Start Jalen Hurts or Cam Ward? Week 5
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Jalen Hurts over Cam Ward
- Market projects
- 15.4
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 98%
- Through Week 4
- Market projects
- 12.0
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 4
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Our Week 5 call
Start Jalen Hurts over Cam Ward in Week 5.
Market-based projections have Jalen Hurts at 15.4 points and Cam Ward at 12.0, a gap of 3.4.
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 15.5 fantasy points for Jalen Hurts, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market has Jalen Hurts at 193.5 passing yards and 26.5 rushing yards, with a 32% chance to score a touchdown (13, 15 and 14 market sources).
That puts Jalen Hurts 3.4 points ahead of Cam Ward on the market projections.
Injury status
Cam Ward is not on the injury report.
Jalen Hurts 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, Jalen Hurts played 98 percent of PHI snaps, dropped back 137 times and threw an average of 7.8 air yards per attempt.
Jalen Hurts, Week 1 against WAS: 55 of 55 snaps, 14 of 25 passes for 203 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 5 carries for 48 yards.
Jalen Hurts, Week 2 against TEN: 76 of 76 snaps, 26 of 37 passes for 264 yards, 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, 5 carries for 16 yards.
Jalen Hurts, Week 3 against CHI: 46 of 50 snaps, 16 of 25 passes for 153 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 4 carries for 25 yards.
Jalen Hurts, Week 4 against LAR: 61 of 61 snaps, 12 of 27 passes for 93 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 5 carries for 18 yards.
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, Jalen Hurts played 16 games for PHI and scored 305.1 PPR points, 19.1 a game, finishing QB8.
He completed 294 of 454 passes for 3224 yards, 25 touchdowns and 6 interceptions, and ran 105 times for 421 yards and 8 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
QB21 · PHI · bye 10
2026 vs pass yds line 1-3
- Overall rank
- 108
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 6
Ranked behind
QB30 · TEN · bye 9
2026 vs pass yds line 2-2
- Overall rank
- 158
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 9
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 board50
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 6 and tier 9
- Board size223 draftable players
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