Start Jayden Daniels or Jacoby Brissett? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Jayden Daniels over Jacoby Brissett in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Jayden Daniels at 19.3 points and Jacoby Brissett at 15.3, a gap of 4.0. Drafters take Jayden Daniels at ADP 74 and Jacoby Brissett at 229.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 15.3 fantasy points for Jacoby Brissett, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jacoby Brissett is 238 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 7 rushing yards and 0.1 rushing touchdowns (13, 14, 11 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 19.3 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, 39 rushing yards and 0.3 rushing touchdowns (13, 14, 13 and 13 market sources).

That puts Jayden Daniels 4.0 points ahead of Jacoby Brissett on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Jacoby Brissett and ARI visit LAR on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

LAR allowed 19.3 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 5 games, the 11th most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 165 yards and 1.6 touchdowns a game against LAR, with 0.8 interceptions.

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.

By points allowed to the position, Jacoby Brissett has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Jacoby Brissett is not on the injury report.

Jayden Daniels is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

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.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

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.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Jacoby Brissett over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Jacoby Brissett over Bo Nix.
• Start Brock Purdy over Jacoby Brissett.
• Start Jayden Daniels over Bo Nix.
• Start Brock Purdy over Jayden Daniels.
• Start Jayden Daniels over Bryce Young.