Should I start Daniel Jones or Jacob Saylors in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Daniel Jones, and the board ranks him 144th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 34.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jacob Saylors, and the board ranks him 145th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Daniel Jones is 12.9 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 11 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Jacob Saylors is 0.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 6, Daniel Jones has been on the field for 100 percent of IND snaps, dropped back 239 times and thrown 8.1 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 39 of 239 dropbacks and scrambled 7 times.

In Week 4 against WAS he completed 19 of 34 passes for 143 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 5 yards.

In Week 5 against PIT he completed 24 of 44 passes for 267 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 4 yards.

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.

Through Week 3, Jacob Saylors has been on the field for 3 percent of DET snaps, taken 0 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 6 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 4 two minute targets.

In Week 3 against NYJ he carried 0 times for 0 yards and did not score.

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 Jacob Saylors played 16 games and scored 1.1 PPR points, 0.1 a game, finishing RB136.

He carried 2 times for 11 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 0 targets for 0 more yards.

That came to 0.1 carries a game at 6 yards a carry.

He was on the field for 1 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jacob Saylors was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Daniel Jones scored 18.0 PPR points a game and Jacob Saylors 0.1, 18.0 a game between them.

Daniel Jones finished QB17 and Jacob Saylors RB136, which are two different ladders.

Daniel Jones is a quarterback and Jacob Saylors a running back, 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 Jacob Saylors in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.