Start Matthew Stafford or Dak Prescott? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Dak Prescott over Matthew Stafford in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Dak Prescott at 22.0 points and Matthew Stafford at 20.5, a gap of 1.5.

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 20.5 fantasy points for Matthew Stafford, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market has Matthew Stafford at 278.5 passing yards, 2.5 passing touchdowns and 0.5 rushing yards, with a 6% chance to score a touchdown (14, 16, 10 and 14 market sources).

That puts Dak Prescott 1.5 points ahead of Matthew Stafford on the market projections.

Injury status

Dak Prescott is not on the injury report.

Matthew Stafford 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, Matthew Stafford played 97 percent of LAR snaps, dropped back 169 times and threw an average of 9.6 air yards per attempt.

Matthew Stafford, Week 1 against SF: 51 of 61 snaps, 15 of 25 passes for 155 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 0 yards.

Matthew Stafford, Week 2 against NYG: 62 of 62 snaps, 22 of 30 passes for 327 yards, 4 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 2 yards.

Matthew Stafford, Week 3 against DEN: 86 of 86 snaps, 30 of 53 passes for 390 yards, 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, 2 carries for 13 yards.

Matthew Stafford, Week 4 against PHI: 84 of 84 snaps, 32 of 51 passes for 317 yards, 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, 2 carries for 11 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, Matthew Stafford played 17 games for LAR and scored 358.4 PPR points, 21.1 a game, finishing QB3.

He completed 388 of 597 passes for 4707 yards, 46 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran 29 times for 1 yards and 0 touchdowns.

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 Matthew Stafford over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Matthew Stafford over C.J. Stroud.
• Start Matthew Stafford over Deshaun Watson.