Start Jared Goff or Brock Purdy? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Jared Goff over Brock Purdy in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Jared Goff at 21.1 points and Brock Purdy at 17.1, a gap of 4.0.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 21.1 fantasy points for Jared Goff, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market has Jared Goff at 280.5 passing yards, 2.5 passing touchdowns and 0.5 rushing yards, with a 7% chance to score a touchdown (16, 18, 12 and 17 market sources).

Player markets imply 17.2 fantasy points for Brock Purdy, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market has Brock Purdy at 227.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 23.5 rushing yards, with a 15% chance to score a touchdown (17, 18, 18 and 18 market sources).

That puts Jared Goff 4.0 points ahead of Brock Purdy on the market projections.

Injury status

Jared Goff is not on the injury report.

Brock Purdy is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Jared Goff played 100 percent of DET snaps, dropped back 174 times and threw an average of 7.6 air yards per attempt.

Jared Goff, Week 1 against NO: 77 of 77 snaps, 26 of 39 passes for 206 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 2 yards.

Jared Goff, Week 2 against BUF: 65 of 65 snaps, 26 of 38 passes for 327 yards, 4 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 7 yards.

Jared Goff, Week 3 against NYJ: 65 of 65 snaps, 25 of 32 passes for 269 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 8 yards.

Jared Goff, Week 4 against CAR: 71 of 71 snaps, 32 of 52 passes for 412 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions.

Through Week 4, Brock Purdy played 97 percent of SF snaps, dropped back 122 times and threw an average of 7.8 air yards per attempt.

Brock Purdy, Week 1 against LAR: 65 of 65 snaps, 25 of 34 passes for 205 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception, 5 carries for 29 yards.

Brock Purdy, Week 2 against MIA: 44 of 52 snaps, 20 of 22 passes for 287 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 30 yards.

Brock Purdy, Week 3 against ARI: 54 of 54 snaps, 15 of 27 passes for 297 yards, 4 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 35 yards.

Brock Purdy, Week 4 against DEN: 66 of 66 snaps, 19 of 29 passes for 218 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 8 carries for 31 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jared Goff played 17 games for DET and scored 305.1 PPR points, 17.9 a game, finishing QB9.

He completed 393 of 578 passes for 4564 yards, 34 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran 19 times for 45 yards and 0 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 98 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Brock Purdy played 9 games for SF and scored 187.4 PPR points, 20.8 a game, finishing QB24.

He completed 197 of 284 passes for 2167 yards, 20 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and ran 33 times for 147 yards and 3 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 98 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

How Week 5 went

Jared Goff scored 28.9 PPR points and Brock Purdy scored 17.3.

The call was right: Jared Goff outscored Brock Purdy by 11.7.

Jared Goff finished 7.8 points above the 21.1 the market projected.

Jared Goff, Week 5 against ARI: 19 of 30 passes for 271 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 1 yards, 28.9 PPR points.

Jared Goff finished as the week's QB3 in PPR scoring.

Brock Purdy finished 0.1 points above the 17.2 the market projected.

Brock Purdy, Week 5 against SEA: 19 of 29 passes for 189 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, 5 carries for 6 yards, 17.2 PPR points.

Brock Purdy finished as the week's QB13 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Jared Goff over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Jared Goff over Bo Nix.
• Start Dak Prescott over Jared Goff.
• Start Brock Purdy over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Brock Purdy over Bo Nix.
• Start Brock Purdy over Cam Ward.