Jayden Daniels or Patrick Mahomes: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jayden Daniels: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 46th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Patrick Mahomes: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 52nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Jayden Daniels at 18.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 9 market sources. That is the 5th highest figure of the 107 players the market prices.

The market has Patrick Mahomes at 17.8 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 7 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a quarterback's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Patrick Mahomes's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 5, Jayden Daniels has been on the field for 84 percent of WAS snaps, dropped back 98 times and thrown 8.9 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 11 of 98 dropbacks and scrambled 16 times.

In Week 1 against PHI he completed 18 of 34 passes for 164 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 31 yards.

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.

Through Week 4, Patrick Mahomes has been on the field for 100 percent of KC snaps, dropped back 142 times and thrown 7.0 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 21 of 142 dropbacks and scrambled 8 times.

In Week 2 against IND he completed 32 of 47 passes for 382 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 17 yards.

In Week 3 against MIA he completed 20 of 24 passes for 246 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 1 yards.

In Week 4 against LV he completed 15 of 30 passes for 225 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 1 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 Patrick Mahomes played 14 games and scored 296.7 PPR points, 21.2 a game, finishing QB11.

He threw for 3587 yards on 502 attempts with 22 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and ran for 422 yards and 5 touchdowns.

That came to 35.9 attempts a game at 7.1 yards an attempt.

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

Patrick Mahomes was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Patrick Mahomes scored 21.2 PPR points a game and Jayden Daniels 16.8, 4.4 a game between them.

Jayden Daniels finished QB34 that year and Patrick Mahomes QB11.

Patrick Mahomes had 314 more pass attempts than Jayden Daniels, 502 to 188.

Patrick Mahomes had 2325 more passing yards than Jayden Daniels, 3587 to 1262.

This season Patrick Mahomes holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 84 percent.

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

Byes and availability

Patrick Mahomes is off in Week 5. No bye is listed for Jayden Daniels.

What would change the answer

Patrick Mahomes is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.