Should I start Jayden Daniels or Justin Herbert in Week 7?

Updated Oct 23, 12:11 AM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Start Justin Herbert: 100 percent of the snaps and 1 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Jayden Daniels's 84 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.

Should I drop Justin Herbert for Jayden Daniels?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Jayden Daniels projects 185 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (18.5 a game over 10 games), Justin Herbert 136 (13.6 a game over 10 games).

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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.

Jayden Daniels

QB33 · WAS · on bye this week

2026 vs pass yds line 2-2

Market-based projection: 19.7 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 229

Justin Herbert

QB · LAC · on bye this week

2026 vs pass yds line 2-4

Market-based projection: 14.0 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 252

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The gap

Board size323 draftable players

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 Jayden Daniels, and the board ranks him 229th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Justin Herbert, and the board ranks him 252nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 23; 2QB: ADP 12.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Jayden Daniels, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for Justin Herbert, 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 through Week 6

Through Week 6, Jayden Daniels has been on the field for 88 percent of WAS snaps, dropped back 143 times and thrown 8.5 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 20 of 143 dropbacks and scrambled 19 times.

In Week 2 against DAL he completed 11 of 17 passes for 96 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 7 times for 69 yards.

In Week 5 against NYG he completed 17 of 25 passes for 199 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 8 times for 104 yards.

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.

Through Week 6, Justin Herbert has been on the field for 100 percent of LAC snaps, dropped back 219 times and thrown 7.8 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 44 of 219 dropbacks and scrambled 19 times.

In Week 4 against SEA he completed 19 of 31 passes for 189 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 6 times for 40 yards.

In Week 5 against DEN he completed 14 of 23 passes for 121 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 6 times for 54 yards.

In Week 6 against KC he completed 22 of 37 passes for 204 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 5 times for 26 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 Justin Herbert played 16 games and scored 299.9 PPR points, 18.7 a game, finishing QB10.

He threw for 3727 yards on 512 attempts with 26 touchdowns and 13 interceptions, and ran for 498 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 32.0 attempts a game at 7.3 yards an attempt.

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

Justin Herbert was available for 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Justin Herbert scored 18.7 PPR points a game and Jayden Daniels 16.8, 2.0 a game between them.

Jayden Daniels finished QB34 that year and Justin Herbert QB10.

Justin Herbert had 324 more pass attempts than Jayden Daniels, 512 to 188.

Justin Herbert had 2465 more passing yards than Jayden Daniels, 3727 to 1262.

This season Justin Herbert holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 88 percent.

This season Justin Herbert holds the bigger target share, 1 percent against 0 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 7, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Justin Herbert for Jayden Daniels?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Jayden Daniels projects 185 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (18.5 a game over 10 games), Justin Herbert 136 (13.6 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Jayden Daniels for Justin Herbert?
No. Keep Jayden Daniels: he projects 185 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (18.5 a game over 10 games), Justin Herbert 136 (13.6 a game over 10 games).