Should I start Kendrick Bourne or Aaron Jones Sr. in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kendrick Bourne, and the board ranks him 56th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Aaron Jones Sr., and the board ranks him 57th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Kendrick Bourne, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

The market has Aaron Jones Sr. at 8.5 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.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Kendrick Bourne has been on the field for 54 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 88 third down targets, had 1 of its 29 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 57 two minute targets.

His 38 targets have averaged 5.7 air yards.

In Week 6 against LAR he caught 5 of 8 targets for 47 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against DEN he caught 3 of 6 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against DAL he caught 1 of 2 targets for 29 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Aaron Jones Sr. has been on the field for 32 percent of MIN snaps, taken 30 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 20 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 17 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have come 0.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

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

In Week 8 against DET he carried 5 times for 22 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Kendrick Bourne played 16 games and scored 92.1 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR68.

He caught 37 of 53 targets for 551 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 3.3 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 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.

Kendrick Bourne was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Aaron Jones Sr. scored 9.9 PPR points a game and Kendrick Bourne 5.8, 4.1 a game between them.

Kendrick Bourne finished WR68 and Aaron Jones Sr. RB41, which are two different ladders.

Kendrick Bourne is a wide receiver and Aaron Jones Sr. a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

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

Kendrick Bourne is listed as ir on the injury report.