Should I start Daniel Jones or Corey Kiner in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 10:41 PM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Start Daniel Jones: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Corey Kiner's 13 percent of the snaps and 18 percent of the carries. 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 Corey Kiner for Daniel Jones?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Daniel Jones projects 151 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (15.1 a game over 10 games), Corey Kiner 17 (1.7 a game over 10 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.

Daniel Jones

QB19 · IND · bye 13

2026 vs pass yds line 3-3

Overall rank: 137

Corey Kiner

RB52 · NE · bye 11

2026 vs anytime td line 0-5

Market-based projection: 3.2 pts a game Wk 6 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 Daniel Jones, and the board ranks him 137th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 34.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Corey Kiner, and the board ranks him 138th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Daniel Jones is 13.8 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 10 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Corey Kiner is 0.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Daniel Jones has been on the field for 100 percent of IND snaps, dropped back 239 times and thrown 8.1 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 39 of 239 dropbacks and scrambled 7 times.

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.

In Week 6 against TEN he completed 22 of 41 passes for 269 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 3 times for 30 yards.

Through Week 6, Corey Kiner has been on the field for 12 percent of NE snaps, taken 17 percent of the carries, drawn 1 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 51 third down targets, had 0 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have come 4.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against BUF he carried 0 times for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LV he carried 6 times for 52 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NYJ he carried 11 times for 57 yards and did not score.

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 29-30 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 Corey Kiner played 4 games and scored 9.3 PPR points, 2.3 a game, finishing RB112.

He carried 12 times for 58 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 2 of 3 targets for 15 more yards.

That came to 3.0 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 0-1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 7 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Daniel Jones was available for 9 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Daniel Jones scored 18.0 PPR points a game and Corey Kiner 2.3, 15.7 a game between them.

Daniel Jones finished QB17 and Corey Kiner RB112, which are two different ladders.

Daniel Jones is a quarterback and Corey Kiner 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 Corey Kiner in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Corey Kiner for Daniel Jones?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Daniel Jones projects 151 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (15.1 a game over 10 games), Corey Kiner 17 (1.7 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Daniel Jones for Corey Kiner?
No. Keep Daniel Jones: he projects 151 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (15.1 a game over 10 games), Corey Kiner 17 (1.7 a game over 10 games).