Start Matthew Stafford or Dak Prescott? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Matthew Stafford over Dak Prescott in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Matthew Stafford at 23.3 points and Dak Prescott at 18.8, a gap of 4.5. Matthew Stafford'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 23.3 fantasy points for Matthew Stafford, with 80 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Matthew Stafford is 284 passing yards and 2-3 passing touchdowns, with a 7% chance to score a touchdown (13, 13 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 18.8 fantasy points for Dak Prescott, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Dak Prescott is 279 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 0-1 interceptions and 11 rushing yards, with a 14% chance to score a touchdown (12, 14, 6, 9 and 13 market sources).

That puts Matthew Stafford 4.5 points ahead of Dak Prescott on the market projections.

Injury status

Matthew Stafford is not on the injury report.

Dak Prescott is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Matthew Stafford played 97 percent of LAR snaps, dropped back 224 times and threw an average of 8.8 air yards per attempt.

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.

Matthew Stafford, Week 5 against BUF: 82 of 82 snaps, 40 of 54 passes for 383 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

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.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Matthew Stafford over Brock Purdy.
• Start Matthew Stafford over Bryce Young.
• Start Matthew Stafford over Caleb Williams.
• Start Dak Prescott over Bo Nix.
• Start Brock Purdy over Dak Prescott.
• Start Dak Prescott over Bryce Young.