Start Jayden Daniels or Jacoby Brissett? Week 5
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Jayden Daniels over Jacoby Brissett
- Market projects
- 18.2
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 77%
- Through Week 2
- Market projects
- 17.7
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 4
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Our Week 5 call
Start Jayden Daniels over Jacoby Brissett in Week 5.
Market-based projections have Jayden Daniels at 18.2 points and Jacoby Brissett at 17.7, a gap of 0.6. 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 18.2 fantasy points for Jayden Daniels, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market has Jayden Daniels at 199.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 30.5 rushing yards, with a 28% chance to score a touchdown (12, 13, 11 and 13 market sources).
Player markets imply 17.7 fantasy points for Jacoby Brissett, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market has Jacoby Brissett at 270.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 6.5 rushing yards, with a 16% chance to score a touchdown (15, 15, 14 and 13 market sources).
That puts Jayden Daniels 0.6 points ahead of Jacoby Brissett on the market projections.
Injury status
Jayden Daniels is not on the injury report.
Jacoby Brissett is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 5
Through Week 2, Jayden Daniels played 77 percent of WAS snaps, dropped back 61 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.
Jayden Daniels, Week 2 against DAL: 39 of 71 snaps, 11 of 17 passes for 96 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 7 carries for 69 yards.
Through Week 4, Jacoby Brissett played 100 percent of ARI snaps, dropped back 162 times and threw an average of 6.3 air yards per attempt.
Jacoby Brissett, Week 1 against LAC: 75 of 75 snaps, 27 of 37 passes for 277 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 17 yards.
Jacoby Brissett, Week 2 against SEA: 50 of 50 snaps, 17 of 28 passes for 95 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, 1 carry for 7 yards.
Jacoby Brissett, Week 3 against SF: 87 of 87 snaps, 38 of 51 passes for 280 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 4 carries for 4 yards.
Jacoby Brissett, Week 4 against NYG: 66 of 66 snaps, 21 of 35 passes for 166 yards, 2 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, 4 carries for 18 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
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.
In 2025, Jacoby Brissett played 14 games for ARI and scored 235.4 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing QB16.
He completed 315 of 485 passes for 3366 yards, 23 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran 38 times for 168 yards and 1 touchdown.
He was on the field for 70 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 5 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
QB6 · WAS · bye unlisted
2025 vs pass yds line 3-4
- Overall rank
- 65
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 5
Ranked behind
QB7 · ARI · bye 14
2026 vs pass yds line 2-2
- Overall rank
- 71
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 6
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 5, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board6
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 5 and tier 6
- Board size219 draftable players
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