Should I start Jayden Daniels or Ty Johnson in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jayden Daniels, and the board ranks him 50th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ty Johnson, and the board ranks him 51st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jayden Daniels is 20.1 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 7 market sources. That is 90 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Ty Johnson is 8.1 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is 60 percent of what a running back'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 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, Ty Johnson has been on the field for 23 percent of BUF snaps, taken 2 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have come 0.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against NE he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LAR he carried 0 times for 0 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 72 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against LV he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 24 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 Ty Johnson played 17 games and scored 100.3 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing RB47.

He carried 50 times for 200 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 33 targets for 263 more yards.

That came to 2.9 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry and 1.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 29 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ty Johnson was available for 10 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jayden Daniels scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Ty Johnson 5.9, 10.9 a game between them.

Jayden Daniels finished QB34 and Ty Johnson RB47, which are two different ladders.

Jayden Daniels is a quarterback and Ty Johnson a running back, 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.