Start Dak Prescott or Geno Smith? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Dak Prescott over Geno Smith in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Dak Prescott at 18.6 points and Geno Smith at 16.1, a gap of 2.5. Geno Smith's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 18.6 fantasy points for Dak Prescott, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market has Dak Prescott at 277.5 passing yards and 1.5 passing touchdowns, with a 13% chance to score a touchdown (10, 14 and 12 market sources).

Player markets imply 16.1 fantasy points for Geno Smith, with 70 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market has Geno Smith at 220.5 passing yards and 1.5 passing touchdowns, with a 8% chance to score a touchdown (9, 10 and 6 market sources).

That puts Dak Prescott 2.5 points ahead of Geno Smith on the market projections.

Injury status

Dak Prescott is not on the injury report.

Geno Smith is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Dak Prescott played 100 percent of DAL snaps, dropped back 209 times and threw an average of 7.5 air yards per attempt.

Dak Prescott, Week 2 against WAS: 55 of 55 snaps, 26 of 31 passes for 279 yards, 4 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 4 carries for 26 yards.

Dak Prescott, Week 3 against BAL: 74 of 74 snaps, 25 of 40 passes for 276 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 4 carries for 19 yards.

Dak Prescott, Week 4 against HOU: 78 of 78 snaps, 32 of 45 passes for 335 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 7 yards.

Dak Prescott, Week 5 against TB: 60 of 60 snaps, 24 of 42 passes for 316 yards, 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions.

Through Week 5, Geno Smith played 100 percent of NYJ snaps, dropped back 171 times and threw an average of 6.9 air yards per attempt.

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.

Geno Smith, Week 5 against CLE: 70 of 70 snaps, 17 of 30 passes for 182 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 9 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Dak Prescott played 17 games for DAL and scored 323.8 PPR points, 19.0 a game, finishing QB6.

He completed 404 of 600 passes for 4552 yards, 30 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and ran 53 times for 177 yards and 2 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 98 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 6 calls

• Start Dak Prescott over Bo Nix.
• Start Brock Purdy over Dak Prescott.
• Start Dak Prescott over Caleb Williams.
• Start Geno Smith over Bo Nix.
• Start Geno Smith over Cam Ward.
• Start C.J. Stroud over Geno Smith.