Should I start Aaron Jones Sr. or Geno Smith in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Aaron Jones Sr., and the board ranks him 92nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Geno Smith, and the board ranks him 94th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market has Aaron Jones Sr. at 3.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Geno Smith is 16.2 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 3 market sources. That is 45 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Aaron Jones Sr.'s projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Aaron Jones Sr. has been on the field for 25 percent of MIN snaps, taken 30 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 20 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 8 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 1 two minute target.

His 1 target have averaged 0.0 air yards.

In Week 7 against IND he carried 8 times for 26 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Geno Smith has been on the field for 100 percent of NYJ snaps, dropped back 237 times and thrown 6.8 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 43 of 237 dropbacks and scrambled 10 times.

In Week 5 against CLE he completed 17 of 30 passes for 182 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 9 yards.

In Week 6 against NE he completed 20 of 30 passes for 252 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 0 yards.

In Week 7 against MIA he completed 23 of 30 passes for 287 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 1 yards.

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 Geno Smith played 15 games and scored 190.9 PPR points, 12.7 a game, finishing QB23.

He threw for 3025 yards on 448 attempts with 19 touchdowns and 17 interceptions, and ran for 109 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 29.9 attempts a game at 6.8 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 97 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Geno Smith was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Geno Smith scored 12.7 PPR points a game and Aaron Jones Sr. 9.9, 2.8 a game between them.

Aaron Jones Sr. finished RB41 and Geno Smith QB23, which are two different ladders.

Aaron Jones Sr. is a running back and Geno Smith a quarterback, 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 Geno Smith in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

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