Should I start Jacoby Brissett or Jahan Dotson in Week 7?

The market-based projections

Jacoby Brissett's market-based projection is 15.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 43rd highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Jahan Dotson's market-based projection is 6.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 105th highest figure of the 210 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jacoby Brissett, and the board ranks him 119th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 44.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jahan Dotson, and the board ranks him 118th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Jacoby Brissett has been on the field for 100 percent of ARI snaps, dropped back 249 times and thrown 6.9 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 38 of 249 dropbacks and scrambled 5 times.

In Week 4 against NYG he completed 21 of 35 passes for 166 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 3 interceptions and ran 4 times for 18 yards.

In Week 5 against DET he completed 29 of 46 passes for 292 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 19 yards.

In Week 6 against LAR he completed 24 of 35 passes for 218 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 2 yards.

Through Week 6, Jahan Dotson has been on the field for 70 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 47 third down targets, had 1 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 16.6 air yards.

In Week 4 against NO he caught 2 of 3 targets for 54 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against BAL he caught 2 of 4 targets for 54 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CHI he caught 3 of 5 targets for 87 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jacoby Brissett played 14 games and scored 235.4 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing QB16.

He threw for 3366 yards on 485 attempts with 23 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 168 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 34.6 attempts a game at 6.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jahan Dotson played 17 games and scored 50.2 PPR points, 3.0 a game, finishing WR109.

He caught 18 of 36 targets for 262 yards and 1 touchdown, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 2.1 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 14.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 55 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jahan Dotson was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jacoby Brissett scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Jahan Dotson 3.0, 13.9 a game between them.

Jacoby Brissett finished QB16 and Jahan Dotson WR109, which are two different ladders.

Jacoby Brissett is a quarterback and Jahan Dotson a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jacoby Brissett is off in Week 14 and Jahan Dotson in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

8.3 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.