Start Drake Maye or Jacoby Brissett? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Drake Maye over Jacoby Brissett in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Drake Maye at 19.3 points and Jacoby Brissett at 16.4, a gap of 2.9. Jacoby Brissett'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 19.3 fantasy points for Drake Maye, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Drake Maye is 236 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns and 28 rushing yards, with a 22% chance to score a touchdown (12, 12, 12 and 10 market sources).

Player markets imply 16.4 fantasy points for Jacoby Brissett, with 80 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jacoby Brissett is 244 passing yards and 1-2 passing touchdowns, with a 11% chance to score a touchdown (13, 13 and 13 market sources).

That puts Drake Maye 2.9 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 6

Through Week 5, Drake Maye played 96 percent of NE snaps, dropped back 179 times and threw an average of 9.2 air yards per attempt.

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.

Drake Maye, Week 5 against LV: 75 of 75 snaps, 26 of 34 passes for 374 yards, 4 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 4 carries for 29 yards.

Through Week 5, Jacoby Brissett played 100 percent of ARI snaps, dropped back 214 times and threw an average of 7.2 air yards per attempt.

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.

Jacoby Brissett, Week 5 against DET: 73 of 73 snaps, 29 of 46 passes for 292 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception, 2 carries for 19 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 6 calls

• Start Brock Purdy over Drake Maye.
• Start Drake Maye over Bryce Young.
• Start Drake Maye over Caleb Williams.
• Start Jacoby Brissett over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Jacoby Brissett over Bo Nix.
• Start Brock Purdy over Jacoby Brissett.