Kenyon Sadiq or Sam Darnold: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kenyon Sadiq: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 102nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Sam Darnold: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 105th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 26.

What the player markets price

The market has Kenyon Sadiq at 8.6 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 14 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a tight end's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Sam Darnold at 15.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 37th highest figure of the 209 players the market prices.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Kenyon Sadiq has been on the field for 48 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 29 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 18 targets have averaged 5.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against GB he caught 2 of 3 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against DET he caught 7 of 8 targets for 105 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against CHI he caught 0 of 4 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Sam Darnold has been on the field for 75 percent of SEA snaps, dropped back 75 times and thrown 6.8 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 14 of 75 dropbacks and scrambled 2 times.

In Week 1 against NE he completed 1 of 2 passes for 13 yards and threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

Kenyon Sadiq is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

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.

Side by side

Kenyon Sadiq is a tight end and Sam Darnold a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Sam Darnold is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Kenyon Sadiq.

What would change the answer

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