Start Jayden Daniels or Matthew Stafford? Week 9
Updated Nov 3, 12:41 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
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- : Matthew Stafford: Listed Questionable (Arm) (Sleeper injury feed)
Start Jayden Daniels over Matthew Stafford
- Market projects
- 19.1
- recent weeks avg
- LAR D vs QB
- 17.9
- 14th most to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 88%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 17.8
- recent weeks avg
- WAS D vs QB
- 22.7
- 2nd most to QBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 98%
- Through Week 8
Should I drop Matthew Stafford for Jayden Daniels?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Jayden Daniels projects 171 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (19.0 a game over 9 games), Matthew Stafford 129 (16.1 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Jayden Daniels over Matthew Stafford. Matthew Stafford is listed questionable.
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Our Week 9 call
Start Jayden Daniels over Matthew Stafford in Week 9.
Market-based projections have Jayden Daniels at 19.1 points and Matthew Stafford at 17.8, a gap of 1.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Jayden Daniels this week yet, so his 19.1 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 8 (19.2 and 19.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Matthew Stafford this week yet, so his 17.8 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (21.1, 16.5 and 15.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Jayden Daniels at ADP 74 and Matthew Stafford at 75.
What the market projects
No Week 9 player market is posted for Jayden Daniels yet. His market-based projections were 19.2 and 19.0 points in Weeks 6 and 8, an average of 19.1, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
The market-based projection for Jayden Daniels is 0.3 touchdowns (5 market sources).
No Week 9 player market is posted for Matthew Stafford yet. His market-based projections were 21.1, 16.5 and 15.7 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 17.8, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
That puts Jayden Daniels 1.3 points ahead of Matthew Stafford on these projections.
Week 9 matchups
Jayden Daniels and WAS host LAR on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
LAR allowed 17.9 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 7 games, the 14th most in the league.
Quarterbacks threw for 191 yards and 1.4 touchdowns a game against LAR, with 0.7 interceptions a game.
Matthew Stafford and LAR visit WAS on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
WAS allowed 22.7 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 6 games, the 2nd most in the league.
Quarterbacks threw for 266 yards and 2-3 touchdowns a game against WAS, with 0.5 interceptions a game.
By points allowed to the position, Matthew Stafford has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Jayden Daniels is not on the injury report.
Matthew Stafford is listed as questionable with a arm injury.
Usage before Week 9
Through Week 8, Jayden Daniels played 88 percent of WAS snaps, dropped back 176 times and threw an average of 8.7 air yards per attempt.
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.
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: 16 of 29 passes for 217 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 23 yards.
Through Week 8, Matthew Stafford played 98 percent of LAR snaps, dropped back 316 times and threw an average of 7.7 air yards per attempt.
Matthew Stafford, Week 5 against BUF: 82 of 82 snaps, 40 of 54 passes for 383 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.
Matthew Stafford, Week 6 against ARI: 58 of 58 snaps, 25 of 33 passes for 222 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.
Matthew Stafford, Week 7 against LV: 72 of 72 snaps, 23 of 29 passes for 195 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception.
Matthew Stafford, Week 8 against LAC: 17 of 25 passes for 157 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception.
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, Matthew Stafford played 17 games for LAR and scored 358.4 PPR points, 21.1 a game, finishing QB3.
He completed 388 of 597 passes for 4707 yards, 46 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran 29 times for 1 yards and 0 touchdowns.
He was on the field for 99 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 9 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 9, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Matthew Stafford for Jayden Daniels?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Jayden Daniels projects 171 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (19.0 a game over 9 games), Matthew Stafford 129 (16.1 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Jayden Daniels over Matthew Stafford. Matthew Stafford is listed questionable.
Should I drop Jayden Daniels for Matthew Stafford?
No. Keep Jayden Daniels: he projects 171 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (19.0 a game over 9 games), Matthew Stafford 129 (16.1 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Jayden Daniels over Matthew Stafford. Matthew Stafford is listed questionable.
Should I drop Matthew Stafford?
Week 9 on the board
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