Start Tyson Bagent or Jacoby Brissett? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Jacoby Brissett over Tyson Bagent in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Jacoby Brissett at 15.3 points and Tyson Bagent at 14.5, a gap of 0.9. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Tyson Bagent this week yet, so his 14.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (10.6, 17.0 and 15.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

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).

No Week 6 player market is posted for Tyson Bagent yet. His market-based projections were 10.6, 17.0 and 15.8 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 14.5, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

That puts Jacoby Brissett 0.9 points ahead of Tyson Bagent on these 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.

Tyson Bagent and CHI visit ATL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

ATL allowed 19.1 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 5 games, the 13th most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 261 yards and 1.8 touchdowns a game against ATL, with 0.2 interceptions.

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

Injury status

Jacoby Brissett is not on the injury report.

Tyson Bagent 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, Tyson Bagent played 63 percent of CHI snaps, dropped back 70 times and threw an average of 6.9 air yards per attempt.

Tyson Bagent, Week 2 against MIN: 10 of 74 snaps, 5 of 8 passes for 54 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.

Tyson Bagent, Week 4 against NYJ: 93 of 93 snaps, 25 of 34 passes for 268 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 4 yards.

Tyson Bagent, Week 5 against GB: 46 of 69 snaps, 12 of 21 passes for 87 yards, 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, 3 carries for 17 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, Tyson Bagent played 3 games for CHI and scored 2.6 PPR points, 0.9 a game, finishing QB67.

He completed 3 of 4 passes for 47 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, and ran 2 times for 7 yards and 0 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 1 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 Tyson Bagent over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Bo Nix over Tyson Bagent.
• Start Bryce Young over Tyson Bagent.