Should I start Daniel Jones or Isaac TeSlaa in Week 9?

The market-based projections

Daniel Jones's market-based projection is 15.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 5 market sources. That is the 37th highest figure of the 220 players with a market-based projection.

Isaac TeSlaa's market-based projection is 4.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 116th highest figure of the 220 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Daniel Jones, and the board ranks him 118th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 34.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Isaac TeSlaa, and the board ranks him 120th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Daniel Jones has been on the field for 98 percent of IND snaps, dropped back 299 times and thrown 7.5 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 56 of 299 dropbacks and scrambled 10 times.

In Week 6 against TEN he completed 22 of 41 passes for 269 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 3 times for 30 yards.

In Week 7 against MIN he completed 13 of 22 passes for 108 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 4 times for 13 yards.

In Week 8 against JAX he completed 19 of 28 passes for 144 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 3 times for 8 yards.

Through Week 8, Isaac TeSlaa has been on the field for 57 percent of DET snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 60 third down targets, had 0 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have averaged 12.4 air yards.

In Week 5 against ARI he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against GB he caught 1 of 2 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against MIN he was not given the ball.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Daniel Jones played 13 games and scored 234.4 PPR points, 18.0 a game, finishing QB17.

He threw for 3101 yards on 384 attempts with 19 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 164 yards and 5 touchdowns.

That came to 29-30 attempts a game at 8.1 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 91 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Isaac TeSlaa played 17 games and scored 75.9 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing WR82.

He caught 16 of 27 targets for 239 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets.

That came to 1.6 targets a game, a 59 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 38 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Isaac TeSlaa was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Daniel Jones scored 18.0 PPR points a game and Isaac TeSlaa 4.5, 13.6 a game between them.

Daniel Jones finished QB17 and Isaac TeSlaa WR82, which are two different ladders.

Daniel Jones is a quarterback and Isaac TeSlaa a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Daniel Jones is off in Week 13 and Isaac TeSlaa in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

10.7 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.