Should I start Jayden Daniels or Brock Purdy in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jayden Daniels, and the board ranks him 90th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Brock Purdy, and the board ranks him 98th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jayden Daniels is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. 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 Brock Purdy is 1.9 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.

Jayden Daniels's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 8, Jayden Daniels has been on the field for 88 percent of WAS snaps, dropped back 176 times and thrown 8.7 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 25 of 176 dropbacks and scrambled 21 times.

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.

In Week 8 against PHI he completed 16 of 29 passes for 217 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 23 yards.

Through Week 7, Brock Purdy has been on the field for 98 percent of SF snaps, dropped back 231 times and thrown 7.9 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 26 of 231 dropbacks and scrambled 15 times.

In Week 5 against SEA he completed 19 of 29 passes for 189 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 3 times for 8 yards.

In Week 6 against WAS he completed 21 of 29 passes for 264 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 28 yards.

In Week 7 against ATL he completed 27 of 39 passes for 288 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 2 times for 5 yards.

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 Brock Purdy played 9 games and scored 187.4 PPR points, 20.8 a game, finishing QB24.

He threw for 2167 yards on 284 attempts with 20 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and ran for 147 yards and 3 touchdowns.

That came to 31.6 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.

Brock Purdy was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Brock Purdy scored 20.8 PPR points a game and Jayden Daniels 16.8, 4.1 a game between them.

Jayden Daniels finished QB34 that year and Brock Purdy QB24.

Brock Purdy had 96 more pass attempts than Jayden Daniels, 284 to 188.

Brock Purdy had 905 more passing yards than Jayden Daniels, 2167 to 1262.

This season Brock Purdy holds the bigger snap share, 98 percent against 88 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.

Byes and availability

Jayden Daniels is off in Week 7 and Brock Purdy in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.