Start Jameis Winston or Sam Darnold? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Jameis Winston over Sam Darnold in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Jameis Winston at 15.8 points and Sam Darnold at 14.4, a gap of 1.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Jameis Winston'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 15.8 fantasy points for Jameis Winston, with 80 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jameis Winston is 223 passing yards and 1-2 passing touchdowns, with a 12% chance to score a touchdown (13, 14 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 14.4 fantasy points for Sam Darnold, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Sam Darnold is 220 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns and 5 rushing yards, with a 8% chance to score a touchdown (13, 14, 13 and 12 market sources).

That puts Jameis Winston 1.4 points ahead of Sam Darnold on the market projections.

Injury status

Jameis Winston is not on the injury report.

Sam Darnold is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

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.

Through Week 5, Sam Darnold played 81 percent of SEA snaps, dropped back 110 times and threw an average of 6.7 air yards per attempt.

Sam Darnold, Week 1 against NE: 5 of 50 snaps, 1 of 2 passes for 13 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.

Sam Darnold, Week 3 against WAS: 67 of 67 snaps, 31 of 45 passes for 379 yards, 4 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, 1 carry for 5 yards.

Sam Darnold, Week 4 against LAC: 60 of 60 snaps, 13 of 22 passes for 168 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 8 yards.

Sam Darnold, Week 5 against SF: 63 of 63 snaps, 18 of 29 passes for 195 yards, 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions, 1 carry for 5 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, Sam Darnold played 17 games for SEA and scored 249.4 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing QB13.

He completed 323 of 477 passes for 4048 yards, 25 touchdowns and 14 interceptions, and ran 35 times for 95 yards and 0 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 96 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Jameis Winston over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Jameis Winston over Bo Nix.
• Start Brock Purdy over Jameis Winston.
• Start Aaron Rodgers over Sam Darnold.
• Start Bo Nix over Sam Darnold.
• Start Brock Purdy over Sam Darnold.