Jalen Hurts vs Jayden Daniels: Who Should You Start?
If you are choosing between Jalen Hurts and Jayden Daniels for your lineup, you are not alone. Jalen Hurts finished the 2025 season at 18.8 PPG for the Philadelphia Eagles (16 games), and Jayden Daniels averaged 16.3 for the Washington Commanders (7 games).
That 2.5-point weekly advantage for Jalen Hurts is meaningful but not automatic. Fantasy football is a week-to-week sport, and the answer to "who should I start" often changes based on opponent, recent form, and game environment. Season averages set the baseline; weekly context makes the call.
Jalen Hurts offers meaningful rushing upside with 421 yards on the ground in 2025, which separates his floor from a pocket passer like Jayden Daniels (1262 passing yards, 8 touchdowns). In games where the passing matchup looks ugly, that rushing production can be the entire difference on a start/sit call.
Jalen Hurts has his bye in Week 9, and Jayden Daniels rests in Week 12. 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.
