Jayden Daniels or Drake Maye: who should I start?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Jayden Daniels at 19.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 18 books. That is the 5th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

The player markets price Drake Maye at 18.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 18 books. That is the 9th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jayden Daniels: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 43rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 16.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Drake Maye: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 54th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 7.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Jayden Daniels has been on the field for 100 percent of WAS snaps, dropped back 38 times and thrown 9.3 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 2 of 38 dropbacks and scrambled 3 times.

In Week 1 against PHI he completed 18 of 34 passes for 164 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 31 yards.

Through Week 1, Drake Maye has been on the field for 100 percent of NE snaps, dropped back 42 times and thrown 6.7 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 6 of 42 dropbacks and scrambled 6 times.

In Week 1 against SEA he completed 23 of 33 passes for 178 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 3 interceptions and ran 7 times for 47 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 Drake Maye played 17 games and scored 360.0 PPR points, 21.2 a game, finishing QB2.

He threw for 4394 yards on 492 attempts with 31 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 450 yards and 4 touchdowns.

That came to 28.9 attempts a game at 8.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 97 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Drake Maye was available for 10 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Drake Maye scored 21.2 PPR points a game and Jayden Daniels 16.8, 4.4 a game between them.

Jayden Daniels finished QB34 that year and Drake Maye QB2.

Drake Maye had 304 more pass attempts than Jayden Daniels, 492 to 188.

Drake Maye had 3132 more passing yards than Jayden Daniels, 4394 to 1262.

Their snap share this season is the same, 100 percent each.

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

Byes and availability

Jayden Daniels is off in Week 7 and Drake Maye in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

1.0 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.