Daniel Jones or Kenny Gainwell: who to draft first

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Daniel Jones at 15.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 37th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

The player markets price Kenny Gainwell at 7.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 books. That is the 129th highest figure of the 182 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 120th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 77.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kenny Gainwell: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 118th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 136.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Daniel Jones has been on the field for 100 percent of IND snaps, dropped back 34 times and thrown 6.5 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 9 of 34 dropbacks and scrambled 1 time.

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.

Through Week 1, Kenny Gainwell has been on the field for 46 percent of TB snaps, taken 26 percent of the carries, drawn 4 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 and seen 0 of its 1 two minute target.

His 1 target have come 5.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against CIN he carried 5 times for 15 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 3 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 Kenny Gainwell played 17 games and scored 222.3 PPR points, 13.1 a game, finishing RB16.

He carried 114 times for 537 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 73 of 85 targets for 486 more yards.

That came to 6.7 carries a game at 4.7 yards a carry and 4.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 49 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kenny Gainwell was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Daniel Jones scored 18.0 PPR points a game and Kenny Gainwell 13.1, 5.0 a game between them.

Daniel Jones finished QB17 and Kenny Gainwell RB16, which are two different ladders.

Daniel Jones is a quarterback and Kenny Gainwell 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 Kenny Gainwell in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

7.3 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.