Start Justin Herbert or Marcus Mariota? Week 6
Start Justin Herbert over Marcus Mariota
- Market projects
- 12.0
- fantasy pts
- KC D vs QB
- 13.4
- 3rd fewest to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 5
- Market projects
- 13.6
- recent weeks avg
- SF D vs QB
- 13.7
- 5th fewest to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 54%
- Through Week 4
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Our Week 6 call
Start Justin Herbert over Marcus Mariota in Week 6.
Marcus Mariota is listed doubtful on the injury report, so this is not a close call: start Justin Herbert.
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What the market projects
Player markets imply 12.0 fantasy points for Justin Herbert, with 80 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market-based projection for Justin Herbert is 192 passing yards, with a 14% chance to score a touchdown (13 and 13 market sources).
No Week 6 player market is posted for Marcus Mariota yet. His market-based projections were 14.4 and 12.8 points in Weeks 3 and 4, an average of 13.6, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.
That puts Marcus Mariota 1.6 points ahead of Justin Herbert on these projections.
Week 6 matchups
Justin Herbert and LAC visit KC on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.
KC allowed 13.4 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 4 games, the 3rd fewest in the league.
Quarterbacks threw for 229 yards and a touchdown a game against KC, with an interception.
Marcus Mariota 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, Marcus Mariota has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Justin Herbert is not on the injury report.
Marcus Mariota is listed as doubtful with a knee - mcl injury.
Usage before Week 6
Through Week 5, Justin Herbert played 100 percent of LAC snaps, dropped back 175 times and threw an average of 8.5 air yards per attempt.
Justin Herbert, Week 2 against LV: 68 of 68 snaps, 15 of 27 passes for 192 yards, 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions, 3 carries for 2 yards.
Justin Herbert, Week 3 against BUF: 69 of 69 snaps, 20 of 34 passes for 226 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 4 carries for 17 yards.
Justin Herbert, Week 4 against SEA: 71 of 71 snaps, 19 of 31 passes for 189 yards, 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions, 6 carries for 40 yards.
Justin Herbert, Week 5 against DEN: 67 of 67 snaps, 14 of 23 passes for 121 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 6 carries for 54 yards.
Through Week 4, Marcus Mariota played 54 percent of WAS snaps, dropped back 57 times and threw an average of 8.9 air yards per attempt.
Marcus Mariota, Week 2 against DAL: 32 of 71 snaps, 11 of 16 passes for 111 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 3 yards.
Marcus Mariota, Week 3 against SEA: 69 of 69 snaps, 19 of 31 passes for 183 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 13 yards.
Marcus Mariota, Week 4 against IND: 10 of 64 snaps, 3 of 4 passes for 46 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 35 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Justin Herbert played 16 games for LAC and scored 299.9 PPR points, 18.7 a game, finishing QB10.
He completed 340 of 512 passes for 3727 yards, 26 touchdowns and 13 interceptions, and ran 83 times for 498 yards and 2 touchdowns.
He was on the field for 97 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
In 2025, Marcus Mariota played 11 games for WAS and scored 132.5 PPR points, 12.0 a game, finishing QB32.
He completed 139 of 227 passes for 1695 yards, 10 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran 50 times for 297 yards and 1 touchdown.
He was on the field for 54 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 6 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
QB25 · LAC · bye 7
2026 vs pass yds line 1-4
- Overall rank
- 141
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 6
Ranked behind
QB · WAS · bye unlisted
2025 vs anytime td line 1-10
- Overall rank
- not on the board
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- not tiered
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 6, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the boardone of them is not on the board
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tiersnot tiered
- Board size202 draftable players
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