Should I start Jayden Daniels or Daniel Jones in Week 8?

Updated Oct 28, 2:31 AM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.

Start Daniel Jones: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Jayden Daniels's 84 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Daniel Jones for Jayden Daniels?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Jayden Daniels projects 180 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (18.0 a game over 10 games), Daniel Jones 134 (14.9 a game over 9 games).

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

Jayden Daniels

QB20 · WAS · bye 7

2026 vs pass yds line 2-2

Overall rank: 191

Daniel Jones

QB26 · IND · bye 13

2026 vs pass yds line 3-4

Market-based projection: 10.0 pts a game Wk 7 price
Overall rank: 197

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jayden Daniels, and the board ranks him 191st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Daniel Jones, and the board ranks him 197th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 34.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jayden Daniels is 2.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 market sources. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback'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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 6, Jayden Daniels has been on the field for 88 percent of WAS snaps, dropped back 143 times and thrown 8.5 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 20 of 143 dropbacks and scrambled 19 times.

In Week 2 against DAL he completed 11 of 17 passes for 96 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 7 times for 69 yards.

In Week 5 against NYG he completed 17 of 25 passes for 199 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 8 times for 104 yards.

In Week 6 against SF he completed 29 of 38 passes for 300 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 11 yards.

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

In 2025 Jayden Daniels played 7 games and scored 117.3 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing QB34.

He threw for 1262 yards on 188 attempts with 8 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran for 278 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 26.9 attempts a game at 6.7 yards an attempt.

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

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.

Daniel Jones was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Daniel Jones scored 18.0 PPR points a game and Jayden Daniels 16.8, 1.3 a game between them.

Jayden Daniels finished QB34 that year and Daniel Jones QB17.

Daniel Jones had 196 more pass attempts than Jayden Daniels, 384 to 188.

Daniel Jones had 1839 more passing yards than Jayden Daniels, 3101 to 1262.

This season Daniel Jones holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 88 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.

Byes and availability

Jayden Daniels is off in Week 7 and Daniel Jones in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Daniel Jones for Jayden Daniels?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Jayden Daniels projects 180 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (18.0 a game over 10 games), Daniel Jones 134 (14.9 a game over 9 games).
Should I drop Jayden Daniels for Daniel Jones?
No. Keep Jayden Daniels: he projects 180 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (18.0 a game over 10 games), Daniel Jones 134 (14.9 a game over 9 games).