Start Dak Prescott or Jayden Daniels? Week 2

Our Week 2 call

Start Dak Prescott over Jayden Daniels in Week 2.

De-vigged player props project Dak Prescott at 17.6 points and Jayden Daniels at 17.3, a gap of 0.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Both numbers are scaled up from a partial market: the books have not posted every stat the position needs, so the rest is estimated from what they have. Drafters take Dak Prescott at ADP 69 and Jayden Daniels at 83.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 17.6 fantasy points for Dak Prescott, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

Player prop markets imply 17.3 fantasy points for Jayden Daniels, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

That puts Dak Prescott 0.3 points ahead of Jayden Daniels on the books.

Week 2 matchups

Dak Prescott and DAL host WAS on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

WAS allowed 24.7 fantasy points to QBs in its one game this season, the 8th most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 203 yards and 3 touchdowns against WAS, with no interceptions.

Jayden Daniels and WAS visit DAL on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

DAL allowed 26.6 fantasy points to QBs in its one game this season, the 4th most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 230 yards and 3 touchdowns against DAL, with no interceptions.

By points allowed to the position, Jayden Daniels has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Dak Prescott is not on the injury report.

Jayden Daniels is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 2

Through Week 1, Dak Prescott played 100 percent of DAL snaps, dropped back 36 times and threw an average of 9.1 air yards per attempt.

Dak Prescott, Week 1 against NYG: 58 of 58 snaps, 22 of 34 passes for 175 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, 2 carries for 14 yards.

Through Week 1, Jayden Daniels played 100 percent of WAS snaps, dropped back 38 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.

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.

Dak Prescott, Week 18 of 2025 against NYG: 7 of 11 passes for 70 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for -1 yards, 0.7 PPR points.

Dak Prescott, Week 17 of 2025 against WAS: 92 of 92 snaps, 19 of 37 passes for 307 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 4 carries for 24 yards, 22.7 PPR points.

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 2 calls

• Start Caleb Williams over Dak Prescott.
• Start Drake Maye over Dak Prescott.
• Start Jalen Hurts over Dak Prescott.
• Start Brock Purdy over Jayden Daniels.
• Start Caleb Williams over Jayden Daniels.
• Start Jalen Hurts over Jayden Daniels.