Aaron Jones Sr. or Courtland Sutton: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Aaron Jones Sr. at 13.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 books. That is the 61st highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price Courtland Sutton at 9.0 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 106th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Aaron Jones Sr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 35th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 136.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Courtland Sutton: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 94th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 86.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Aaron Jones Sr. has been on the field for 62 percent of MIN snaps, taken 59 percent of the carries, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 29 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 19 third down targets, had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 1 target have averaged 4.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against GB he carried 12 times for 40 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against CHI he carried 23 times for 105 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Courtland Sutton has been on the field for 74 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 0 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 2 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 7.9 air yards.

In Week 1 against KC he caught 2 of 5 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against JAX he caught 3 of 4 targets for 25 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Aaron Jones Sr. played 12 games and scored 118.7 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing RB41.

He carried 132 times for 548 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 28 of 41 targets for 199 more yards.

That came to 11.0 carries a game at 4.2 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 55 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Courtland Sutton played 17 games and scored 219.7 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR13.

He caught 74 of 124 targets for 1017 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 7.3 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 13.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 86 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Courtland Sutton was available for 5 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Courtland Sutton scored 12.9 PPR points a game and Aaron Jones Sr. 9.9, 3.0 a game between them.

Aaron Jones Sr. finished RB41 and Courtland Sutton WR13, which are two different ladders.

Aaron Jones Sr. is a running back and Courtland Sutton a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Aaron Jones Sr. is off in Week 6 and Courtland Sutton in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Aaron Jones Sr. is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

4.3 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.