Should I start Dak Prescott or Quentin Johnston in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dak Prescott, and the board ranks him 126th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Quentin Johnston, and the board ranks him 128th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Dak Prescott is 1.3 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 Quentin Johnston 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 7, Dak Prescott has been on the field for 100 percent of DAL snaps, dropped back 293 times and thrown 7.9 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 37 of 293 dropbacks and scrambled 13 times.

In Week 5 against TB he completed 24 of 42 passes for 316 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions.

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.

Through Week 6, Quentin Johnston has been on the field for 81 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 14.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against BUF he caught 3 of 6 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SEA he carried 1 time for -4 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against KC he caught 1 of 3 targets for 57 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 Quentin Johnston played 14 games and scored 171.2 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR34.

He caught 51 of 85 targets for 735 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 6.1 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 77 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 Quentin Johnston 12.2, 6.8 a game between them.

Dak Prescott finished QB6 and Quentin Johnston WR34, which are two different ladders.

Dak Prescott is a quarterback and Quentin Johnston 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 Quentin Johnston in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.