Start Jayden Daniels or Bo Nix? Week 5
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Jayden Daniels over Bo Nix
- Market projects
- 18.2
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 77%
- Through Week 2
- Market projects
- 16.5
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 4
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Our Week 5 call
Start Jayden Daniels over Bo Nix in Week 5.
Market-based projections have Jayden Daniels at 18.2 points and Bo Nix at 16.5, a gap of 1.7.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 16.5 fantasy points for Bo Nix, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market has Bo Nix at 223.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 14.5 rushing yards, with a 19% chance to score a touchdown (15, 16, 15 and 14 market sources).
Player markets imply 18.2 fantasy points for Jayden Daniels, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market has Jayden Daniels at 198.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 30.5 rushing yards, with a 28% chance to score a touchdown (13, 13, 11 and 13 market sources).
That puts Jayden Daniels 1.7 points ahead of Bo Nix on the market projections.
Injury status
Bo Nix is not on the injury report.
Jayden Daniels is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 5
Through Week 4, Bo Nix played 100 percent of DEN snaps, dropped back 143 times and threw an average of 5.4 air yards per attempt.
Bo Nix, Week 1 against KC: 51 of 51 snaps, 17 of 28 passes for 131 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 2 carries for 3 yards.
Bo Nix, Week 2 against JAX: 62 of 62 snaps, 22 of 31 passes for 288 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 2 carries for 9 yards.
Bo Nix, Week 3 against LAR: 67 of 67 snaps, 17 of 34 passes for 186 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, 4 carries for 7 yards.
Bo Nix, Week 4 against SF: 65 of 65 snaps, 25 of 42 passes for 214 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 10 yards.
Through Week 2, Jayden Daniels played 77 percent of WAS snaps, dropped back 61 times and threw an average of 9.3 air yards per attempt.
Jayden Daniels, Week 1 against PHI: 70 of 70 snaps, 18 of 34 passes for 164 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 5 carries for 31 yards.
Jayden Daniels, Week 2 against DAL: 39 of 71 snaps, 11 of 17 passes for 96 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 7 carries for 69 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Bo Nix played 17 games for DEN and scored 315.8 PPR points, 18.6 a game, finishing QB7.
He completed 388 of 612 passes for 3931 yards, 25 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and ran 83 times for 356 yards and 5 touchdowns.
He was on the field for 100 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
In 2025, Jayden Daniels played 7 games for WAS and scored 117.3 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing QB34.
He completed 114 of 188 passes for 1262 yards, 8 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran 58 times for 278 yards and 2 touchdowns.
He was on the field for 91 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 5 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
QB6 · WAS · bye unlisted
2025 vs pass yds line 3-4
- Overall rank
- 60
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 5
Ranked behind
QB13 · DEN · bye 10
2026 vs pass yds line 1-3
- Overall rank
- 91
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 6
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 5, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board31
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 5 and tier 6
- Board size222 draftable players
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