Should I start Jaxson Dart or Jameis Winston in Week 8?
Updated Oct 27, 12:01 AM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.
Start Jameis Winston: 85 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Jaxson Dart's 60 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
QB · NYG · on bye this week
2025 vs pass td line 5-7
- Overall rank
- 222
QB · NYG · on bye this week
2026 vs pass td line 2-4
- Overall rank
- 281
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The gap
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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Jaxson Dart, and the board ranks him 222nd overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 16.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Jameis Winston, and the board ranks him 281st overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Jaxson Dart, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for Jameis Winston, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.
This season so far
Through Week 2, Jaxson Dart has been on the field for 60 percent of NYG snaps, dropped back 38 times and thrown 8.6 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 6 of 38 dropbacks and scrambled 2 times.
In Week 1 against DAL he completed 23 of 29 passes for 230 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 8 times for 59 yards.
In Week 2 against LAR he completed 3 of 5 passes for 20 yards and threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.
Through Week 7, Jameis Winston has been on the field for 88 percent of NYG snaps, dropped back 178 times and thrown 9.2 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 32 of 178 dropbacks and scrambled 5 times.
In Week 5 against WAS he completed 33 of 54 passes for 326 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 28 yards.
In Week 6 against NO he completed 14 of 26 passes for 152 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 2 times for 5 yards.
In Week 7 against HOU he completed 0 of 0 passes for 0 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 4 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Jaxson Dart played 14 games and scored 246.6 PPR points, 17.6 a game, finishing QB14.
He threw for 2272 yards on 339 attempts with 15 touchdowns and 5 interceptions, and ran for 487 yards and 9 touchdowns.
That came to 24.2 attempts a game at 6.7 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
In 2025 Jameis Winston played 3 games and scored 45.3 PPR points, 15.1 a game, finishing QB46.
He threw for 567 yards on 66 attempts with 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, and ran for 23 yards and 1 touchdown.
That came to 22.0 attempts a game at 8.6 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 39 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Jaxson Dart was available for 11 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Jaxson Dart scored 17.6 PPR points a game and Jameis Winston 15.1, 2.5 a game between them.
Jaxson Dart finished QB14 that year and Jameis Winston QB46.
Jaxson Dart had 273 more pass attempts than Jameis Winston, 339 to 66.
Jaxson Dart had 1705 more passing yards than Jameis Winston, 2272 to 567.
This season Jameis Winston holds the bigger snap share, 88 percent against 60 percent.
Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.
Byes and availability
Both are off in Week 8, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.
Jaxson Dart is listed as ir on the injury report.
Both players in full
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