Start Jayden Daniels or Tyler Shough? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Jayden Daniels over Tyler Shough in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Jayden Daniels at 18.3 points and Tyler Shough at 17.0, a gap of 1.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Tyler Shough's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 18.3 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 (11, 12, 11 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 17.0 fantasy points for Tyler Shough, with 80 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market has Tyler Shough at 237.5 passing yards and 1.5 passing touchdowns, with a 19% chance to score a touchdown (12, 13 and 14 market sources).

That puts Jayden Daniels 1.3 points ahead of Tyler Shough on the market projections.

Injury status

Jayden Daniels is not on the injury report.

Tyler Shough is listed as questionable with a hand injury.

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, Tyler Shough played 100 percent of NO snaps, dropped back 197 times and threw an average of 8.3 air yards per attempt.

Tyler Shough, Week 1 against DET: 90 of 90 snaps, 35 of 55 passes for 410 yards, 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, 4 carries for 8 yards.

Tyler Shough, Week 2 against BAL: 68 of 68 snaps, 27 of 34 passes for 252 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 8 carries for 24 yards.

Tyler Shough, Week 3 against LV: 74 of 74 snaps, 29 of 42 passes for 255 yards, 4 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 36 yards.

Tyler Shough, Week 4 against ATL: 74 of 74 snaps, 30 of 48 passes for 286 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions, 2 carries for 5 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, Tyler Shough played 11 games for NO and scored 164.0 PPR points, 14.9 a game, finishing QB26.

He completed 221 of 327 passes for 2384 yards, 10 touchdowns and 6 interceptions, and ran 45 times for 186 yards and 3 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Jayden Daniels over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Jayden Daniels over Bo Nix.
• Start Jayden Daniels over C.J. Stroud.
• Start Tyler Shough over Aaron Rodgers.
• Start Tyler Shough over Bo Nix.
• Start Tyler Shough over Brock Purdy.