Start Matthew Stafford or Drake Maye? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Matthew Stafford over Drake Maye in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Matthew Stafford at 21.1 points and Drake Maye at 19.1, a gap of 2.1. Drafters take Matthew Stafford at ADP 75 and Drake Maye at 50.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 21.1 fantasy points for Matthew Stafford, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Matthew Stafford is 281 passing yards, 2-3 passing touchdowns, 1 rushing yards and 0.1 rushing touchdowns (13, 14, 6 and 14 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 Matthew Stafford 2.1 points ahead of Drake Maye on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Matthew Stafford and LAR host ARI on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

ARI allowed 23.2 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 5 games, the 3rd most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 252 yards and 2.8 touchdowns a game against ARI, 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, Matthew Stafford has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Matthew Stafford is not on the injury report.

Drake Maye 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, 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, 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, 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 Matthew Stafford over Brock Purdy.
• Start Matthew Stafford over Bryce Young.
• Start Matthew Stafford over Caleb Williams.
• Start Drake Maye over Brock Purdy.
• Start Drake Maye over Bryce Young.
• Start Drake Maye over Caleb Williams.