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Should I start Dak Prescott or Dontayvion Wicks in Week 9?

Updated Nov 3, 6:16 AM ET.

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Start Dak Prescott: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Dontayvion Wicks's 79 percent of the snaps and 16 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 Dontayvion Wicks for Dak Prescott?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Dak Prescott projects 146 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (18.2 a game over 8 games), Dontayvion Wicks 12 (1.5 a game over 8 games). Dontayvion Wicks is listed out.

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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.

Dak Prescott

QB19 · DAL · bye 14

2026 vs pass yds line 4-4

Market-based projection
21.9 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank
138

Dontayvion Wicks

WR55 · PHI · bye 10

2026 vs anytime td line 1-5

Overall rank
140

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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 Dak Prescott, and the board ranks him 138th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dontayvion Wicks, and the board ranks him 140th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Dak Prescott is 1.2 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.

The market-based projection for Dontayvion Wicks is 1.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 8, Dak Prescott has been on the field for 100 percent of DAL snaps, dropped back 330 times and thrown 7.8 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 43 of 330 dropbacks and scrambled 17 times.

In Week 6 against GB he completed 34 of 54 passes for 258 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 2 times for 7 yards.

In Week 7 against PHI he completed 15 of 27 passes for 212 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 8 yards.

In Week 8 against ARI he completed 19 of 29 passes for 195 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 6 times for 21 yards.

Through Week 6, Dontayvion Wicks has been on the field for 79 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 1 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 32 targets have averaged 13.1 air yards.

In Week 4 against LAR he caught 3 of 5 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against JAX he caught 5 of 8 targets for 63 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CAR he caught 2 of 4 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Dak Prescott played 17 games and scored 323.8 PPR points, 19.0 a game, finishing QB6.

He threw for 4552 yards on 600 attempts with 30 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and ran for 177 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 35.3 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.

In 2025 Dontayvion Wicks played 14 games and scored 75.8 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing WR83.

He caught 30 of 46 targets for 332 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 3.3 targets a game, a 65 percent catch rate and 11.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 47 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Dak Prescott was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Dak Prescott scored 19.0 PPR points a game and Dontayvion Wicks 5.4, 13.6 a game between them.

Dak Prescott finished QB6 and Dontayvion Wicks WR83, which are two different ladders.

Dak Prescott is a quarterback and Dontayvion Wicks a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Dak Prescott is off in Week 14 and Dontayvion Wicks in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Dontayvion Wicks is listed as out on the injury report.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Dontayvion Wicks for Dak Prescott?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Dak Prescott projects 146 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (18.2 a game over 8 games), Dontayvion Wicks 12 (1.5 a game over 8 games). Dontayvion Wicks is listed out.

  • Should I drop Dak Prescott for Dontayvion Wicks?

    No. Keep Dak Prescott: he projects 146 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (18.2 a game over 8 games), Dontayvion Wicks 12 (1.5 a game over 8 games). Dontayvion Wicks is listed out.

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