Start Dak Prescott or Jared Goff? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Dak Prescott over Jared Goff in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Dak Prescott at 21.8 points and Jared Goff at 21.1, a gap of 0.7. 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 21.8 fantasy points for Dak Prescott, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market has Dak Prescott at 265.5 passing yards, 2.5 passing touchdowns and 9.5 rushing yards, with a 15% chance to score a touchdown (15, 18, 16 and 17 market sources).

Player markets imply 21.1 fantasy points for Jared Goff, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market has Jared Goff at 280.5 passing yards, 2.5 passing touchdowns and 0.5 rushing yards, with a 7% chance to score a touchdown (15, 16, 10 and 15 market sources).

That puts Dak Prescott 0.7 points ahead of Jared Goff on the market projections.

Injury status

Dak Prescott is not on the injury report.

Jared Goff 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, Jared Goff played 100 percent of DET snaps, dropped back 174 times and threw an average of 7.6 air yards per attempt.

Jared Goff, Week 1 against NO: 77 of 77 snaps, 26 of 39 passes for 206 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 2 yards.

Jared Goff, Week 2 against BUF: 65 of 65 snaps, 26 of 38 passes for 327 yards, 4 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 7 yards.

Jared Goff, Week 3 against NYJ: 65 of 65 snaps, 25 of 32 passes for 269 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 8 yards.

Jared Goff, Week 4 against CAR: 71 of 71 snaps, 32 of 52 passes for 412 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions.

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, Jared Goff played 17 games for DET and scored 305.1 PPR points, 17.9 a game, finishing QB9.

He completed 393 of 578 passes for 4564 yards, 34 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran 19 times for 45 yards and 0 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 98 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 Jared Goff over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Jared Goff over Bo Nix.
• Start Jared Goff over Drake Maye.