Start Jameis Winston or Jalen Hurts? Week 6

Updated Oct 19, 2:31 PM ET. Locked at kickoff. Graded after. Week 7 answer posts Tuesday.

Start Jameis Winston over Jalen Hurts

Jalen Hurts is listed ir, so Jameis Winston starts despite the lower projection.

Start

Jameis Winston

Market projects: 14.5; fantasy pts
Upside: Moderate; 61 of 100 at QB
Snap share: 96%; Through Week 5

Sit

Jalen Hurts

QB · PHI · vs CAR · final

Market projected: 16.1; pre-game
CAR D vs QB: 20.1; 8th most to QBs (2026)
Snap share: 99%; Through Week 5

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Our Week 6 call

Start Jameis Winston over Jalen Hurts in Week 6.

Jalen Hurts is on injured reserve, so this is not a close call: start Jameis Winston.

What the market projects

No Week 6 player market is posted for Jalen Hurts yet. His market-based projections were 19.4, 14.1 and 14.8 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 16.1, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

Player markets imply 14.5 fantasy points for Jameis Winston, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jameis Winston is 221 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 5 rushing yards and 0.1 rushing touchdowns (13, 15, 11 and 14 market sources).

That puts Jalen Hurts 1.6 points ahead of Jameis Winston on these projections.

Week 6 matchups

Jalen Hurts and PHI host CAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CAR allowed 20.1 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 4 games, the 8th most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 243 yards and 1.3 touchdowns a game against CAR, with 0.8 interceptions.

Injury status

Jalen Hurts is listed as ir.

Jameis Winston is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Jalen Hurts played 99 percent of PHI snaps, dropped back 179 times and threw an average of 7.5 air yards per attempt.

Jalen Hurts, Week 2 against TEN: 76 of 76 snaps, 26 of 37 passes for 264 yards, 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, 5 carries for 16 yards.

Jalen Hurts, Week 3 against CHI: 46 of 50 snaps, 16 of 25 passes for 153 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 4 carries for 25 yards.

Jalen Hurts, Week 4 against LAR: 61 of 61 snaps, 12 of 27 passes for 93 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 5 carries for 18 yards.

Jalen Hurts, Week 5 against JAX: 62 of 62 snaps, 21 of 40 passes for 220 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 2 yards.

Through Week 5, Jameis Winston played 96 percent of NYG snaps, dropped back 148 times and threw an average of 9.6 air yards per attempt.

Jameis Winston, Week 2 against LAR: 51 of 58 snaps, 11 of 27 passes for 111 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 2 carries for 1 yards.

Jameis Winston, Week 3 against TEN: 64 of 64 snaps, 14 of 22 passes for 118 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 15 yards.

Jameis Winston, Week 4 against ARI: 67 of 67 snaps, 18 of 29 passes for 250 yards, 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.

Jameis Winston, Week 5 against WAS: 84 of 89 snaps, 33 of 54 passes for 326 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 4 carries for 28 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jalen Hurts played 16 games for PHI and scored 305.1 PPR points, 19.1 a game, finishing QB8.

He completed 294 of 454 passes for 3224 yards, 25 touchdowns and 6 interceptions, and ran 105 times for 421 yards and 8 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 98 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Jameis Winston played 3 games for NYG and scored 45.3 PPR points, 15.1 a game, finishing QB46.

He completed 37 of 66 passes for 567 yards, 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, and ran 7 times for 23 yards and 1 touchdown.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

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