Start Justin Herbert or Tyler Huntley? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Tyler Huntley over Justin Herbert in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Tyler Huntley at 15.7 points and Justin Herbert at 16.0, a gap of 0.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 16.0 fantasy points for Justin Herbert, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market has Justin Herbert at 199.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 25.5 rushing yards, with a 15% chance to score a touchdown (14, 16, 14 and 14 market sources).

Player markets imply 15.7 fantasy points for Tyler Huntley, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market has Tyler Huntley at 173.5 passing yards and 1.5 passing touchdowns, with a 19% chance to score a touchdown (14, 14 and 13 market sources).

That puts Justin Herbert 0.3 points ahead of Tyler Huntley on the market projections.

Week 5 matchups

Justin Herbert and LAC host DEN on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

DEN allowed 18.1 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 4 games, the 12th most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 245 yards and 1.5 touchdowns a game against DEN, with an interception.

Injury status

Justin Herbert is not on the injury report.

Tyler Huntley is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Justin Herbert played 100 percent of LAC snaps, dropped back 144 times and threw an average of 8.8 air yards per attempt.

Justin Herbert, Week 1 against ARI: 55 of 55 snaps, 17 of 27 passes for 209 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 5 carries for 29 yards.

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.

Through Week 4, Tyler Huntley played 48 percent of BAL snaps, dropped back 10 times and threw an average of 0.4 air yards per attempt.

Tyler Huntley, Week 4 against TEN: 31 of 64 snaps, 8 of 9 passes for 63 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 18 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, Tyler Huntley played 5 games for BAL and scored 40.1 PPR points, 8.0 a game, finishing QB47.

He completed 52 of 67 passes for 426 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, and ran 24 times for 151 yards and 0 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 26 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Tyler Huntley, Week 17 of 2025 against GB: 76 of 76 snaps, 16 of 20 passes for 107 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 8 carries for 60 yards, 14.3 PPR points.

Tyler Huntley, Week 16 of 2025 against NE: 29 of 55 snaps, 9 of 10 passes for 65 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 2 yards, 2.8 PPR points.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Aaron Rodgers over Justin Herbert.
• Start Bo Nix over Justin Herbert.
• Start Brock Purdy over Justin Herbert.
• Start Aaron Rodgers over Tyler Huntley.
• Start Bo Nix over Tyler Huntley.
• Start Brock Purdy over Tyler Huntley.