Start Jacoby Brissett or Tanner McKee? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Jacoby Brissett over Tanner McKee in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Jacoby Brissett at 15.3 points and Tanner McKee at 14.2, 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 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 14.2 fantasy points for Tanner McKee, with 90 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Tanner McKee is 199 passing yards, 9 rushing yards and 0.1 rushing touchdowns (13, 10 and 13 market sources).

That puts Jacoby Brissett 1.2 points ahead of Tanner McKee 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.

Injury status

Jacoby Brissett is not on the injury report.

Tanner McKee 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.

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, Tanner McKee played 4 games for PHI and scored 14.8 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing QB55.

He completed 24 of 43 passes for 274 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, and ran 8 times for 8 yards and 0 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 3 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Tanner McKee, Week 18 of 2025 against WAS: 21 of 40 passes for 241 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 2 carries for 3 yards, 12.9 PPR points.

Tanner McKee, Week 16 of 2025 against WAS: 4 of 70 snaps, 0 of 0 passes for 0 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for -2 yards, -0.2 PPR points.

Tanner McKee, Week 15 of 2025 against LV: 17 of 69 snaps, 3 of 3 passes for 33 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 9 yards, 2.2 PPR points.

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 Tanner McKee.
• Start Bo Nix over Tanner McKee.
• Start Tanner McKee over Cam Ward.