Daniel Jones

Week 10 vs. Houston Texans

Daniel Jones struggled against the Seahawks before the bye last week, throwing for 176 yards and adding only 20 yards on the ground – his second-lowest this season. Jones has been fairly efficient this year with nine touchdowns, including three rushing, and only two interceptions. He’s averaging a mere 174.9 passing yards per game, but has 363 rushing yards on the season and has the Giants out to a 6-2 record.

This isn’t a good matchup for Jones on the surface, as Houston ranks sixth in aFPA to opposing quarterbacks this year. However, as Chris Allen pointed out in his streaming article this week, “Jones is fourth in rushing yards on designed runs among all quarterbacks.” Houston is awful against the run and Jones’ upside as a rusher makes him worth streaming consideration this week.

Week 7 at Jacksonville Jaguars

Daniel Jones had 173 yards and a pair of touchdowns in a victory over the Ravens last week. Jones also didn’t throw a pick and now has just two interceptions and zero fumbles on the season. His numbers aren’t eye-popping, but he’s playing efficiently and carefully, completing a career-high 67.3% of his passes, despite having serious injury and consistency issues at wide receiver.

Jones has streaming upside during some key quarterback byes this week. He faces a Jaguars defense that ranks 12th in aFPA to opposing quarterbacks, but allowed big numbers to Matt Ryan last week. With options at the position limited and Jones’ ability to add rushing production to his totals, fantasy managers could do worse than pick up Jones for a one-week rental. We have him projected for fringe-QB1 numbers against the Jaguars.

Week 4 vs. Chicago Bears

Daniel Jones struggled throwing the ball Monday night against the Cowboys, finishing with just 196 yards and a pick. He salvaged his fantasy day with 79 yards on nine rushing attempts, but it’s hard to count on that kind of production week-to-week.

This week, Jones faces a Bears defense that forced two interceptions out of Davis Mills last week, but was surgically dismantled by an efficient Aaron Rodgers in Week 2. Jones is more the former, so expect another rough day. Sit him.