Should I start Kendre Miller or Aaron Jones Sr. in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kendre Miller, and the board ranks him 23rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Aaron Jones Sr., and the board ranks him 68th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Kendre Miller is 11.4 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 8 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 4.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 6, Kendre Miller has been on the field for 26 percent of NO snaps, taken 39 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 4 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 34 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have come 0.9 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against ATL he carried 6 times for 9 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against MIN he carried 10 times for 30 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against NYG he carried 20 times for 70 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 0 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 Kendre Miller played 7 games and scored 33.3 PPR points, 4.8 a game, finishing RB79.

He carried 47 times for 193 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 5 of 5 targets for 30 more yards.

That came to 6.7 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 0.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 24 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 5 games more.

Head to head

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

Kendre Miller finished RB79 that year and Aaron Jones Sr. RB41.

Aaron Jones Sr. had 85 more carries than Kendre Miller, 132 to 47.

Aaron Jones Sr. had 23 more catches than Kendre Miller, 28 to 5.

This season Aaron Jones Sr. holds the bigger snap share, 73 percent against 26 percent.

This season Aaron Jones Sr. holds the bigger share of the carries, 68 percent against 39 percent.

Byes and availability

Kendre Miller is off in Week 8 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.