Two players, one answer.
Drake Maye vs Jayden Daniels
Any league · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
This week
Start Drake Maye · 22.4 to 18.4 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
About even (Redraft PPR)Dynasty
Drake Maye by 5% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 66% held up in 2025
Lean Drake Maye
On Sleeper's projections, Drake Maye is projected 4 points ahead of Jayden Daniels. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 66% of the time. A lean, not a lock.
QB · NE
Drake Maye
22.4 projected
@ MIA · Sun 4:25 PM ET
20.9 a game this season · last 3: 39.5, 23.8, 28.4
QB · WAS
Jayden Daniels
18.4 projected
vs PHI · Sun 8:20 PM ET
21.4 a game this season · last 3: 14.7, 32.3, 21
- Drake Maye has scored 30.6 a game over his last three, above his 20.9 season average.
What the call rests on
- Drake Maye: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 2:20 PM ET
- Jayden Daniels: Sleeper's projection, last changed Sat, Oct 31, 2:20 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Sat, Oct 31, 2:28 PM ET.
- Injury statuses read Sat, Oct 31, 2:28 PM ET, with the projections (hourly). A fresh projection time doesn't mean every status is: game-day inactives, about 90 minutes before kickoff, can come after it.
What could change it before kickoff
- Drake Maye plays first (Sun 4:25 PM ET); once his game starts most platforms lock him in or out, before Jayden Daniels's late news is known.
Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)
This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with PPR settings. The percentage is how often a projected gap like this held up across the 2025 season; checked against 2026 games (not used to fit it), the stated chances so far run a few points high, so read a 60% call as nearer 55%.