Should I start Cam Ward or Jayden Daniels in Week 8?

Updated Oct 28, 3:17 AM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.

Start Cam Ward: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Jayden Daniels's 84 percent of the snaps and 0 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 Cam Ward for Jayden Daniels?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Jayden Daniels projects 180 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (18.0 a game over 10 games), Cam Ward 110 (12.2 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.

Cam Ward

QB18 · TEN · bye 9

2026 vs pass yds line 3-4

Overall rank: 167

Jayden Daniels

QB21 · WAS · bye 7

2026 vs pass yds line 2-2

Overall rank: 192

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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 Cam Ward, and the board ranks him 167th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 43.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jayden Daniels, and the board ranks him 192nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Cam Ward is 13.5 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 9 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback'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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 7, Cam Ward has been on the field for 100 percent of TEN snaps, dropped back 232 times and thrown 7.0 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 29 of 232 dropbacks and scrambled 13 times.

In Week 5 against HOU he completed 23 of 36 passes for 170 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 2 yards.

In Week 6 against IND he completed 11 of 22 passes for 102 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 8 yards.

In Week 7 against CLE he completed 20 of 31 passes for 181 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 5 yards.

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 Cam Ward played 17 games and scored 193.7 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing QB22.

He threw for 3169 yards on 540 attempts with 15 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran for 159 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 31.8 attempts a game at 5.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 100 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.

Cam Ward was available for 10 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jayden Daniels scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Cam Ward 11.4, 5.4 a game between them.

Cam Ward finished QB22 that year and Jayden Daniels QB34.

Cam Ward had 352 more pass attempts than Jayden Daniels, 540 to 188.

Cam Ward had 1907 more passing yards than Jayden Daniels, 3169 to 1262.

This season Cam Ward holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 88 percent.

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

Byes and availability

Cam Ward is off in Week 9 and Jayden Daniels in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Cam Ward for Jayden Daniels?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Jayden Daniels projects 180 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (18.0 a game over 10 games), Cam Ward 110 (12.2 a game over 9 games).
Should I drop Jayden Daniels for Cam Ward?
No. Keep Jayden Daniels: he projects 180 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (18.0 a game over 10 games), Cam Ward 110 (12.2 a game over 9 games).

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