Start Tyler Huntley or Sam Darnold? Week 5
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Tyler Huntley over Sam Darnold
- Market projects
- 15.7
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 48%
- Through Week 4
- Market projects
- 15.4
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 75%
- Through Week 4
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Our Week 5 call
Start Tyler Huntley over Sam Darnold in Week 5.
Market-based projections have Tyler Huntley at 15.7 points and Sam Darnold at 15.4, 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 15.5 fantasy points for Sam Darnold, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market has Sam Darnold at 227.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 4.5 rushing yards, with a 10% chance to score a touchdown (15, 16, 13 and 15 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 Tyler Huntley 0.3 points ahead of Sam Darnold on the market projections.
Injury status
Sam Darnold is not on the injury report.
Tyler Huntley is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 5
Through Week 4, Sam Darnold played 75 percent of SEA snaps, dropped back 75 times and threw an average of 6.8 air yards per attempt.
Sam Darnold, Week 1 against NE: 5 of 50 snaps, 1 of 2 passes for 13 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.
Sam Darnold, Week 3 against WAS: 67 of 67 snaps, 31 of 45 passes for 379 yards, 4 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, 1 carry for 5 yards.
Sam Darnold, Week 4 against LAC: 60 of 60 snaps, 13 of 22 passes for 168 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 8 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, Sam Darnold played 17 games for SEA and scored 249.4 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing QB13.
He completed 323 of 477 passes for 4048 yards, 25 touchdowns and 14 interceptions, and ran 35 times for 95 yards and 0 touchdowns.
He was on the field for 96 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
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
QB19 · BAL · bye unlisted
2025 vs pass td line 1-3
- Overall rank
- 102
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 7
Ranked behind
QB22 · SEA · bye 11
2025 vs pass yds line 9-8
- Overall rank
- 109
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 7
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 5, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board7
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tiersboth in tier 7
- Board size222 draftable players
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