Start Brock Purdy or Malik Willis? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Brock Purdy over Malik Willis in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Brock Purdy at 16.5 points and Malik Willis at 13.1, a gap of 3.4. Malik Willis'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 16.5 fantasy points for Brock Purdy, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market has Brock Purdy at 225.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 19.5 rushing yards, with a 15% chance to score a touchdown (16, 16, 16 and 15 market sources).

Player markets imply 13.1 fantasy points for Malik Willis, with 80 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market has Malik Willis at 192.5 passing yards, with a 22% chance to score a touchdown (9 and 11 market sources).

That puts Brock Purdy 3.4 points ahead of Malik Willis on the market projections.

Injury status

Brock Purdy is not on the injury report.

Malik Willis is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

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.

Through Week 4, Malik Willis played 100 percent of MIA snaps, dropped back 127 times and threw an average of 10.0 air yards per attempt.

Malik Willis, Week 1 against LV: 56 of 56 snaps, 15 of 27 passes for 220 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 6 carries for 39 yards.

Malik Willis, Week 2 against SF: 59 of 59 snaps, 14 of 23 passes for 197 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 6 yards.

Malik Willis, Week 3 against KC: 73 of 73 snaps, 20 of 36 passes for 210 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 9 carries for 56 yards.

Malik Willis, Week 4 against MIN: 39 of 39 snaps, 9 of 17 passes for 85 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 11 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025, Malik Willis played 4 games for GB and scored 51.2 PPR points, 12.8 a game, finishing QB45.

He completed 30 of 35 passes for 422 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, and ran 22 times for 123 yards and 2 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 10 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Brock Purdy over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Brock Purdy over Bo Nix.
• Start Brock Purdy over Cam Ward.
• Start Aaron Rodgers over Malik Willis.
• Start Malik Willis over Cam Ward.
• Start C.J. Stroud over Malik Willis.