Start Dak Prescott or Jalon Daniels? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Dak Prescott over Jalon Daniels in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Dak Prescott at 18.7 points and Jalon Daniels at 13.0, a gap of 5.7.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 18.7 fantasy points for Dak Prescott, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Dak Prescott is 279 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 0-1 interceptions and 10 rushing yards, with a 14% chance to score a touchdown (13, 14, 6, 9 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 13.0 fantasy points for Jalon Daniels, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jalon Daniels is 177 passing yards, 0-1 passing touchdowns and 38 rushing yards, with a 20% chance to score a touchdown (11, 12, 11 and 12 market sources).

That puts Dak Prescott 5.7 points ahead of Jalon Daniels on the market projections.

Injury status

Dak Prescott is not on the injury report.

Jalon Daniels is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Dak Prescott played 100 percent of DAL snaps, dropped back 209 times and threw an average of 7.5 air yards per attempt.

Dak Prescott, Week 2 against WAS: 55 of 55 snaps, 26 of 31 passes for 279 yards, 4 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 4 carries for 26 yards.

Dak Prescott, Week 3 against BAL: 74 of 74 snaps, 25 of 40 passes for 276 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 4 carries for 19 yards.

Dak Prescott, Week 4 against HOU: 78 of 78 snaps, 32 of 45 passes for 335 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 7 yards.

Dak Prescott, Week 5 against TB: 60 of 60 snaps, 24 of 42 passes for 316 yards, 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions.

Through Week 5, Jalon Daniels played 68 percent of TB snaps, dropped back 71 times and threw an average of 6.0 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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Dak Prescott played 17 games for DAL and scored 323.8 PPR points, 19.0 a game, finishing QB6.

He completed 404 of 600 passes for 4552 yards, 30 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and ran 53 times for 177 yards and 2 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 98 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Dak Prescott over Bo Nix.
• Start Brock Purdy over Dak Prescott.
• Start Dak Prescott over Bryce Young.
• Start Aaron Rodgers over Jalon Daniels.
• Start Bo Nix over Jalon Daniels.
• Start Brock Purdy over Jalon Daniels.