Daniel Jones or Bucky Irving: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Daniel Jones: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 105th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 34.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Bucky Irving: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 115th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Daniel Jones at 16.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 6 market sources. That is the 29th highest figure of the 142 players the market prices.

The market has Bucky Irving at 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Daniel Jones has been on the field for 100 percent of IND snaps, dropped back 189 times and thrown 7.3 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 28 of 189 dropbacks and scrambled 4 times.

In Week 3 against HOU he completed 24 of 36 passes for 235 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 3 times for 5 yards.

In Week 4 against WAS he completed 19 of 34 passes for 143 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 5 yards.

In Week 5 against PIT he completed 24 of 44 passes for 267 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 4 yards.

Through Week 5, Bucky Irving has been on the field for 61 percent of TB snaps, taken 58 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 38 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 2 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 18 targets have come 1.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against MIN he carried 15 times for 46 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against GB he carried 16 times for 61 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DAL he carried 21 times for 165 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 10 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Daniel Jones played 13 games and scored 234.4 PPR points, 18.0 a game, finishing QB17.

He threw for 3101 yards on 384 attempts with 19 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 164 yards and 5 touchdowns.

That came to 29.5 attempts a game at 8.1 yards an attempt.

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

In 2025 Bucky Irving played 10 games and scored 138.5 PPR points, 13.9 a game, finishing RB34.

He carried 173 times for 588 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 30 of 35 targets for 277 more yards.

That came to 17.3 carries a game at 3.4 yards a carry and 3.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 62 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Daniel Jones was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Daniel Jones scored 18.0 PPR points a game and Bucky Irving 13.9, 4.2 a game between them.

Daniel Jones finished QB17 and Bucky Irving RB34, which are two different ladders.

Daniel Jones is a quarterback and Bucky Irving a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Daniel Jones is off in Week 13 and Bucky Irving in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

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