Start Jordan Love or Jameis Winston? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Jordan Love over Jameis Winston in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Jordan Love at 15.9 points and Jameis Winston at 12.9, a gap of 3.0.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 12.9 fantasy points for Jameis Winston, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market has Jameis Winston at 201.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 2.5 rushing yards, with a 9% chance to score a touchdown (14, 14, 8 and 15 market sources).

Player markets imply 15.9 fantasy points for Jordan Love, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market has Jordan Love at 235.5 passing yards and 1.5 passing touchdowns, with a 12% chance to score a touchdown (16, 16 and 14 market sources).

That puts Jordan Love 3.0 points ahead of Jameis Winston on the market projections.

Injury status

Jameis Winston is not on the injury report.

Jordan Love is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Jameis Winston played 96 percent of NYG snaps, dropped back 88 times and threw an average of 9.8 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.

Through Week 4, Jordan Love played 100 percent of GB snaps, dropped back 162 times and threw an average of 8.4 air yards per attempt.

Jordan Love, Week 1 against MIN: 68 of 68 snaps, 21 of 42 passes for 387 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 0 yards.

Jordan Love, Week 2 against NYJ: 59 of 59 snaps, 16 of 29 passes for 145 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.

Jordan Love, Week 3 against ATL: 66 of 66 snaps, 28 of 53 passes for 312 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 0 yards.

Jordan Love, Week 4 against TB: 60 of 60 snaps, 22 of 30 passes for 197 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 4 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025, Jordan Love played 15 games for GB and scored 241.1 PPR points, 16.1 a game, finishing QB15.

He completed 291 of 439 passes for 3381 yards, 23 touchdowns and 6 interceptions, and ran 47 times for 199 yards and 0 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 94 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Aaron Rodgers over Jameis Winston.
• Start Brock Purdy over Jameis Winston.
• Start Jameis Winston over Cam Ward.
• Start Aaron Rodgers over Jordan Love.
• Start Bo Nix over Jordan Love.
• Start Brock Purdy over Jordan Love.