Should I drop Aaron Rodgers for Jalon Daniels?

Not on these numbers alone. Aaron Rodgers projects 145 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.5 a game over 10 games) and Jalon Daniels 138 (13.8 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Aaron Rodgers over Jalon Daniels.

Start Aaron Rodgers or Jalon Daniels? Week 7

Updated Oct 21, 4:26 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 8 answer posts Tuesday.

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Start Aaron Rodgers over Jalon Daniels

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Aaron Rodgers

QB · PIT · at NO

Market projects: 15.3; fantasy pts
NO D vs QB: 18.5; 14th most to QBs (2026)
Upside: Rising; 76 of 100 at QB
Snap share: 99%; Through Week 6

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Jalon Daniels

QB · TB · at CAR

Market projects: 14.9; recent weeks avg
CAR D vs QB: 18.6; 13th most to QBs (2026)
Upside: Moderate; 56 of 100 at QB
Snap share: 76%; Through Week 6

Should I drop Jalon Daniels for Aaron Rodgers?

Not on these numbers alone. Jalon Daniels projects 138 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (13.8 a game over 10 games) and Aaron Rodgers 145 (14.5 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Aaron Rodgers over Jalon Daniels.

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Our Week 7 call

Start Aaron Rodgers over Jalon Daniels in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Aaron Rodgers at 15.3 points and Jalon Daniels at 14.9, a gap of 0.4. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Jalon Daniels this week yet, so his 14.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (15.3 and 14.5); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 15.3 fantasy points for Aaron Rodgers, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Aaron Rodgers is 234 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 1 rushing yards and 0.1 rushing touchdowns (13, 14, 6 and 13 market sources).

No Week 7 player market is posted for Jalon Daniels yet. His market-based projections were 15.3 and 14.5 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 14.9, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Aaron Rodgers 0.4 points ahead of Jalon Daniels on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Aaron Rodgers and PIT visit NO on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

NO allowed 18.5 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 6 games, the 14th most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 256 yards and 1.7 touchdowns a game against NO, with 0.7 interceptions a game.

Jalon Daniels and TB visit CAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CAR allowed 18.6 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 5 games, the 13th most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 237 yards and 1.2 touchdowns a game against CAR, with 0.6 interceptions a game.

By points allowed to the position, Jalon Daniels has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Aaron Rodgers is not on the injury report.

Jalon Daniels is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Aaron Rodgers played 99 percent of PIT snaps, dropped back 252 times and threw an average of 7.7 air yards per attempt.

Aaron Rodgers, Week 3 against CIN: 62 of 62 snaps, 19 of 33 passes for 292 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 12 yards.

Aaron Rodgers, Week 4 against CLE: 72 of 72 snaps, 22 of 40 passes for 299 yards, 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.

Aaron Rodgers, Week 5 against IND: 58 of 60 snaps, 22 of 31 passes for 235 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 6 yards.

Aaron Rodgers, Week 6 against TB: 79 of 79 snaps, 33 of 47 passes for 253 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception.

Through Week 6, Jalon Daniels played 76 percent of TB snaps, dropped back 123 times and threw an average of 6.1 air yards per attempt.

Jalon Daniels, Week 3 against MIN: 4 of 69 snaps, 0 of 3 passes for 0 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 9 yards.

Jalon Daniels, Week 4 against GB: 63 of 64 snaps, 19 of 27 passes for 148 yards, 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions, 8 carries for 55 yards.

Jalon Daniels, Week 5 against DAL: 72 of 72 snaps, 19 of 25 passes for 189 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 5 carries for 25 yards.

Jalon Daniels, Week 6 against PIT: 74 of 74 snaps, 22 of 43 passes for 164 yards, 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions, 4 carries for 39 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Aaron Rodgers played 16 games for PIT and scored 234.1 PPR points, 14.6 a game, finishing QB18.

He completed 327 of 498 passes for 3322 yards, 24 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran 21 times for 61 yards and 1 touchdown.

He was on the field for 95 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 7, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Jalon Daniels for Aaron Rodgers?
Not on these numbers alone. Jalon Daniels projects 138 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (13.8 a game over 10 games) and Aaron Rodgers 145 (14.5 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Aaron Rodgers over Jalon Daniels.
Should I drop Aaron Rodgers for Jalon Daniels?
Not on these numbers alone. Aaron Rodgers projects 145 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.5 a game over 10 games) and Jalon Daniels 138 (13.8 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Aaron Rodgers over Jalon Daniels.