Start Michael Penix Jr. or Jameis Winston? Week 5
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Michael Penix Jr. over Jameis Winston
- Market projects
- 14.5
- fantasy pts
- Market projects
- 12.9
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 96%
- Through Week 4
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Our Week 5 call
Start Michael Penix Jr. over Jameis Winston in Week 5.
Market-based projections have Michael Penix Jr. at 14.5 points and Jameis Winston at 12.9, a gap of 1.6.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 14.5 fantasy points for Michael Penix Jr., with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market has Michael Penix Jr. at 221.5 passing yards and 1.5 passing touchdowns, with a 8% chance to score a touchdown (16, 15 and 15 market sources).
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 200.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 2.5 rushing yards, with a 9% chance to score a touchdown (14, 14, 7 and 15 market sources).
That puts Michael Penix Jr. 1.6 points ahead of Jameis Winston on the market projections.
Injury status
Michael Penix Jr. is not on the injury report.
Jameis Winston 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.
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.
Their other Week 5 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
QB25 · ATL · bye 11
2025 vs pass yds line 4-5
- Overall rank
- 122
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 7
Ranked behind
QB29 · NYG · bye unlisted
- Overall rank
- 142
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 8
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 5, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board20
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 7 and tier 8
- Board size223 draftable players
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