Start Trevor Lawrence or Jameis Winston? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Trevor Lawrence over Jameis Winston in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Trevor Lawrence at 16.5 points and Jameis Winston at 14.5, a gap of 2.0.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 14.5 fantasy points for Jameis Winston, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jameis Winston is 221 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 5 rushing yards and 0.1 rushing touchdowns (13, 15, 11 and 14 market sources).

Player markets imply 16.5 fantasy points for Trevor Lawrence, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Trevor Lawrence is 229 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 14 rushing yards and 0.2 rushing touchdowns (13, 15, 13 and 14 market sources).

That puts Trevor Lawrence 2.0 points ahead of Jameis Winston on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Trevor Lawrence and JAX host HOU on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

HOU allowed 17.0 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 5 games, the 15th fewest in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 256 yards and 1.2 touchdowns a game against HOU, with 0.4 interceptions.

Injury status

Jameis Winston is not on the injury report.

Trevor Lawrence 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, 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, 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, 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 Jameis Winston over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Bo Nix over Jameis Winston.
• Start Brock Purdy over Jameis Winston.
• Start Trevor Lawrence over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Trevor Lawrence over Bo Nix.
• Start Brock Purdy over Trevor Lawrence.