Should I start Dak Prescott or Sam Darnold in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dak Prescott, and the board ranks him 12th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Sam Darnold, and the board ranks him 175th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 26.

The market-based projections

Dak Prescott's market-based projection is 17.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 5 market sources. That is the 9th highest figure of the 208 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Sam Darnold is 0.7 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 9, Dak Prescott has been on the field for 100 percent of DAL snaps, dropped back 368 times and thrown 8.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 50 of 368 dropbacks and scrambled 18 times.

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.

In Week 9 against IND he completed 21 of 34 passes for 335 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 2 yards.

Through Week 8, Sam Darnold has been on the field for 90 percent of SEA snaps, dropped back 235 times and thrown 6.9 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 45 of 235 dropbacks and scrambled 9 times.

In Week 6 against DEN he completed 27 of 49 passes for 278 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions and ran 2 times for 19 yards.

In Week 7 against KC he completed 20 of 28 passes for 257 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 17 yards.

In Week 8 against CHI he completed 17 of 34 passes for 188 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 20 yards.

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 Sam Darnold played 17 games and scored 249.4 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing QB13.

He threw for 4048 yards on 477 attempts with 25 touchdowns and 14 interceptions, and ran for 95 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 28.1 attempts a game at 9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 96 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Dak Prescott scored 19.0 PPR points a game and Sam Darnold 14.7, 4.4 a game between them.

Dak Prescott finished QB6 that year and Sam Darnold QB13.

Dak Prescott had 123 more pass attempts than Sam Darnold, 600 to 477.

Dak Prescott had 504 more passing yards than Sam Darnold, 4552 to 4048.

This season Dak Prescott holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 90 percent.

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

Byes and availability

Dak Prescott is off in Week 14 and Sam Darnold in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Sam Darnold is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Sam Darnold has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.