Start Kyler Murray or Tyler Huntley? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Kyler Murray over Tyler Huntley in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Kyler Murray at 16.5 points and Tyler Huntley at 15.1, a gap of 1.4. 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 16.5 fantasy points for Kyler Murray, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market has Kyler Murray at 213.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 17.5 rushing yards, with a 18% chance to score a touchdown (15, 16, 15 and 14 market sources).

Player markets imply 15.1 fantasy points for Tyler Huntley, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market has Tyler Huntley at 174.5 passing yards and 1.5 passing touchdowns, with a 19% chance to score a touchdown (12, 13 and 13 market sources).

That puts Kyler Murray 1.4 points ahead of Tyler Huntley on the market projections.

Injury status

Kyler Murray is not on the injury report.

Tyler Huntley is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Kyler Murray played 73 percent of MIN snaps, dropped back 84 times and threw an average of 6.5 air yards per attempt.

Kyler Murray, Week 1 against GB: 11 of 65 snaps, 3 of 5 passes for 18 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 2 carries for 9 yards.

Kyler Murray, Week 3 against TB: 59 of 59 snaps, 15 of 29 passes for 168 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 2 carries for 17 yards.

Kyler Murray, Week 4 against MIA: 78 of 78 snaps, 27 of 37 passes for 247 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 21 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, Kyler Murray played 5 games for ARI and scored 80.8 PPR points, 16.2 a game, finishing QB38.

He completed 110 of 161 passes for 962 yards, 6 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran 29 times for 173 yards and 1 touchdown.

He was on the field for 99 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 Kyler Murray over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Kyler Murray over Bo Nix.
• Start Brock Purdy over Kyler Murray.
• Start Tyler Huntley over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Bo Nix over Tyler Huntley.
• Start Brock Purdy over Tyler Huntley.