Jayden Daniels or Bijan Robinson: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jayden Daniels: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 46th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Bijan Robinson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 47th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Jayden Daniels at 18.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 9 market sources. That is the 5th highest figure of the 107 players the market prices.

The market has Bijan Robinson at 6.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Bijan Robinson's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Jayden Daniels has been on the field for 84 percent of WAS snaps, dropped back 98 times and thrown 8.9 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 11 of 98 dropbacks and scrambled 16 times.

In Week 1 against PHI he completed 18 of 34 passes for 164 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 31 yards.

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.

Through Week 5, Bijan Robinson has been on the field for 68 percent of ATL snaps, taken 63 percent of the carries, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 61 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 7 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have come 1.2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against GB he carried 29 times for 194 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 19 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 4 against NO he carried 19 times for 145 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 2 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 5 against BAL he carried 17 times for 86 yards, caught 4 of 7 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Bijan Robinson played 17 games and scored 370.8 PPR points, 21.8 a game, finishing RB2.

He carried 287 times for 1478 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 79 of 103 targets for 820 more yards.

That came to 16.9 carries a game at 5.1 yards a carry and 4.6 catches a game.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Bijan Robinson was available for 10 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Bijan Robinson scored 21.8 PPR points a game and Jayden Daniels 16.8, 5.1 a game between them.

Jayden Daniels finished QB34 and Bijan Robinson RB2, which are two different ladders.

Jayden Daniels is a quarterback and Bijan Robinson a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Bijan Robinson is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Jayden Daniels.

What would change the answer

Bijan Robinson is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.