 14, 13 and 12 market sources).
Player markets imply 11.0 fantasy points for Bo Nix, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market-based projection for Bo Nix is 200 passing yards, 0-1 passing touchdowns and 15 rushing yards, with a 18% chance to score a touchdown (13, 14, 13 and 12 market sources).
That puts Sam Darnold 3.4 points ahead of Bo Nix on the market projections.
Injury status
Sam Darnold is not on the injury report.
Bo Nix is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 6
Through Week 5, Sam Darnold played 81 percent of SEA snaps, dropped back 110 times and threw an average of 6.7 air yards per attempt.
Sam Darnold, Week 1 against NE: 5 of 50 snaps, 1 of 2 passes for 13 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.
Sam Darnold, Week 3 against WAS: 67 of 67 snaps, 31 of 45 passes for 379 yards, 4 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, 1 carry for 5 yards.
Sam Darnold, Week 4 against LAC: 60 of 60 snaps, 13 of 22 passes for 168 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 8 yards.
Sam Darnold, Week 5 against SF: 63 of 63 snaps, 18 of 29 passes for 195 yards, 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions, 1 carry for 5 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, Sam Darnold played 17 games for SEA and scored 249.4 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing QB13.
He completed 323 of 477 passes for 4048 yards, 25 touchdowns and 14 interceptions, and ran 35 times for 95 yards and 0 touchdowns.
He was on the field for 96 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
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
QB23 · DEN · bye 10
2026 vs pass yds line 1-4
- Overall rank
- 113
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 5
Ranked behind
QB25 · SEA · bye 11
2026 vs pass yds line 1-3
- Overall rank
- 123
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 5
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 board10
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tiersboth in tier 5
- Board size200 draftable players
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