Start Daniel Jones or Jameis Winston? Week 3

Our Week 3 call

Start Daniel Jones over Jameis Winston in Week 3.

De-vigged player props project Daniel Jones at 15.9 points and Jameis Winston at 13.5, a gap of 2.4. 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.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 15.9 fantasy points for Daniel Jones, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The books have Daniel Jones at 218.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 9.5 rushing yards, with a 13% chance to score a touchdown (14, 17, 15 and 14 books).

Player prop markets imply 13.5 fantasy points for Jameis Winston, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The books have Jameis Winston at 206.5 passing yards and 5.5 rushing yards, with a 15% chance to score a touchdown (13, 13 and 13 books).

That puts Daniel Jones 2.4 points ahead of Jameis Winston on the books.

Injury status

Daniel Jones is not on the injury report.

Jameis Winston is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 3

Through Week 2, Daniel Jones played 100 percent of IND snaps, dropped back 67 times and threw an average of 5.9 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.

Through Week 2, Jameis Winston played 88 percent of NYG snaps, dropped back 29 times and threw an average of 10.9 air yards per attempt.

Jameis Winston, Week 2 against LAR: 51 of 58 snaps, 11 of 27 passes for 111 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 2 carries for 1 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025, Jameis Winston played 3 games for NYG and scored 45.3 PPR points, 15.1 a game, finishing QB46.

He completed 37 of 66 passes for 567 yards, 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, and ran 7 times for 23 yards and 1 touchdown.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Jameis Winston, Week 15 of 2025 against WAS: 2 of 68 snaps, 0 of 1 pass for 0 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.

Their other Week 3 calls

• Start Daniel Jones over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Baker Mayfield over Daniel Jones.
• Start Daniel Jones over Cam Ward.
• Start Aaron Rodgers over Jameis Winston.
• Start Jameis Winston over Cam Ward.
• Start Deshaun Watson over Jameis Winston.