Start Jayden Daniels or Brock Purdy? Week 5
Locked at kickoff. Graded after.
Start Jayden Daniels over Brock Purdy
Right: 32.3 to 17.3
- Market projected
- 17.8
- pre-game
- Snap share
- 77%
- Through Week 2
- Scored
- 32.3
- PPR pts
- Market projected
- 17.1
- pre-game
- Snap share
- 97%
- Through Week 4
- Scored
- 17.3
- PPR pts
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Our Week 5 call
Start Jayden Daniels over Brock Purdy in Week 5.
Market-based projections have Jayden Daniels at 17.8 points and Brock Purdy at 17.1, a gap of 0.7. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.
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What the market projects
Player markets imply 17.8 fantasy points for Jayden Daniels, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market has Jayden Daniels at 193.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 30.5 rushing yards, with a 28% chance to score a touchdown (17, 18, 17 and 18 market sources).
Player markets imply 17.1 fantasy points for Brock Purdy, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market has Brock Purdy at 227.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 23.5 rushing yards, with a 15% chance to score a touchdown (17, 18, 18 and 18 market sources).
That puts Jayden Daniels 0.7 points ahead of Brock Purdy on the market projections.
Injury status
Jayden Daniels is not on the injury report.
Brock Purdy is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 5
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.
Through Week 4, Brock Purdy played 97 percent of SF snaps, dropped back 122 times and threw an average of 7.8 air yards per attempt.
Brock Purdy, Week 1 against LAR: 65 of 65 snaps, 25 of 34 passes for 205 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception, 5 carries for 29 yards.
Brock Purdy, Week 2 against MIA: 44 of 52 snaps, 20 of 22 passes for 287 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 30 yards.
Brock Purdy, Week 3 against ARI: 54 of 54 snaps, 15 of 27 passes for 297 yards, 4 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 35 yards.
Brock Purdy, Week 4 against DEN: 66 of 66 snaps, 19 of 29 passes for 218 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 8 carries for 31 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
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.
In 2025, Brock Purdy played 9 games for SF and scored 187.4 PPR points, 20.8 a game, finishing QB24.
He completed 197 of 284 passes for 2167 yards, 20 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and ran 33 times for 147 yards and 3 touchdowns.
He was on the field for 98 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
How Week 5 went
Jayden Daniels scored 32.3 PPR points and Brock Purdy scored 17.3.
The call was right: Jayden Daniels outscored Brock Purdy by 15.0.
Jayden Daniels finished 14.4 points above the 17.8 the market projected.
Jayden Daniels, Week 5 against NYG: 17 of 25 passes for 199 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 9 carries for 103 yards, 32.3 PPR points.
Jayden Daniels finished as the week's QB2 in PPR scoring.
Brock Purdy finished 0.1 points above the 17.1 the market projected.
Brock Purdy, Week 5 against SEA: 19 of 29 passes for 189 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, 5 carries for 6 yards, 17.2 PPR points.
Brock Purdy finished as the week's QB19 in PPR scoring.
Their other Week 5 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
QB7 · WAS · bye unlisted
2025 vs pass yds line 3-4
- Overall rank
- 67
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 4
Ranked behind
QB10 · SF · bye unlisted
2026 vs pass yds line 2-2
- Overall rank
- 76
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 4
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. This call locked at kickoff and was not edited after. It is on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board9
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tiersboth in tier 4
- Board size289 draftable players
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