Should I start Dak Prescott or T.J. Hockenson in Week 7?

The market-based projections

Dak Prescott's market-based projection is 17.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 14th highest figure of the 215 players with a market-based projection.

T.J. Hockenson's market-based projection is 9.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 86th highest figure of the 215 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dak Prescott, and the board ranks him 72nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on T.J. Hockenson, and the board ranks him 71st overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 6, Dak Prescott has been on the field for 100 percent of DAL snaps, dropped back 265 times and thrown 7.4 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 37 of 265 dropbacks and scrambled 12 times.

In Week 4 against HOU he completed 32 of 45 passes for 335 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 7 yards.

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.

Through Week 5, T.J. Hockenson has been on the field for 60 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 51 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 27 targets have averaged 6.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against TB he caught 2 of 4 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against MIA he caught 13 of 13 targets for 119 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NO he caught 1 of 1 target for 7 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 T.J. Hockenson played 15 games and scored 112.8 PPR points, 7.5 a game, finishing TE26.

He caught 51 of 66 targets for 438 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 4.4 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 8.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Dak Prescott was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Dak Prescott scored 19.0 PPR points a game and T.J. Hockenson 7.5, 11.5 a game between them.

Dak Prescott finished QB6 and T.J. Hockenson TE26, which are two different ladders.

Dak Prescott is a quarterback and T.J. Hockenson a tight end, 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 T.J. Hockenson in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

T.J. Hockenson is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

7.7 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 live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.