C.J. Stroud or Jalon Daniels: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price C.J. Stroud at 16.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 29th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The player markets price Jalon Daniels at 16.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 18 market sources. That is the 30th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on C.J. Stroud: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 92nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 31.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jalon Daniels: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 94th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, C.J. Stroud has been on the field for 100 percent of HOU snaps, dropped back 166 times and thrown 10.3 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 27 of 166 dropbacks and scrambled 7 times.

In Week 2 against CIN he completed 30 of 53 passes for 353 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 29 yards.

In Week 3 against IND he completed 16 of 27 passes for 167 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 10 yards.

In Week 4 against DAL he completed 21 of 29 passes for 347 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 12 yards.

Through Week 4, Jalon Daniels has been on the field for 50 percent of TB snaps, dropped back 40 times and thrown 7.3 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 7 of 40 dropbacks and scrambled 7 times.

In Week 3 against MIN he completed 0 of 3 passes for 0 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 9 yards.

In Week 4 against GB he completed 19 of 27 passes for 148 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 8 times for 55 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 C.J. Stroud played 14 games and scored 216.5 PPR points, 15.5 a game, finishing QB21.

He threw for 3041 yards on 423 attempts with 19 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 209 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 30.2 attempts a game at 7.2 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 93 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jalon Daniels is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Head to head

This season C.J. Stroud holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 50 percent.

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

Byes and availability

C.J. Stroud is off in Week 8. No bye is listed for Jalon Daniels.

What would change the answer

0.2 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.