Start Drake Maye or Patrick Mahomes? Week 6
Start Drake Maye over Patrick Mahomes
- Market projects
- 19.1
- fantasy pts
- NYJ D vs QB
- 13.4
- 4th fewest to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 96%
- Through Week 5
- Market projects
- 16.9
- fantasy pts
- LAC D vs QB
- 15.9
- 12th fewest to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 4
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Our Week 6 call
Start Drake Maye over Patrick Mahomes in Week 6.
Market-based projections have Drake Maye at 19.1 points and Patrick Mahomes at 16.9, a gap of 2.2. Drafters take Drake Maye at ADP 50 and Patrick Mahomes at 107.
What the market projects
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).
Player markets imply 16.9 fantasy points for Patrick Mahomes, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market-based projection for Patrick Mahomes is 225 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 15 rushing yards and 0.2 rushing touchdowns (13, 14, 10 and 13 market sources).
That puts Drake Maye 2.2 points ahead of Patrick Mahomes on the market projections.
Week 6 matchups
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.
Patrick Mahomes and KC host LAC on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.
LAC allowed 15.9 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 5 games, the 12th fewest in the league.
Quarterbacks threw for 205 yards and 1.4 touchdowns a game against LAC, with 0.8 interceptions.
By points allowed to the position, Patrick Mahomes has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Drake Maye is not on the injury report.
Patrick Mahomes 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 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.
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, 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.
Their other Week 6 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
QB4 · NE · bye 11
2026 vs pass yds line 2-3
- Overall rank
- 46
- Draft pick
- no draft data
- Tier
- 4
Ranked behind
QB9 · KC · bye 5
2026 vs pass yds line 2-2
- Overall rank
- 84
- Draft pick
- no draft data
- Tier
- 6
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 6, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board38
- Draft positionno current draft data for both
- Tierstier 4 and tier 6
- Board size326 draftable players
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