Start C.J. Stroud or Lamar Jackson? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Lamar Jackson over C.J. Stroud in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Lamar Jackson at 20.2 points and C.J. Stroud at 16.9, a gap of 3.3. No player market is posted for Lamar Jackson this week yet, so his 20.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3 and 4 (21.4 and 19.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 6 player market is posted for Lamar Jackson yet. His market-based projections were 21.4 and 19.0 points in Weeks 3 and 4, an average of 20.2, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

Player markets imply 16.9 fantasy points for C.J. Stroud, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for C.J. Stroud is 257 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns and 10 rushing yards, with a 10% chance to score a touchdown (12, 14, 13 and 13 market sources).

That puts Lamar Jackson 3.3 points ahead of C.J. Stroud on these projections.

Injury status

Lamar Jackson is listed as questionable with a ankle injury.

C.J. Stroud is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 4, Lamar Jackson played 88 percent of BAL snaps, dropped back 111 times and threw an average of 10.4 air yards per attempt.

Lamar Jackson, Week 1 against IND: 68 of 68 snaps, 17 of 24 passes for 324 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 4 carries for 43 yards.

Lamar Jackson, Week 2 against NO: 58 of 58 snaps, 21 of 30 passes for 235 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 4 carries for 34 yards.

Lamar Jackson, Week 3 against DAL: 64 of 64 snaps, 15 of 20 passes for 186 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 6 carries for 50 yards.

Lamar Jackson, Week 4 against TEN: 33 of 64 snaps, 15 of 20 passes for 222 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 20 yards.

Through Week 5, C.J. Stroud played 100 percent of HOU snaps, dropped back 202 times and threw an average of 9.8 air yards per attempt.

C.J. Stroud, Week 2 against CIN: 80 of 80 snaps, 30 of 53 passes for 353 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 29 yards.

C.J. Stroud, Week 3 against IND: 54 of 54 snaps, 16 of 27 passes for 167 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 10 yards.

C.J. Stroud, Week 4 against DAL: 55 of 55 snaps, 21 of 29 passes for 347 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 12 yards.

C.J. Stroud, Week 5 against TEN: 66 of 66 snaps, 26 of 34 passes for 261 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 4 carries for 7 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Lamar Jackson played 13 games for BAL and scored 221.9 PPR points, 17.1 a game, finishing QB20.

He completed 192 of 302 passes for 2549 yards, 21 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran 67 times for 349 yards and 2 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 92 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, C.J. Stroud played 14 games for HOU and scored 216.5 PPR points, 15.5 a game, finishing QB21.

He completed 273 of 423 passes for 3041 yards, 19 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran 48 times for 209 yards and 1 touchdown.

He was on the field for 93 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Brock Purdy over Lamar Jackson.
• Start Lamar Jackson over Caleb Williams.
• Start Lamar Jackson over Dak Prescott.
• Start C.J. Stroud over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start C.J. Stroud over Bo Nix.
• Start Brock Purdy over C.J. Stroud.