Should I start Jaylen Wright or Aaron Jones Sr. in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jaylen Wright, and the board ranks him 118th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Aaron Jones Sr., and the board ranks him 121st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jaylen Wright is 4.1 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 11 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Aaron Jones Sr. at 4.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 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.

Jaylen Wright's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Jaylen Wright has been on the field for 13 percent of MIA snaps, taken 14 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 15 two minute targets.

In Week 2 against SF he carried 2 times for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against MIN he carried 5 times for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against CIN he carried 6 times for 11 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Aaron Jones Sr. has been on the field for 73 percent of MIN snaps, taken 68 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 39 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 51 third down targets, had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 18 targets have come 0.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against TB he carried 17 times for 58 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against MIA he carried 20 times for 94 yards, caught 4 of 8 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against NO he carried 25 times for 113 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 4 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jaylen Wright played 10 games and scored 48.2 PPR points, 4.8 a game, finishing RB70.

He carried 70 times for 288 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 5 of 9 targets for 44 more yards.

That came to 7.0 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 0-1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 14 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.

Aaron Jones Sr. was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Aaron Jones Sr. scored 9.9 PPR points a game and Jaylen Wright 4.8, 5.1 a game between them.

Jaylen Wright finished RB70 that year and Aaron Jones Sr. RB41.

Aaron Jones Sr. had 62 more carries than Jaylen Wright, 132 to 70.

Aaron Jones Sr. had 23 more catches than Jaylen Wright, 28 to 5.

This season Aaron Jones Sr. holds the bigger snap share, 73 percent against 13 percent.

This season Aaron Jones Sr. holds the bigger share of the carries, 68 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Aaron Jones Sr. is off in Week 6. No bye is listed for Jaylen Wright.

Jaylen Wright is listed as questionable on the injury report.