Daniel Jones or Jacory Croskey-Merritt: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Daniel Jones at 15.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 47th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price Jacory Croskey-Merritt at 7.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 books. That is the 143rd highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Daniel Jones: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 127th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 76.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jacory Croskey-Merritt: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 126th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 107.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Daniel Jones has been on the field for 100 percent of IND snaps, dropped back 67 times and thrown 5.9 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 13 of 67 dropbacks and scrambled 3 times.

In Week 1 against BAL he completed 19 of 31 passes for 166 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 4 yards.

In Week 2 against KC he completed 22 of 31 passes for 210 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 3 times for 10 yards.

Through Week 2, Jacory Croskey-Merritt has been on the field for 43 percent of WAS snaps, taken 44 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have come 4.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against PHI he carried 16 times for 63 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for -7 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against DAL he carried 12 times for 43 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 5 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 29.5 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 Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 17 games and scored 140.3 PPR points, 8.3 a game, finishing RB33.

He carried 175 times for 805 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 9 of 13 targets for 68 more yards.

That came to 10.3 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 0.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Daniel Jones scored 18.0 PPR points a game and Jacory Croskey-Merritt 8.3, 9.8 a game between them.

Daniel Jones finished QB17 and Jacory Croskey-Merritt RB33, which are two different ladders.

Daniel Jones is a quarterback and Jacory Croskey-Merritt 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 Jacory Croskey-Merritt in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

8.1 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.