Start Tanner McKee or Cam Ward? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Tanner McKee over Cam Ward in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Tanner McKee at 14.2 points and Cam Ward at 13.6, a gap of 0.6. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 14.2 fantasy points for Tanner McKee, with 90 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Tanner McKee is 200 passing yards, 9 rushing yards and 0.1 rushing touchdowns (12, 12 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 13.6 fantasy points for Cam Ward, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Cam Ward is 203 passing yards, 12 rushing yards and 0.2 rushing touchdowns (13, 10 and 13 market sources).

That puts Tanner McKee 0.6 points ahead of Cam Ward on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Cam Ward and TEN visit IND on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

IND allowed 21.0 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 5 games, the 7th most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 268 yards and 1.8 touchdowns a game against IND, with 0.2 interceptions.

Injury status

Tanner McKee is not on the injury report.

Cam Ward is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

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, Tanner McKee played 4 games for PHI and scored 14.8 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing QB55.

He completed 24 of 43 passes for 274 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, and ran 8 times for 8 yards and 0 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 3 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Tanner McKee, Week 18 of 2025 against WAS: 21 of 40 passes for 241 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 2 carries for 3 yards, 12.9 PPR points.

Tanner McKee, Week 16 of 2025 against WAS: 4 of 70 snaps, 0 of 0 passes for 0 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for -2 yards, -0.2 PPR points.

Tanner McKee, Week 15 of 2025 against LV: 17 of 69 snaps, 3 of 3 passes for 33 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 9 yards, 2.2 PPR points.

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 Aaron Rodgers over Tanner McKee.
• Start Bo Nix over Tanner McKee.
• Start Jacoby Brissett over Tanner McKee.
• Start Aaron Rodgers over Cam Ward.
• Start Bo Nix over Cam Ward.
• Start Bryce Young over Cam Ward.