Start Malik Willis or Jameis Winston? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Malik Willis over Jameis Winston in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Malik Willis at 15.2 points and Jameis Winston at 13.0, a gap of 2.2.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 13.0 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 (11, 17, 10 and 14 market sources).

Player markets imply 15.2 fantasy points for Malik Willis, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market has Malik Willis at 190.5 passing yards and 32.5 rushing yards, with a 24% chance to score a touchdown (10, 8 and 15 market sources).

That puts Malik Willis 2.2 points ahead of Jameis Winston on the market projections.

Injury status

Jameis Winston is not on the injury report.

Malik Willis 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, Malik Willis played 100 percent of MIA snaps, dropped back 127 times and threw an average of 10.0 air yards per attempt.

Malik Willis, Week 1 against LV: 56 of 56 snaps, 15 of 27 passes for 220 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 6 carries for 39 yards.

Malik Willis, Week 2 against SF: 59 of 59 snaps, 14 of 23 passes for 197 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 6 yards.

Malik Willis, Week 3 against KC: 73 of 73 snaps, 20 of 36 passes for 210 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 9 carries for 56 yards.

Malik Willis, Week 4 against MIN: 39 of 39 snaps, 9 of 17 passes for 85 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 11 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, Malik Willis played 4 games for GB and scored 51.2 PPR points, 12.8 a game, finishing QB45.

He completed 30 of 35 passes for 422 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, and ran 22 times for 123 yards and 2 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 10 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 Malik Willis over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Brock Purdy over Malik Willis.
• Start Malik Willis over Cam Ward.