Start Jalon Daniels or Michael Penix Jr.? Week 5
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Jalon Daniels over Michael Penix Jr.

- Market projects
- 13.8
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 50%
- Through Week 4

- Market projects
- 12.1
- fantasy pts
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Our Week 5 call
Start Jalon Daniels over Michael Penix Jr. in Week 5.
Market-based projections have Jalon Daniels at 13.8 points and Michael Penix Jr. at 12.1, a gap of 1.7.
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What the market projects
Player markets imply 13.8 fantasy points for Jalon Daniels, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market has Jalon Daniels at 183.5 passing yards, 0.5 passing touchdowns and 44.5 rushing yards, with a 26% chance to score a touchdown (16, 17, 16 and 16 market sources).
Player markets imply 12.1 fantasy points for Michael Penix Jr., with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market has Michael Penix Jr. at 220.5 passing yards and 0.5 rushing yards, with a 8% chance to score a touchdown (11, 8 and 14 market sources).
That puts Jalon Daniels 1.7 points ahead of Michael Penix Jr. on the market projections.
Injury status
Jalon Daniels is not on the injury report.
Michael Penix Jr. is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 5
Through Week 4, Jalon Daniels played 50 percent of TB snaps, dropped back 40 times and threw an average of 7.3 air yards per attempt.
Jalon Daniels, Week 3 against MIN: 4 of 69 snaps, 0 of 3 passes for 0 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 9 yards.
Jalon Daniels, Week 4 against GB: 63 of 64 snaps, 19 of 27 passes for 148 yards, 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions, 8 carries for 55 yards.
Their other Week 5 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
QB18 · TB · bye unlisted
- Overall rank
- 109
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 6
Ranked behind
QB26 · ATL · bye 11
2025 vs pass yds line 4-5
- Overall rank
- 121
- 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 board12
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tiersboth in tier 6
- Board size258 draftable players
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