Start Daniel Jones or Cam Ward? Week 5
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Daniel Jones over Cam Ward
- Market projects
- 15.3
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 4
- Market projects
- 10.5
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 4
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Our Week 5 call
Start Daniel Jones over Cam Ward in Week 5.
Market-based projections have Daniel Jones at 15.3 points and Cam Ward at 10.5, a gap of 4.8.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 10.5 fantasy points for Cam Ward, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market has Cam Ward at 190.5 passing yards, 0.5 passing touchdowns, 0.5 interceptions and 10.5 rushing yards, with a 12% chance to score a touchdown (11, 11, 3, 8 and 12 market sources).
Player markets imply 15.3 fantasy points for Daniel Jones, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market has Daniel Jones at 215.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 10.5 rushing yards, with a 16% chance to score a touchdown (16, 17, 14 and 13 market sources).
That puts Daniel Jones 4.8 points ahead of Cam Ward on the market projections.
Injury status
Cam Ward is not on the injury report.
Daniel Jones is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 5
Through Week 4, Cam Ward played 100 percent of TEN snaps, dropped back 135 times and threw an average of 6.6 air yards per attempt.
Cam Ward, Week 1 against NYJ: 50 of 50 snaps, 19 of 32 passes for 140 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 4 carries for 21 yards.
Cam Ward, Week 2 against PHI: 53 of 53 snaps, 13 of 20 passes for 183 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 4 carries for 7 yards.
Cam Ward, Week 3 against NYG: 60 of 60 snaps, 23 of 36 passes for 181 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 1 carry for 2 yards.
Cam Ward, Week 4 against BAL: 64 of 64 snaps, 20 of 31 passes for 222 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 4 carries for 27 yards.
Through Week 4, Daniel Jones played 100 percent of IND snaps, dropped back 144 times and threw an average of 5.8 air yards per attempt.
Daniel Jones, Week 1 against BAL: 54 of 54 snaps, 19 of 31 passes for 166 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 1 carry for 4 yards.
Daniel Jones, Week 2 against KC: 65 of 65 snaps, 22 of 31 passes for 210 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 3 carries for 10 yards.
Daniel Jones, Week 3 against HOU: 71 of 71 snaps, 24 of 36 passes for 235 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 3 carries for 5 yards.
Daniel Jones, Week 4 against WAS: 66 of 66 snaps, 19 of 34 passes for 143 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 2 carries for 5 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Cam Ward played 17 games for TEN and scored 193.7 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing QB22.
He completed 323 of 540 passes for 3169 yards, 15 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran 39 times for 159 yards and 2 touchdowns.
He was on the field for 100 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
In 2025, Daniel Jones played 13 games for IND and scored 234.4 PPR points, 18.0 a game, finishing QB17.
He completed 261 of 384 passes for 3101 yards, 19 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran 45 times for 164 yards and 5 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
QB25 · IND · bye 13
2026 vs pass yds line 1-3
- Overall rank
- 114
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 7
Ranked behind
QB30 · TEN · bye 9
2026 vs pass yds line 2-2
- Overall rank
- 172
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 10
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 board58
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 7 and tier 10
- Board size219 draftable players
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