Should I start A.J. Brown or Jayden Daniels in Week 8?

Updated Oct 27, 4:16 PM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.

Start Jayden Daniels: 84 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against A.J. Brown's 68 percent of the snaps and 22 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop A.J. Brown for Jayden Daniels?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Jayden Daniels projects 185 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (18.5 a game over 10 games), A.J. Brown 85 (9.4 a game over 9 games).

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

A.J. Brown

WR27 · NE · bye 11

2025 vs rec yds line 6-9

Market-based projection: 15.5 pts a game Wk 7 price
Overall rank: 63

Jayden Daniels

QB8 · WAS · bye 7

2026 vs pass yds line 2-2

Overall rank: 64

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The gap

Board size293 draftable players

Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on A.J. Brown, and the board ranks him 63rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 23.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jayden Daniels, and the board ranks him 64th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market has A.J. Brown at 3.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Jayden Daniels is 2.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 market sources. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

A.J. Brown's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 7, A.J. Brown has been on the field for 68 percent of NE snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 7 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 13.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against SEA he caught 3 of 4 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 3 of 10 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CHI he caught 3 of 6 targets for 48 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Jayden Daniels has been on the field for 88 percent of WAS snaps, dropped back 143 times and thrown 8.5 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 20 of 143 dropbacks and scrambled 19 times.

In Week 2 against DAL he completed 11 of 17 passes for 96 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 7 times for 69 yards.

In Week 5 against NYG he completed 17 of 25 passes for 199 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 8 times for 104 yards.

In Week 6 against SF he completed 29 of 38 passes for 300 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 11 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 A.J. Brown played 15 games and scored 220.3 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing WR11.

He caught 78 of 121 targets for 1003 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 8.1 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 12.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 91 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jayden Daniels played 7 games and scored 117.3 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing QB34.

He threw for 1262 yards on 188 attempts with 8 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran for 278 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 26.9 attempts a game at 6.7 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 91 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

A.J. Brown was available for 8 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jayden Daniels scored 16.8 PPR points a game and A.J. Brown 14.7, 2.1 a game between them.

A.J. Brown finished WR11 and Jayden Daniels QB34, which are two different ladders.

A.J. Brown is a wide receiver and Jayden Daniels a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

A.J. Brown is off in Week 11 and Jayden Daniels in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

Should I drop A.J. Brown for Jayden Daniels?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Jayden Daniels projects 185 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (18.5 a game over 10 games), A.J. Brown 85 (9.4 a game over 9 games).
Should I drop Jayden Daniels for A.J. Brown?
No. Keep Jayden Daniels: he projects 185 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (18.5 a game over 10 games), A.J. Brown 85 (9.4 a game over 9 games).