Start Bo Nix or Tyson Bagent? Week 5
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Bo Nix over Tyson Bagent
- Market projects
- 16.5
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 4
- Market projects
- 15.8
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 62%
- Through Week 4
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Our Week 5 call
Start Bo Nix over Tyson Bagent in Week 5.
Market-based projections have Bo Nix at 16.5 points and Tyson Bagent at 15.8, a gap of 0.8. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.
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What the market projects
Player markets imply 16.5 fantasy points for Bo Nix, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market has Bo Nix at 222.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 14.5 rushing yards, with a 20% chance to score a touchdown (15, 16, 13 and 14 market sources).
Player markets imply 15.8 fantasy points for Tyson Bagent, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market has Tyson Bagent at 218.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 10.5 rushing yards, with a 14% chance to score a touchdown (15, 16, 14 and 14 market sources).
That puts Bo Nix 0.8 points ahead of Tyson Bagent on the market projections.
Injury status
Bo Nix is not on the injury report.
Tyson Bagent is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 5
Through Week 4, Bo Nix played 100 percent of DEN snaps, dropped back 143 times and threw an average of 5.4 air yards per attempt.
Bo Nix, Week 1 against KC: 51 of 51 snaps, 17 of 28 passes for 131 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 2 carries for 3 yards.
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.
Through Week 4, Tyson Bagent played 62 percent of CHI snaps, dropped back 45 times and threw an average of 6.8 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.
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.
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 5 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
QB14 · DEN · bye 10
2026 vs pass yds line 1-3
- Overall rank
- 92
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 6
Ranked behind
QB15 · CHI · bye unlisted
- Overall rank
- 101
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 7
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 5, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board9
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 6 and tier 7
- Board size255 draftable players
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