Start Drake Maye or Jayden Daniels? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Drake Maye over Jayden Daniels in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Drake Maye at 19.1 points and Jayden Daniels at 19.2, a gap of 0.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Drake Maye still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 50 against 74, and that outweighs a gap this size.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 19.2 fantasy points for Jayden Daniels, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jayden Daniels is 207 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 38 rushing yards and 0.3 rushing touchdowns (13, 14, 12 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 19.1 fantasy points for Drake Maye, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Drake Maye is 235 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 27 rushing yards and 0.3 rushing touchdowns (13, 15, 12 and 14 market sources).

That puts Jayden Daniels 0.1 points ahead of Drake Maye on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Jayden Daniels and WAS visit SF on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

SF allowed 13.7 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 5 games, the 5th fewest in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 211 yards and a touchdown a game against SF, with 0.6 interceptions.

Drake Maye and NE host NYJ on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NYJ allowed 13.4 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 5 games, the 4th fewest in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 195 yards and 1.2 touchdowns a game against NYJ, with 0.2 interceptions.

By points allowed to the position, Jayden Daniels has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Jayden Daniels is not on the injury report.

Drake Maye is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Jayden Daniels played 84 percent of WAS snaps, dropped back 98 times and threw an average of 8.9 air yards per attempt.

Jayden Daniels, Week 1 against PHI: 70 of 70 snaps, 18 of 34 passes for 164 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 5 carries for 31 yards.

Jayden Daniels, Week 2 against DAL: 39 of 71 snaps, 11 of 17 passes for 96 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 7 carries for 69 yards.

Jayden Daniels, Week 5 against NYG: 62 of 62 snaps, 17 of 25 passes for 199 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 8 carries for 104 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jayden Daniels played 7 games for WAS and scored 117.3 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing QB34.

He completed 114 of 188 passes for 1262 yards, 8 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran 58 times for 278 yards and 2 touchdowns.

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

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.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Jayden Daniels over Bo Nix.
• Start Brock Purdy over Jayden Daniels.
• Start Jayden Daniels over Bryce Young.
• Start Drake Maye over Brock Purdy.
• Start Drake Maye over Bryce Young.
• Start Drake Maye over Caleb Williams.