Michael Penix Jr. or Jalon Daniels: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Michael Penix Jr. at 14.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 47th highest figure of the 218 players the market prices.

The player markets price Jalon Daniels at 13.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 market sources. That is the 52nd highest figure of the 218 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Michael Penix Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 119th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jalon Daniels: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 138th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Michael Penix Jr. has been on the field for 100 percent of ATL snaps, dropped back 46 times and thrown 6.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 2 of 46 dropbacks.

In Week 3 against GB he completed 18 of 25 passes for 256 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception.

In Week 4 against NO he completed 15 of 20 passes for 223 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions.

Through Week 4, Jalon Daniels has been on the field for 50 percent of TB snaps, dropped back 40 times and thrown 7.3 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 7 of 40 dropbacks and scrambled 7 times.

In Week 3 against MIN he completed 0 of 3 passes for 0 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 9 yards.

In Week 4 against GB he completed 19 of 27 passes for 148 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 8 times for 55 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Michael Penix Jr. played 9 games and scored 123.3 PPR points, 13.7 a game, finishing QB33.

He threw for 1982 yards on 276 attempts with 9 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran for 70 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 30.7 attempts a game at 7.2 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 93 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jalon Daniels is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Head to head

This season Michael Penix Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 50 percent.

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

Byes and availability

Michael Penix Jr. is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Jalon Daniels.

What would change the answer

0.9 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 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 market price when it does.