Start Drake Maye or Jayden Daniels? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Drake Maye over Jayden Daniels in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Drake Maye at 19.4 points and Jayden Daniels at 18.3, a gap of 1.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Drafters take Drake Maye at ADP 50 and Jayden Daniels at 74.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 19.4 fantasy points for Drake Maye, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Drake Maye is 262 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 26 rushing yards and 0.2 rushing touchdowns (13, 14, 12 and 12 market sources).

Player markets imply 18.3 fantasy points for Jayden Daniels, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Jayden Daniels is 203 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns, 35 rushing yards and 0.3 rushing touchdowns (14, 15, 14 and 14 market sources).

That puts Drake Maye 1.1 points ahead of Jayden Daniels on the market projections.

Week 10 matchups

Drake Maye and NE visit DET on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

DET allowed 25.5 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 7 games, the most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 298 yards and 2.6 touchdowns a game against DET, with 0.7 interceptions a game.

Jayden Daniels and WAS visit NYG on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

NYG allowed 19.5 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 8 games, the 8th most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 189 yards and 1.8 touchdowns a game against NYG, with 0.8 interceptions a game.

By points allowed to the position, Drake Maye has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Drake Maye is not on the injury report.

Jayden Daniels is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Drake Maye played 96 percent of NE snaps, dropped back 318 times and threw an average of 9.2 air yards per attempt.

Drake Maye, Week 6 against NYJ: 68 of 68 snaps, 18 of 32 passes for 235 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 25 yards.

Drake Maye, Week 7 against CHI: 54 of 54 snaps, 24 of 30 passes for 321 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, 4 carries for 26 yards.

Drake Maye, Week 8 against MIA: 60 of 60 snaps, 16 of 20 passes for 199 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 5 carries for 7 yards.

Drake Maye, Week 9 against GB: 51 of 63 snaps, 21 of 38 passes for 299 yards, 3 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, 1 carry for 3 yards.

Through Week 9, Jayden Daniels played 92 percent of WAS snaps, dropped back 217 times and threw an average of 8.5 air yards per attempt.

Jayden Daniels, Week 5 against NYG: 62 of 62 snaps, 17 of 25 passes for 199 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 8 carries for 104 yards.

Jayden Daniels, Week 6 against SF: 67 of 67 snaps, 29 of 38 passes for 300 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 11 yards.

Jayden Daniels, Week 8 against PHI: 60 of 60 snaps, 16 of 29 passes for 217 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 23 yards.

Jayden Daniels, Week 9 against LAR: 62 of 62 snaps, 24 of 34 passes for 273 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 4 carries for 16 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Drake Maye played 17 games for NE and scored 360.0 PPR points, 21.2 a game, finishing QB2.

He completed 354 of 492 passes for 4394 yards, 31 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran 103 times for 450 yards and 4 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 97 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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 10 calls

• Start Drake Maye over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Drake Maye over Brock Purdy.
• Start Drake Maye over C.J. Stroud.
• Start Jayden Daniels over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Jayden Daniels over Brock Purdy.
• Start Jayden Daniels over Bryce Young.