Should I start Tyler Warren or Dak Prescott in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dak Prescott, and the board ranks him 139th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Tyler Warren is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Tyler Warren has been on the field for 88 percent of IND snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 2 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 46 targets have averaged 4.3 air yards.

In Week 4 against WAS he caught 5 of 5 targets for 41 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PIT he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 7 of 9 targets for 83 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against JAX he caught 4 of 10 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tyler Warren played 17 games and scored 188.5 PPR points, 11.1 a game, finishing TE4.

He caught 76 of 112 targets for 817 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 19 red zone targets.

That came to 6.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 10.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 84 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Dak Prescott scored 19.0 PPR points a game and Tyler Warren 11.1, 8.0 a game between them.

Tyler Warren finished TE4 and Dak Prescott QB6, which are two different ladders.

Tyler Warren is a tight end and Dak Prescott a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Tyler Warren is off in Week 13 and Dak Prescott in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.