Should I start Ja'Kobi Lane or Daniel Jones in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ja'Kobi Lane, and the board ranks him 147th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Daniel Jones, and the board ranks him 148th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 34.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Ja'Kobi Lane is 1.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Daniel Jones is 0.8 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.

Ja'Kobi Lane's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Ja'Kobi Lane has been on the field for 54 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 29 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 10.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against IND he caught 1 of 3 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CLE he caught 4 of 5 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CIN he caught 3 of 5 targets for 25 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Daniel Jones has been on the field for 100 percent of IND snaps, dropped back 266 times and thrown 7.8 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 47 of 266 dropbacks and scrambled 8 times.

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.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

Ja'Kobi Lane is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

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.

Side by side

Ja'Kobi Lane is a wide receiver and Daniel Jones a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 13, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.