Should I start Drake Maye or Jayden Daniels in Week 10?

The market-based projections

Drake Maye's market-based projection is 20.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 5th highest figure of the 208 players with a market-based projection.

Jayden Daniels's market-based projection is 18.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 8th highest figure of the 208 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Drake Maye, and the board ranks him 7th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jayden Daniels, and the board ranks him 10th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Drake Maye has been on the field for 96 percent of NE snaps, dropped back 318 times and thrown 9.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 47 of 318 dropbacks and scrambled 27 times.

In Week 7 against CHI he completed 24 of 30 passes for 321 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 4 times for 26 yards.

In Week 8 against MIA he completed 16 of 20 passes for 199 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 7 yards.

In Week 9 against GB he completed 21 of 38 passes for 299 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 3 interceptions and ran 1 time for 3 yards.

Through Week 9, Jayden Daniels has been on the field for 92 percent of WAS snaps, dropped back 217 times and thrown 8.5 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 31 of 217 dropbacks and scrambled 24 times.

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.

In Week 8 against PHI he completed 16 of 29 passes for 217 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 23 yards.

In Week 9 against LAR he completed 24 of 34 passes for 273 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 16 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

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.

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.

Drake Maye finished QB2 that year and Jayden Daniels QB34.

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.

This season Drake Maye holds the bigger snap share, 96 percent against 92 percent.

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

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

1.8 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.