Start Jalen Hurts or Trevor Lawrence? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Jalen Hurts over Trevor Lawrence in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Jalen Hurts at 17.0 points and Trevor Lawrence at 16.4, a gap of 0.6. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Jalen Hurts'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 17.0 fantasy points for Jalen Hurts, with 80 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jalen Hurts is 211 passing yards and 1-2 passing touchdowns, with a 31% chance to score a touchdown (11, 13 and 9 market sources).

Player markets imply 16.4 fantasy points for Trevor Lawrence, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Trevor Lawrence is 225 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns and 13 rushing yards, with a 20% chance to score a touchdown (13, 14, 8 and 13 market sources).

That puts Jalen Hurts 0.6 points ahead of Trevor Lawrence on the market projections.

Injury status

Jalen Hurts is not on the injury report.

Trevor Lawrence 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, Trevor Lawrence played 97 percent of JAX snaps, dropped back 157 times and threw an average of 7.9 air yards per attempt.

Trevor Lawrence, Week 2 against DEN: 59 of 59 snaps, 17 of 29 passes for 189 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 2 carries for 6 yards.

Trevor Lawrence, Week 3 against NE: 59 of 62 snaps, 19 of 28 passes for 182 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception, 4 carries for 25 yards.

Trevor Lawrence, Week 4 against CIN: 61 of 61 snaps, 18 of 23 passes for 227 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 2 yards.

Trevor Lawrence, Week 5 against PHI: 72 of 72 snaps, 24 of 39 passes for 331 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, 3 carries for 25 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, Trevor Lawrence played 17 games for JAX and scored 350.2 PPR points, 20.6 a game, finishing QB4.

He completed 341 of 560 passes for 4007 yards, 29 touchdowns and 12 interceptions, and ran 82 times for 359 yards and 9 touchdowns.

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

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Jalen Hurts over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Brock Purdy over Jalen Hurts.
• Start Jalen Hurts over Bryce Young.
• Start Trevor Lawrence over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Trevor Lawrence over Bo Nix.
• Start Brock Purdy over Trevor Lawrence.