Should I start Jayden Daniels or Tyler Huntley in Week 8?

Updated Oct 28, 3:17 AM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.

Start Tyler Huntley: 100 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Jayden Daniels's 84 percent of the snaps and 0 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Tyler Huntley for Jayden Daniels?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Jayden Daniels projects 180 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (18.0 a game over 10 games), Tyler Huntley 66 (7.3 a game over 9 games).

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

Jayden Daniels

QB21 · WAS · bye 7

2026 vs pass yds line 2-2

Overall rank: 192

Tyler Huntley

QB22 · BAL · bye 13

2026 vs anytime td line 1-3

Market-based projection: 16.8 pts a game Wk 7 price
Overall rank: 193

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jayden Daniels, and the board ranks him 192nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Huntley, and the board ranks him 193rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jayden Daniels is 2.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 market sources. 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 Tyler Huntley is 1.7 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.

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, Tyler Huntley has been on the field for 88 percent of BAL snaps, dropped back 125 times and thrown 6.3 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 21 of 125 dropbacks and scrambled 9 times.

In Week 5 against ATL he completed 24 of 32 passes for 201 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 22 yards.

In Week 6 against CLE he completed 19 of 31 passes for 165 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 28 yards.

In Week 7 against CIN he completed 23 of 34 passes for 298 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 3 times for 12 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 Tyler Huntley played 5 games and scored 40.1 PPR points, 8.0 a game, finishing QB47.

He threw for 426 yards on 67 attempts with 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, and ran for 151 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 13.4 attempts a game at 6.4 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 26 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jayden Daniels was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jayden Daniels scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Tyler Huntley 8.0, 8.7 a game between them.

Jayden Daniels finished QB34 that year and Tyler Huntley QB47.

Jayden Daniels had 121 more pass attempts than Tyler Huntley, 188 to 67.

Jayden Daniels had 836 more passing yards than Tyler Huntley, 1262 to 426.

Their snap share this season is the same, 88 percent each.

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

Byes and availability

Jayden Daniels is off in Week 7 and Tyler Huntley in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Tyler Huntley for Jayden Daniels?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Jayden Daniels projects 180 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (18.0 a game over 10 games), Tyler Huntley 66 (7.3 a game over 9 games).
Should I drop Jayden Daniels for Tyler Huntley?
No. Keep Jayden Daniels: he projects 180 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (18.0 a game over 10 games), Tyler Huntley 66 (7.3 a game over 9 games).