Should I start Aaron Jones Sr. or Keaton Mitchell in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Aaron Jones Sr., and the board ranks him 119th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Keaton Mitchell, and the board ranks him 152nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market has Aaron Jones Sr. at 3.6 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 Keaton Mitchell is 1.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 9 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.

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

This season so far

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 6, Keaton Mitchell has been on the field for 32 percent of LAC snaps, taken 21 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have come 1.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against SEA he carried 10 times for 39 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DEN he carried 6 times for 11 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against KC he carried 2 times for 4 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 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 Keaton Mitchell played 13 games and scored 55.4 PPR points, 4.3 a game, finishing RB67.

He carried 59 times for 341 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 9 of 12 targets for 63 more yards.

That came to 4-5 carries a game at 5.8 yards a carry and 0.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 17 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Keaton Mitchell was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Aaron Jones Sr. scored 9.9 PPR points a game and Keaton Mitchell 4.3, 5.6 a game between them.

Aaron Jones Sr. finished RB41 that year and Keaton Mitchell RB67.

Aaron Jones Sr. had 73 more carries than Keaton Mitchell, 132 to 59.

Aaron Jones Sr. had 19 more catches than Keaton Mitchell, 28 to 9.

This season Keaton Mitchell holds the bigger snap share, 32 percent against 25 percent.

This season Aaron Jones Sr. holds the bigger share of the carries, 30 percent against 21 percent.

Byes and availability

Aaron Jones Sr. is off in Week 6 and Keaton Mitchell in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

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