Start Drake Maye or Jacoby Brissett? Week 5
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Drake Maye over Jacoby Brissett
- Market projects
- 18.3
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 95%
- Through Week 4
- Market projects
- 17.7
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 4
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Our Week 5 call
Start Drake Maye over Jacoby Brissett in Week 5.
Market-based projections have Drake Maye at 18.3 points and Jacoby Brissett at 17.7, a gap of 0.6. 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 18.3 fantasy points for Drake Maye, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market has Drake Maye at 227.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 30.5 rushing yards, with a 20% chance to score a touchdown (14, 17, 3 and 15 market sources).
Player markets imply 17.7 fantasy points for Jacoby Brissett, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market has Jacoby Brissett at 270.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 6.5 rushing yards, with a 16% chance to score a touchdown (15, 16, 14 and 14 market sources).
That puts Drake Maye 0.6 points ahead of Jacoby Brissett on the market projections.
Injury status
Drake Maye is not on the injury report.
Jacoby Brissett is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 5
Through Week 4, Drake Maye played 95 percent of NE snaps, dropped back 141 times and threw an average of 9.1 air yards per attempt.
Drake Maye, Week 1 against SEA: 71 of 71 snaps, 23 of 33 passes for 178 yards, 1 touchdown and 3 interceptions, 7 carries for 47 yards.
Drake Maye, Week 2 against PIT: 55 of 55 snaps, 14 of 22 passes for 208 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 2 carries for 20 yards.
Drake Maye, Week 3 against JAX: 51 of 63 snaps, 14 of 25 passes for 199 yards, 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, 4 carries for 18 yards.
Drake Maye, Week 4 against BUF: 76 of 76 snaps, 22 of 37 passes for 269 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception, 6 carries for 56 yards.
Through Week 4, Jacoby Brissett played 100 percent of ARI snaps, dropped back 162 times and threw an average of 6.3 air yards per attempt.
Jacoby Brissett, Week 1 against LAC: 75 of 75 snaps, 27 of 37 passes for 277 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 17 yards.
Jacoby Brissett, Week 2 against SEA: 50 of 50 snaps, 17 of 28 passes for 95 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 1 carry for 7 yards.
Jacoby Brissett, Week 3 against SF: 87 of 87 snaps, 38 of 51 passes for 280 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 4 carries for 4 yards.
Jacoby Brissett, Week 4 against NYG: 66 of 66 snaps, 21 of 35 passes for 166 yards, 2 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, 4 carries for 18 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Drake Maye played 17 games for NE and scored 360.0 PPR points, 21.2 a game, finishing QB2.
He completed 354 of 492 passes for 4394 yards, 31 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran 103 times for 450 yards and 4 touchdowns.
He was on the field for 97 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
In 2025, Jacoby Brissett played 14 games for ARI and scored 235.4 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing QB16.
He completed 315 of 485 passes for 3366 yards, 23 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran 38 times for 168 yards and 1 touchdown.
He was on the field for 70 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 5 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
QB5 · NE · bye 11
2026 vs pass yds line 1-3
- Overall rank
- 59
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 5
Ranked behind
QB7 · ARI · bye 14
2026 vs pass yds line 2-2
- Overall rank
- 67
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 5
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 5, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board8
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tiersboth in tier 5
- Board size222 draftable players
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