Keaton Mitchell or Daniel Jones: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Keaton Mitchell: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 115th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Daniel Jones: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 116th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 34.

What the player markets price

The market has Keaton Mitchell at 7.2 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 16 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Daniel Jones at 15.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 market sources. That is the 42nd highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

Keaton Mitchell's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Keaton Mitchell has been on the field for 33 percent of LAC snaps, taken 24 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have come 1.5 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against LV he carried 5 times for 24 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against BUF he carried 8 times for 52 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for -5 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against SEA he carried 10 times for 39 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Daniel Jones has been on the field for 100 percent of IND snaps, dropped back 144 times and thrown 5.8 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 25 of 144 dropbacks and scrambled 4 times.

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.

In Week 3 against HOU he completed 24 of 36 passes for 235 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 3 times for 5 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Keaton Mitchell played 13 games and scored 55.4 PPR points, 4.3 a game, finishing RB67.

He carried 59 times for 341 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 9 of 12 targets for 63 more yards.

That came to 4.5 carries a game at 5.8 yards a carry and 0.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 17 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 29.5 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.

Both were available for 13 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Daniel Jones scored 18.0 PPR points a game and Keaton Mitchell 4.3, 13.8 a game between them.

Keaton Mitchell finished RB67 and Daniel Jones QB17, which are two different ladders.

Keaton Mitchell is a running back and Daniel Jones a quarterback, 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. No bye is listed for Keaton Mitchell.

What would change the answer

Keaton Mitchell is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.