Jayden Daniels or Terry McLaurin: who to draft first

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Jayden Daniels at 19.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 18 books. That is the 5th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

The player markets price Terry McLaurin at 12.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 17 books. That is the 65th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jayden Daniels: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 43rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 16.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Terry McLaurin: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 42nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 66.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Jayden Daniels has been on the field for 100 percent of WAS snaps, dropped back 38 times and thrown 9.3 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 2 of 38 dropbacks and scrambled 3 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.

Through Week 1, Terry McLaurin has been on the field for 87 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 10 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 1 two minute target.

His 4 targets have averaged 5.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against PHI he caught 2 of 4 targets for 14 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 Terry McLaurin played 10 games and scored 114.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing WR56.

He caught 38 of 60 targets for 582 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Terry McLaurin was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jayden Daniels scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Terry McLaurin 11.4, 5.3 a game between them.

Jayden Daniels finished QB34 and Terry McLaurin WR56, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

7.5 points a game is the entire case. The books restate 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 books when it does.