Start Jacoby Brissett or Sam Darnold? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Jacoby Brissett over Sam Darnold in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Jacoby Brissett at 16.4 points and Sam Darnold at 14.6, a gap of 1.8. Jacoby Brissett's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 16.4 fantasy points for Jacoby Brissett, with 80 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jacoby Brissett is 244 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns and 0.1 rushing touchdowns (13, 13 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 14.6 fantasy points for Sam Darnold, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Sam Darnold is 224 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 5 rushing yards and 0.1 rushing touchdowns (14, 14, 13 and 12 market sources).

That puts Jacoby Brissett 1.8 points ahead of Sam Darnold on the market projections.

Injury status

Jacoby Brissett is not on the injury report.

Sam Darnold 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, Sam Darnold played 81 percent of SEA snaps, dropped back 110 times and threw an average of 6.7 air yards per attempt.

Sam Darnold, Week 1 against NE: 5 of 50 snaps, 1 of 2 passes for 13 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.

Sam Darnold, Week 3 against WAS: 67 of 67 snaps, 31 of 45 passes for 379 yards, 4 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, 1 carry for 5 yards.

Sam Darnold, Week 4 against LAC: 60 of 60 snaps, 13 of 22 passes for 168 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 8 yards.

Sam Darnold, Week 5 against SF: 63 of 63 snaps, 18 of 29 passes for 195 yards, 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions, 1 carry for 5 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, Sam Darnold played 17 games for SEA and scored 249.4 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing QB13.

He completed 323 of 477 passes for 4048 yards, 25 touchdowns and 14 interceptions, and ran 35 times for 95 yards and 0 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 96 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 Aaron Rodgers over Sam Darnold.
• Start Bo Nix over Sam Darnold.
• Start Brock Purdy over Sam Darnold.