Jalen Hurts vs Jaxson Dart: Who Should You Start?
Jalen Hurts and Jaxson Dart are both viable fantasy quarterbacks heading into 2026, but their 2025 production tells two different stories. Jalen Hurts averaged 18.8 PPG across 16 games with the Philadelphia Eagles, while Jaxson Dart posted 17.3 PPG in 14 appearances for the New York Giants.
A 1.5-PPG gap gives Jalen Hurts the edge on paper, but paper does not account for Thursday night matchups, weather games, or a star defender returning from injury. The real question is not who was better in 2025, but who is the better start this specific week.
Both are dual-threat quarterbacks. Jalen Hurts added 421 rushing yards and Jaxson Dart chipped in 487, which gives them a higher weekly floor than traditional pocket passers when defenses take away the deep ball. That rushing production is the biggest reason their ceilings look different from drop-back QBs, and it is the stat that typically separates them on tough passing matchups.
Jalen Hurts has his bye in Week 9, and Jaxson Dart rests in Week 14. Managers rostering both need waiver wire depth at quarterback for those two weeks, and that is exactly the kind of planning DraftCall's matchup engine surfaces automatically so you are not scrambling on a Sunday morning.
