Start Dak Prescott or Kyler Murray? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Dak Prescott over Kyler Murray in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Dak Prescott at 22.0 points and Kyler Murray at 16.5, a gap of 5.5.

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 16.5 fantasy points for Kyler Murray, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market has Kyler Murray at 213.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 17.5 rushing yards, with a 18% chance to score a touchdown (14, 16, 15 and 14 market sources).

That puts Dak Prescott 5.5 points ahead of Kyler Murray on the market projections.

Injury status

Dak Prescott is not on the injury report.

Kyler Murray 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, Kyler Murray played 73 percent of MIN snaps, dropped back 84 times and threw an average of 6.5 air yards per attempt.

Kyler Murray, Week 1 against GB: 11 of 65 snaps, 3 of 5 passes for 18 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 2 carries for 9 yards.

Kyler Murray, Week 3 against TB: 59 of 59 snaps, 15 of 29 passes for 168 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 2 carries for 17 yards.

Kyler Murray, Week 4 against MIA: 78 of 78 snaps, 27 of 37 passes for 247 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 21 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, Kyler Murray played 5 games for ARI and scored 80.8 PPR points, 16.2 a game, finishing QB38.

He completed 110 of 161 passes for 962 yards, 6 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran 29 times for 173 yards and 1 touchdown.

He was on the field for 99 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 Kyler Murray over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Kyler Murray over Bo Nix.
• Start Brock Purdy over Kyler Murray.