Start Brock Purdy or Michael Penix Jr.? Week 5
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Brock Purdy over Michael Penix Jr.
- Market projects
- 14.5
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 97%
- Through Week 4
- Market projects
- 12.2
- fantasy pts
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Our Week 5 call
Start Brock Purdy over Michael Penix Jr. in Week 5.
Market-based projections have Brock Purdy at 14.5 points and Michael Penix Jr. at 12.2, a gap of 2.3.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 14.5 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 and 18.5 rushing yards, with a 15% chance to score a touchdown (12, 13 and 12 market sources).
Player markets imply 12.2 fantasy points for Michael Penix Jr., with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market has Michael Penix Jr. at 219.5 passing yards, with a 8% chance to score a touchdown (13 and 11 market sources).
That puts Brock Purdy 2.3 points ahead of Michael Penix Jr. on the market projections.
Injury status
Brock Purdy is not on the injury report.
Michael Penix Jr. 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.
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.
Their other Week 5 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
QB12 · SF · bye unlisted
2026 vs pass yds line 2-2
- Overall rank
- 87
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 6
Ranked behind
QB25 · ATL · bye 11
2025 vs pass yds line 4-5
- Overall rank
- 127
- 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 board40
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 6 and tier 7
- Board size222 draftable players
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