Start Tyler Huntley or Geno Smith? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Tyler Huntley over Geno Smith in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Tyler Huntley at 15.7 points and Geno Smith at 14.6, a gap of 1.2. 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 14.6 fantasy points for Geno Smith, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market has Geno Smith at 206.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 10.5 rushing yards, with a 12% chance to score a touchdown (14, 16, 15 and 14 market sources).

Player markets imply 15.7 fantasy points for Tyler Huntley, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market has Tyler Huntley at 173.5 passing yards and 1.5 passing touchdowns, with a 19% chance to score a touchdown (14, 14 and 13 market sources).

That puts Tyler Huntley 1.2 points ahead of Geno Smith on the market projections.

Injury status

Geno Smith is not on the injury report.

Tyler Huntley is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Geno Smith played 100 percent of NYJ snaps, dropped back 136 times and threw an average of 7.2 air yards per attempt.

Geno Smith, Week 1 against TEN: 67 of 67 snaps, 19 of 24 passes for 215 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 10 yards.

Geno Smith, Week 2 against GB: 74 of 74 snaps, 27 of 40 passes for 247 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 5 carries for 17 yards.

Geno Smith, Week 3 against DET: 66 of 66 snaps, 31 of 37 passes for 321 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 12 yards.

Geno Smith, Week 4 against CHI: 32 of 32 snaps, 8 of 15 passes for 119 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions.

Through Week 4, Tyler Huntley played 48 percent of BAL snaps, dropped back 10 times and threw an average of 0.4 air yards per attempt.

Tyler Huntley, Week 4 against TEN: 31 of 64 snaps, 8 of 9 passes for 63 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 18 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Geno Smith played 15 games for LV and scored 190.9 PPR points, 12.7 a game, finishing QB23.

He completed 302 of 448 passes for 3025 yards, 19 touchdowns and 17 interceptions, and ran 41 times for 109 yards and 0 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 97 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Tyler Huntley played 5 games for BAL and scored 40.1 PPR points, 8.0 a game, finishing QB47.

He completed 52 of 67 passes for 426 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, and ran 24 times for 151 yards and 0 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 26 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Tyler Huntley, Week 17 of 2025 against GB: 76 of 76 snaps, 16 of 20 passes for 107 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 8 carries for 60 yards, 14.3 PPR points.

Tyler Huntley, Week 16 of 2025 against NE: 29 of 55 snaps, 9 of 10 passes for 65 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 2 yards, 2.8 PPR points.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Aaron Rodgers over Geno Smith.
• Start Bo Nix over Geno Smith.
• Start Brock Purdy over Geno Smith.
• Start Aaron Rodgers over Tyler Huntley.
• Start Bo Nix over Tyler Huntley.
• Start Brock Purdy over Tyler Huntley.