Should I start Jayden Daniels or Joe Burrow this week? Week 8 Half-PPR (2026)

THE FF CALL

Slight lean: Joe Burrow

+0.9 projected edge · Half-PPR

Start Joe Burrow over Jayden Daniels for Week 8 Half-PPR: 22.1 projected points versus 21.2.

Jayden Daniels: 26.6 FP recent scoring average.
Joe Burrow: 26.7 FP recent scoring average.

Forecast updated Oct 28, 2026, 2:24 AM ET · Half-PPR

FF PICK

Joe Burrow

QB · CINStats & schedule

22.1FF projected

↓ -0.1 vs ESPN

vs TEN

Sun 1:00 PM ET

THE ALTERNATIVE

Jayden Daniels

QB · WASStats & schedule

21.2FF projected

↓ -1.6 vs ESPN

vs PHI

Sun 8:20 PM ET

Why this pick?

Joe Burrow

Fortified22.1

ESPN22.1

Sleeper20.8

Joe Burrow faces TEN in Week 8. Recent scoring average: 26.7 fantasy points.

Jayden Daniels

Fortified21.2

ESPN22.8

Sleeper17.6

Jayden Daniels faces PHI in Week 8. Recent scoring average: 26.6 fantasy points.

Joe Burrow projects for 22.1 points in half-PPR scoring, 0.9 more than Jayden Daniels. The gap is small; late injury news or your league’s scoring can change the choice. FantasyPros projections are temporarily unavailable; they are excluded from this comparison.

Updated Oct 28, 2026, 2:24 AM ET. Projections can change before kickoff.

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