Start Geno Smith or Cam Ward? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Geno Smith over Cam Ward in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Geno Smith at 14.5 points and Cam Ward at 12.0, a gap of 2.5.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 12.0 fantasy points for Cam Ward, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market has Cam Ward at 190.5 passing yards, 0.5 interceptions and 10.5 rushing yards, with a 12% chance to score a touchdown (11, 3, 9 and 12 market sources).

Player markets imply 14.5 fantasy points for Geno Smith, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market has Geno Smith at 206.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 10.5 rushing yards, with a 11% chance to score a touchdown (14, 16, 15 and 13 market sources).

That puts Geno Smith 2.5 points ahead of Cam Ward on the market projections.

Injury status

Cam Ward is not on the injury report.

Geno Smith is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Cam Ward played 100 percent of TEN snaps, dropped back 135 times and threw an average of 6.6 air yards per attempt.

Cam Ward, Week 1 against NYJ: 50 of 50 snaps, 19 of 32 passes for 140 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 4 carries for 21 yards.

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.

Through Week 4, Geno Smith played 100 percent of NYJ snaps, dropped back 136 times and threw an average of 7.2 air yards per attempt.

Geno Smith, Week 1 against TEN: 67 of 67 snaps, 19 of 24 passes for 215 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 10 yards.

Geno Smith, Week 2 against GB: 74 of 74 snaps, 27 of 40 passes for 247 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 5 carries for 17 yards.

Geno Smith, Week 3 against DET: 66 of 66 snaps, 31 of 37 passes for 321 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 12 yards.

Geno Smith, Week 4 against CHI: 32 of 32 snaps, 8 of 15 passes for 119 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025, Geno Smith played 15 games for LV and scored 190.9 PPR points, 12.7 a game, finishing QB23.

He completed 302 of 448 passes for 3025 yards, 19 touchdowns and 17 interceptions, and ran 41 times for 109 yards and 0 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 97 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Brock Purdy over Cam Ward.
• Start C.J. Stroud over Cam Ward.
• Start Daniel Jones over Cam Ward.
• Start Aaron Rodgers over Geno Smith.
• Start Bo Nix over Geno Smith.
• Start Brock Purdy over Geno Smith.