Start Patrick Mahomes or Daniel Jones? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Patrick Mahomes over Daniel Jones in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Patrick Mahomes at 17.3 points and Daniel Jones at 16.6, a gap of 0.7. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Patrick Mahomes'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 17.3 fantasy points for Patrick Mahomes, with 80 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Patrick Mahomes is 228 passing yards and 1-2 passing touchdowns, with a 18% chance to score a touchdown (13, 14 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 16.6 fantasy points for Daniel Jones, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Daniel Jones is 235 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns and 7 rushing yards, with a 18% chance to score a touchdown (12, 10, 10 and 13 market sources).

That puts Patrick Mahomes 0.7 points ahead of Daniel Jones on the market projections.

Injury status

Patrick Mahomes is not on the injury report.

Daniel Jones is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 4, Patrick Mahomes played 100 percent of KC snaps, dropped back 142 times and threw an average of 7.0 air yards per attempt.

Patrick Mahomes, Week 1 against DEN: 69 of 69 snaps, 15 of 27 passes for 184 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, 4 carries for 27 yards.

Patrick Mahomes, Week 2 against IND: 80 of 80 snaps, 32 of 47 passes for 382 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 17 yards.

Patrick Mahomes, Week 3 against MIA: 52 of 52 snaps, 20 of 24 passes for 246 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 1 yards.

Patrick Mahomes, Week 4 against LV: 60 of 60 snaps, 15 of 30 passes for 225 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 1 yards.

Through Week 5, Daniel Jones played 100 percent of IND snaps, dropped back 189 times and threw an average of 7.3 air yards per attempt.

Daniel Jones, Week 2 against KC: 65 of 65 snaps, 22 of 31 passes for 210 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 3 carries for 10 yards.

Daniel Jones, Week 3 against HOU: 71 of 71 snaps, 24 of 36 passes for 235 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 3 carries for 5 yards.

Daniel Jones, Week 4 against WAS: 66 of 66 snaps, 19 of 34 passes for 143 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 2 carries for 5 yards.

Daniel Jones, Week 5 against PIT: 71 of 71 snaps, 24 of 44 passes for 267 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 4 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Patrick Mahomes played 14 games for KC and scored 296.7 PPR points, 21.2 a game, finishing QB11.

He completed 315 of 502 passes for 3587 yards, 22 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and ran 64 times for 422 yards and 5 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 97 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Daniel Jones played 13 games for IND and scored 234.4 PPR points, 18.0 a game, finishing QB17.

He completed 261 of 384 passes for 3101 yards, 19 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran 45 times for 164 yards and 5 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 91 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Patrick Mahomes over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Patrick Mahomes over Bo Nix.
• Start Brock Purdy over Patrick Mahomes.
• Start Daniel Jones over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Daniel Jones over Bo Nix.
• Start Daniel Jones over Bryce Young.