Start Dak Prescott or Jacoby Brissett? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Dak Prescott over Jacoby Brissett in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Dak Prescott at 22.0 points and Jacoby Brissett at 17.8, a gap of 4.2.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 22.0 fantasy points for Dak Prescott, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market has Dak Prescott at 270.5 passing yards, 2.5 passing touchdowns and 9.5 rushing yards, with a 16% chance to score a touchdown (16, 17, 16 and 16 market sources).

Player markets imply 17.8 fantasy points for Jacoby Brissett, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market has Jacoby Brissett at 269.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 7.5 rushing yards, with a 16% chance to score a touchdown (13, 16, 14 and 14 market sources).

That puts Dak Prescott 4.2 points ahead of Jacoby Brissett on the market projections.

Injury status

Dak Prescott is not on the injury report.

Jacoby Brissett is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Dak Prescott played 100 percent of DAL snaps, dropped back 167 times and threw an average of 7.2 air yards per attempt.

Dak Prescott, Week 1 against NYG: 58 of 58 snaps, 22 of 34 passes for 175 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, 2 carries for 14 yards.

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.

Through Week 4, Jacoby Brissett played 100 percent of ARI snaps, dropped back 162 times and threw an average of 6.3 air yards per attempt.

Jacoby Brissett, Week 1 against LAC: 75 of 75 snaps, 27 of 37 passes for 277 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 17 yards.

Jacoby Brissett, Week 2 against SEA: 50 of 50 snaps, 17 of 28 passes for 95 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 1 carry for 7 yards.

Jacoby Brissett, Week 3 against SF: 87 of 87 snaps, 38 of 51 passes for 280 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 4 carries for 4 yards.

Jacoby Brissett, Week 4 against NYG: 66 of 66 snaps, 21 of 35 passes for 166 yards, 2 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, 4 carries for 18 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, Jacoby Brissett played 14 games for ARI and scored 235.4 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing QB16.

He completed 315 of 485 passes for 3366 yards, 23 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran 38 times for 168 yards and 1 touchdown.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Dak Prescott over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Dak Prescott over Bo Nix.
• Start Dak Prescott over C.J. Stroud.
• Start Jacoby Brissett over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Jacoby Brissett over Bo Nix.
• Start Jacoby Brissett over Brock Purdy.