Start Matthew Stafford or Jayden Daniels? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Matthew Stafford over Jayden Daniels in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Matthew Stafford at 21.3 points and Jayden Daniels at 19.3, a gap of 2.0. Drafters take Matthew Stafford at ADP 75 and Jayden Daniels at 74.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 21.3 fantasy points for Matthew Stafford, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Matthew Stafford is 285 passing yards, 2-3 passing touchdowns, 1 rushing yards and 0.1 rushing touchdowns (12, 14, 5 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 19.3 fantasy points for Jayden Daniels, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jayden Daniels is 207 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 39 rushing yards and 0.3 rushing touchdowns (13, 14, 12 and 13 market sources).

That puts Matthew Stafford 2.0 points ahead of Jayden Daniels on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Matthew Stafford and LAR host ARI on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

ARI allowed 23.2 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 5 games, the 3rd most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 252 yards and 2.8 touchdowns a game against ARI, with 0.6 interceptions.

Jayden Daniels and WAS visit SF on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

SF allowed 13.7 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 5 games, the 5th fewest in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 211 yards and a touchdown a game against SF, with 0.6 interceptions.

By points allowed to the position, Matthew Stafford has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Matthew Stafford is not on the injury report.

Jayden Daniels is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Matthew Stafford played 97 percent of LAR snaps, dropped back 224 times and threw an average of 8.8 air yards per attempt.

Matthew Stafford, Week 2 against NYG: 62 of 62 snaps, 22 of 30 passes for 327 yards, 4 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 2 yards.

Matthew Stafford, Week 3 against DEN: 86 of 86 snaps, 30 of 53 passes for 390 yards, 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, 2 carries for 13 yards.

Matthew Stafford, Week 4 against PHI: 84 of 84 snaps, 32 of 51 passes for 317 yards, 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, 2 carries for 11 yards.

Matthew Stafford, Week 5 against BUF: 82 of 82 snaps, 40 of 54 passes for 383 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.

Through Week 5, Jayden Daniels played 84 percent of WAS snaps, dropped back 98 times and threw an average of 8.9 air yards per attempt.

Jayden Daniels, Week 1 against PHI: 70 of 70 snaps, 18 of 34 passes for 164 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 5 carries for 31 yards.

Jayden Daniels, Week 2 against DAL: 39 of 71 snaps, 11 of 17 passes for 96 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 7 carries for 69 yards.

Jayden Daniels, Week 5 against NYG: 62 of 62 snaps, 17 of 25 passes for 199 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 8 carries for 104 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Matthew Stafford played 17 games for LAR and scored 358.4 PPR points, 21.1 a game, finishing QB3.

He completed 388 of 597 passes for 4707 yards, 46 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran 29 times for 1 yards and 0 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 99 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Jayden Daniels played 7 games for WAS and scored 117.3 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing QB34.

He completed 114 of 188 passes for 1262 yards, 8 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran 58 times for 278 yards and 2 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 91 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Matthew Stafford over Brock Purdy.
• Start Matthew Stafford over Bryce Young.
• Start Matthew Stafford over Caleb Williams.
• Start Jayden Daniels over Bo Nix.
• Start Brock Purdy over Jayden Daniels.
• Start Jayden Daniels over Bryce Young.