Start C.J. Stroud or Jalon Daniels? Week 5
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start C.J. Stroud over Jalon Daniels
- Market projects
- 16.4
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 4
- Market projects
- 16.2
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 50%
- Through Week 4
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Our Week 5 call
Start C.J. Stroud over Jalon Daniels in Week 5.
Market-based projections have C.J. Stroud at 16.4 points and Jalon Daniels at 16.2, a gap of 0.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 16.4 fantasy points for C.J. Stroud, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market has C.J. Stroud at 237.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 9.5 rushing yards, with a 12% chance to score a touchdown (11, 11, 8 and 12 market sources).
Player markets imply 16.2 fantasy points for Jalon Daniels, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market has Jalon Daniels at 181.5 passing yards and 45.5 rushing yards, with a 26% chance to score a touchdown (16, 15 and 17 market sources).
That puts C.J. Stroud 0.1 points ahead of Jalon Daniels on the market projections.
Injury status
C.J. Stroud is not on the injury report.
Jalon Daniels is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 5
Through Week 4, C.J. Stroud played 100 percent of HOU snaps, dropped back 166 times and threw an average of 10.3 air yards per attempt.
C.J. Stroud, Week 1 against BUF: 79 of 79 snaps, 26 of 38 passes for 274 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 15 yards.
C.J. Stroud, Week 2 against CIN: 80 of 80 snaps, 30 of 53 passes for 353 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 29 yards.
C.J. Stroud, Week 3 against IND: 54 of 54 snaps, 16 of 27 passes for 167 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 10 yards.
C.J. Stroud, Week 4 against DAL: 55 of 55 snaps, 21 of 29 passes for 347 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 12 yards.
Through Week 4, Jalon Daniels played 50 percent of TB snaps, dropped back 40 times and threw an average of 7.3 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.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, C.J. Stroud played 14 games for HOU and scored 216.5 PPR points, 15.5 a game, finishing QB21.
He completed 273 of 423 passes for 3041 yards, 19 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran 48 times for 209 yards and 1 touchdown.
He was on the field for 93 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 5 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
QB14 · HOU · bye 8
2026 vs pass yds line 3-1
- Overall rank
- 93
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 8
Ranked behind
QB17 · TB · bye unlisted
- Overall rank
- 97
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 8
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 board4
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tiersboth in tier 8
- Board size219 draftable players
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