Javonte Williams or Aaron Jones Sr.: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Javonte Williams at 15.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 books. That is the 38th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price Aaron Jones Sr. at 14.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 books. That is the 55th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Javonte Williams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 18th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 43.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Aaron Jones Sr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 28th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 136.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Javonte Williams has been on the field for 75 percent of DAL snaps, taken 62 percent of the carries, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 47 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 4 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have come 2.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against NYG he carried 12 times for 41 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 31 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 2 against WAS he carried 12 times for 30 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Javonte Williams played 16 games and scored 242.8 PPR points, 15.2 a game, finishing RB12.

He carried 252 times for 1201 yards and 11 touchdowns, and caught 35 of 51 targets for 137 more yards.

That came to 15.8 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 2.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Javonte Williams was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Javonte Williams scored 15.2 PPR points a game and Aaron Jones Sr. 9.9, 5.3 a game between them.

Javonte Williams finished RB12 that year and Aaron Jones Sr. RB41.

Javonte Williams had 120 more carries than Aaron Jones Sr., 252 to 132.

Javonte Williams had 7 more catches than Aaron Jones Sr., 35 to 28.

This season Javonte Williams holds the bigger snap share, 75 percent against 62 percent.

This season Javonte Williams holds the bigger share of the carries, 62 percent against 59 percent.

Byes and availability

Javonte Williams is off in Week 14 and Aaron Jones Sr. in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

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

What would change the answer

1.5 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.