Start Daniel Jones or Tyler Huntley? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Daniel Jones over Tyler Huntley in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Daniel Jones at 15.2 points and Tyler Huntley at 15.1, 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 15.2 fantasy points for Daniel Jones, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market has Daniel Jones at 213.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 10.5 rushing yards, with a 16% chance to score a touchdown (13, 16, 12 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 15.1 fantasy points for Tyler Huntley, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market has Tyler Huntley at 174.5 passing yards and 1.5 passing touchdowns, with a 19% chance to score a touchdown (12, 13 and 12 market sources).

That puts Daniel Jones 0.1 points ahead of Tyler Huntley on the market projections.

Injury status

Daniel Jones is not on the injury report.

Tyler Huntley is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

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.

Through Week 4, Tyler Huntley played 48 percent of BAL snaps, dropped back 10 times and threw an average of 0.4 air yards per attempt.

Tyler Huntley, Week 4 against TEN: 31 of 64 snaps, 8 of 9 passes for 63 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 18 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, Tyler Huntley played 5 games for BAL and scored 40.1 PPR points, 8.0 a game, finishing QB47.

He completed 52 of 67 passes for 426 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, and ran 24 times for 151 yards and 0 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 26 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Tyler Huntley, Week 17 of 2025 against GB: 76 of 76 snaps, 16 of 20 passes for 107 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 8 carries for 60 yards, 14.3 PPR points.

Tyler Huntley, Week 16 of 2025 against NE: 29 of 55 snaps, 9 of 10 passes for 65 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 2 yards, 2.8 PPR points.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Daniel Jones over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Bo Nix over Daniel Jones.
• Start Brock Purdy over Daniel Jones.
• Start Tyler Huntley over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Bo Nix over Tyler Huntley.
• Start Brock Purdy over Tyler Huntley.