Should I start Jayden Daniels or Michael Wilson in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jayden Daniels, and the board ranks him 66th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Michael Wilson, and the board ranks him 67th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jayden Daniels is 2.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Michael Wilson is 2.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Jayden Daniels's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

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 7, Michael Wilson has been on the field for 90 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 18 of the offence's 76 third down targets, had 7 of its 24 chances inside the five and seen 17 of its 45 two minute targets.

His 66 targets have averaged 10.3 air yards.

In Week 5 against DET he caught 4 of 7 targets for 30 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against LAR he caught 4 of 7 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against DEN he carried 2 times for 11 yards, caught 4 of 8 targets for 55 yards and did not score.

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 Michael Wilson played 17 games and scored 220.6 PPR points, 13.0 a game, finishing WR10.

He caught 78 of 126 targets for 1006 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 7.4 targets a game, a 62 percent catch rate and 12.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 81 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Michael Wilson was available for 10 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jayden Daniels scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Michael Wilson 13.0, 3.8 a game between them.

Jayden Daniels finished QB34 and Michael Wilson WR10, which are two different ladders.

Jayden Daniels is a quarterback and Michael Wilson a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jayden Daniels is off in Week 7 and Michael Wilson in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.