Jayden Daniels or Sam Darnold: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Jayden Daniels at 16.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 7 market sources. That is the 10th highest figure of the 107 players the market prices.

The player markets price Sam Darnold at 14.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 16th highest figure of the 107 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jayden Daniels: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 19th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Sam Darnold: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 29th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 26.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Jayden Daniels has been on the field for 77 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 5, Sam Darnold has been on the field for 75 percent of SEA snaps, dropped back 110 times and thrown 6.7 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 22 of 110 dropbacks and scrambled 3 times.

In Week 3 against WAS he completed 31 of 45 passes for 379 yards, threw 4 touchdowns and 2 interceptions and ran 1 time for 5 yards.

In Week 4 against LAC he completed 13 of 22 passes for 168 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 8 yards.

In Week 5 against SF he completed 18 of 29 passes for 195 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 1 time for 5 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 Sam Darnold played 17 games and scored 249.4 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing QB13.

He threw for 4048 yards on 477 attempts with 25 touchdowns and 14 interceptions, and ran for 95 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 28.1 attempts a game at 8.5 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 96 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Sam Darnold was available for 10 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jayden Daniels scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Sam Darnold 14.7, 2.1 a game between them.

Jayden Daniels finished QB34 that year and Sam Darnold QB13.

Sam Darnold had 289 more pass attempts than Jayden Daniels, 477 to 188.

Sam Darnold had 2786 more passing yards than Jayden Daniels, 4048 to 1262.

This season Jayden Daniels holds the bigger snap share, 77 percent against 75 percent.

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

Byes and availability

Sam Darnold is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Jayden Daniels.

What would change the answer

1.7 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.