Start Justin Herbert or Tyson Bagent? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Tyson Bagent over Justin Herbert in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Tyson Bagent at 14.5 points and Justin Herbert at 12.1, a gap of 2.4. Justin Herbert'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. No player market is posted for Tyson Bagent this week yet, so his 14.5 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 3, 4 and 5 (10.6, 17.0 and 15.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 6 player market is posted for Tyson Bagent yet. His market-based projections were 10.6, 17.0 and 15.8 points in Weeks 3, 4 and 5, an average of 14.5, which stands in until his Week 6 market posts.

Player markets imply 12.1 fantasy points for Justin Herbert, with 80 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Justin Herbert is 193 passing yards, with a 14% chance to score a touchdown (12 and 13 market sources).

That puts Tyson Bagent 2.4 points ahead of Justin Herbert on these projections.

Week 6 matchups

Tyson Bagent and CHI visit ATL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

ATL allowed 19.1 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 5 games, the 13th most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 261 yards and 1.8 touchdowns a game against ATL, with 0.2 interceptions.

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.

By points allowed to the position, Tyson Bagent has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Tyson Bagent is not on the injury report.

Justin Herbert is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Tyson Bagent played 63 percent of CHI snaps, dropped back 70 times and threw an average of 6.9 air yards per attempt.

Tyson Bagent, Week 2 against MIN: 10 of 74 snaps, 5 of 8 passes for 54 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.

Tyson Bagent, Week 4 against NYJ: 93 of 93 snaps, 25 of 34 passes for 268 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 4 yards.

Tyson Bagent, Week 5 against GB: 46 of 69 snaps, 12 of 21 passes for 87 yards, 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, 3 carries for 17 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Tyson Bagent played 3 games for CHI and scored 2.6 PPR points, 0.9 a game, finishing QB67.

He completed 3 of 4 passes for 47 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, and ran 2 times for 7 yards and 0 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 1 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Aaron Rodgers over Tyson Bagent.
• Start Bo Nix over Tyson Bagent.
• Start Bryce Young over Tyson Bagent.
• Start Aaron Rodgers over Justin Herbert.
• Start Bo Nix over Justin Herbert.
• Start Bryce Young over Justin Herbert.