Should I start Bo Nix or Dak Prescott in Week 9?
Updated Nov 3, 3:36 AM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
Bo Nix and Dak Prescott are too close to call on usage: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets against 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games. 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 Bo Nix for Dak Prescott?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Dak Prescott projects 146 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (18.2 a game over 8 games), Bo Nix 130 (16.2 a game over 8 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.
QB18 · DEN · bye 10
2026 vs pass yds line 3-5
- Market-based projection
- 15.8 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 125
QB19 · DAL · bye 14
2026 vs pass yds line 4-4
- Market-based projection
- 21.9 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 138
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The gap
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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 Bo Nix, and the board ranks him 125th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Dak Prescott, and the board ranks him 138th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Bo Nix is 1.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
The market-based projection for Dak Prescott is 1.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
Bo Nix's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season through Week 8
Through Week 8, Bo Nix has been on the field for 100 percent of DEN snaps, dropped back 268 times and thrown 5.4 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 26 of 268 dropbacks and scrambled 8 times.
In Week 6 against SEA he completed 17 of 27 passes for 107 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 3 yards.
In Week 7 against ARI he completed 15 of 29 passes for 222 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 75 yards.
In Week 8 against KC he completed 20 of 32 passes for 222 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 5 yards.
Through Week 8, Dak Prescott has been on the field for 100 percent of DAL snaps, dropped back 330 times and thrown 7.8 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 43 of 330 dropbacks and scrambled 17 times.
In Week 6 against GB he completed 34 of 54 passes for 258 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 2 times for 7 yards.
In Week 7 against PHI he completed 15 of 27 passes for 212 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 8 yards.
In Week 8 against ARI he completed 19 of 29 passes for 195 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 6 times for 21 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Bo Nix played 17 games and scored 315.8 PPR points, 18.6 a game, finishing QB7.
He threw for 3931 yards on 612 attempts with 25 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and ran for 356 yards and 5 touchdowns.
That came to 36.0 attempts a game at 6.4 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 100 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
In 2025 Dak Prescott played 17 games and scored 323.8 PPR points, 19.0 a game, finishing QB6.
He threw for 4552 yards on 600 attempts with 30 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and ran for 177 yards and 2 touchdowns.
That came to 35.3 attempts a game at 7.6 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 98 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Both were available for 17 games that season.
Head to head
In 2025 Dak Prescott scored 19.0 PPR points a game and Bo Nix 18.6, 0.5 a game between them.
Bo Nix finished QB7 that year and Dak Prescott QB6.
Bo Nix had 12 more pass attempts than Dak Prescott, 612 to 600.
Dak Prescott had 621 more passing yards than Bo Nix, 4552 to 3931.
Their snap share this season is the same, 100 percent each.
Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.
Byes and availability
Bo Nix is off in Week 10 and Dak Prescott in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Bo Nix for Dak Prescott?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Dak Prescott projects 146 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (18.2 a game over 8 games), Bo Nix 130 (16.2 a game over 8 games).
Should I drop Dak Prescott for Bo Nix?
No. Keep Dak Prescott: he projects 146 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (18.2 a game over 8 games), Bo Nix 130 (16.2 a game over 8 games).
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