Start Cam Ward or Marcus Mariota? Week 6
Start Cam Ward over Marcus Mariota
- Market projects
- 11.2
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 5
- Market projects
- 13.6
- recent weeks avg
- SF D vs QB
- 13.7
- 5th fewest to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 54%
- Through Week 4
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Our Week 6 call
Start Cam Ward over Marcus Mariota in Week 6.
Marcus Mariota is listed doubtful on the injury report, so this is not a close call: start Cam Ward.
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What the market projects
No Week 6 player market is posted for Marcus Mariota yet. His market-based projections were 14.4 and 12.8 points in Weeks 3 and 4, an average of 13.6, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.
Player markets imply 11.2 fantasy points for Cam Ward, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market-based projection for Cam Ward is 201 passing yards, 0-1 passing touchdowns and 12 rushing yards, with a 18% chance to score a touchdown (9, 9, 13 and 12 market sources).
That puts Marcus Mariota 2.4 points ahead of Cam Ward on these projections.
Week 6 matchups
Marcus Mariota and WAS visit SF on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.
SF allowed 13.7 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 5 games, the 5th fewest in the league.
Quarterbacks threw for 211 yards and a touchdown a game against SF, with 0.6 interceptions.
Injury status
Marcus Mariota is listed as doubtful with a knee - mcl injury.
Cam Ward is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 6
Through Week 4, Marcus Mariota played 54 percent of WAS snaps, dropped back 57 times and threw an average of 8.9 air yards per attempt.
Marcus Mariota, Week 2 against DAL: 32 of 71 snaps, 11 of 16 passes for 111 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 3 yards.
Marcus Mariota, Week 3 against SEA: 69 of 69 snaps, 19 of 31 passes for 183 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 13 yards.
Marcus Mariota, Week 4 against IND: 10 of 64 snaps, 3 of 4 passes for 46 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 35 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, Marcus Mariota played 11 games for WAS and scored 132.5 PPR points, 12.0 a game, finishing QB32.
He completed 139 of 227 passes for 1695 yards, 10 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran 50 times for 297 yards and 1 touchdown.
He was on the field for 54 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
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
QB26 · TEN · bye 9
2026 vs pass yds line 2-3
- Overall rank
- 148
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 7
Ranked behind
QB · WAS · bye unlisted
2025 vs anytime td line 1-10
- Overall rank
- not on the board
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- not tiered
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 6, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the boardone of them is not on the board
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tiersnot tiered
- Board size202 draftable players
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