Start Daniel Jones or Cam Ward? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Daniel Jones over Cam Ward in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Daniel Jones at 16.3 points and Cam Ward at 11.7, a gap of 4.6.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 16.3 fantasy points for Daniel Jones, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market has Daniel Jones at 227.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns, 0.5 interceptions and 6.5 rushing yards, with a 17% chance to score a touchdown (4, 5, 3, 5 and 7 market sources).

Player markets imply 11.7 fantasy points for Cam Ward, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market has Cam Ward at 203.5 passing yards, 0.5 passing touchdowns, 0.5 interceptions and 12.5 rushing yards, with a 18% chance to score a touchdown (5, 5, 3, 6 and 6 market sources).

That puts Daniel Jones 4.6 points ahead of Cam Ward on the market projections.

Injury status

Daniel Jones is not on the injury report.

Cam Ward is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Daniel Jones played 100 percent of IND snaps, dropped back 189 times and threw an average of 7.3 air yards per attempt.

Daniel Jones, Week 2 against KC: 65 of 65 snaps, 22 of 31 passes for 210 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 3 carries for 10 yards.

Daniel Jones, Week 3 against HOU: 71 of 71 snaps, 24 of 36 passes for 235 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 3 carries for 5 yards.

Daniel Jones, Week 4 against WAS: 66 of 66 snaps, 19 of 34 passes for 143 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 2 carries for 5 yards.

Daniel Jones, Week 5 against PIT: 71 of 71 snaps, 24 of 44 passes for 267 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 4 yards.

Through Week 5, Cam Ward played 100 percent of TEN snaps, dropped back 176 times and threw an average of 7.0 air yards per attempt.

Cam Ward, Week 2 against PHI: 53 of 53 snaps, 13 of 20 passes for 183 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 4 carries for 7 yards.

Cam Ward, Week 3 against NYG: 60 of 60 snaps, 23 of 36 passes for 181 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 1 carry for 2 yards.

Cam Ward, Week 4 against BAL: 64 of 64 snaps, 20 of 31 passes for 222 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 4 carries for 27 yards.

Cam Ward, Week 5 against HOU: 63 of 63 snaps, 23 of 36 passes for 170 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 2 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Daniel Jones played 13 games for IND and scored 234.4 PPR points, 18.0 a game, finishing QB17.

He completed 261 of 384 passes for 3101 yards, 19 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran 45 times for 164 yards and 5 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 91 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Cam Ward played 17 games for TEN and scored 193.7 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing QB22.

He completed 323 of 540 passes for 3169 yards, 15 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran 39 times for 159 yards and 2 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 100 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Daniel Jones over Bo Nix.
• Start Bryce Young over Daniel Jones.
• Start C.J. Stroud over Daniel Jones.
• Start Bo Nix over Cam Ward.
• Start C.J. Stroud over Cam Ward.
• Start Geno Smith over Cam Ward.