Should I start Aaron Jones Sr. or Omarion Hampton in Week 9?
Updated Nov 3, 9:06 AM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
Week 9 verdict
Start Omarion Hampton over Aaron Jones Sr.
Hampton projects lower, 7.3 to 9.3, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 21 for Hampton, 110 for Jones.
- Market projects
- 7.3
- recent weeks avg
- HOU D vs RB
- 22.3
- 13th most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 44%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 6%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 9.3
- recent weeks avg
- BUF D vs RB
- 26.5
- 3rd most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 32%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 6%
- Through Week 8
Start Omarion Hampton: 37 percent of the snaps and 37 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Aaron Jones Sr.'s 32 percent of the snaps and 30 percent of the carries. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
Should I drop Omarion Hampton for Aaron Jones Sr.?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Aaron Jones Sr. projects 127 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (14.1 a game over 9 games), Omarion Hampton 70 (7.8 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Omarion Hampton over Aaron Jones Sr. So make the move after his Week 9 game.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
RB40 · MIN · bye 6
2026 vs carries line 5-2
- Market-based projection
- 7.4 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 127
RB43 · LAC · bye 7
2026 vs carries line 2-5
- Market-based projection
- 7.7 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 164
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The gap
- Board size300 draftable players
Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Aaron Jones Sr., and the board ranks him 127th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Omarion Hampton, and the board ranks him 164th overall on the rest of his evidence.
By format he goes standard: ADP 7; 2QB: ADP 22.
The market-based projections
The market has Aaron Jones Sr. at 3.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. 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 Omarion Hampton is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. 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 through Week 8
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.
Through Week 8, Omarion Hampton has been on the field for 44 percent of LAC snaps, taken 46 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 31 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 1 of the offence's 68 third down targets, had 4 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 28 two minute targets.
His 13 targets have come 0.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.
In Week 5 against DEN he carried 14 times for 33 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 6 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against KC he carried 7 times for 18 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 21 yards and did not score.
In Week 8 against LAR he carried 9 times for 20 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 7 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 Omarion Hampton played 9 games and scored 135.7 PPR points, 15.1 a game, finishing RB35.
He carried 124 times for 545 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 32 of 35 targets for 192 more yards.
That came to 13.8 carries a game at 4.4 yards a carry and 3.6 catches a game.
He was on the field for 63 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Aaron Jones Sr. was available for 3 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Omarion Hampton scored 15.1 PPR points a game and Aaron Jones Sr. 9.9, 5.2 a game between them.
Aaron Jones Sr. finished RB41 that year and Omarion Hampton RB35.
Aaron Jones Sr. had 8 more carries than Omarion Hampton, 132 to 124.
Omarion Hampton had 4 more catches than Aaron Jones Sr., 32 to 28.
This season Omarion Hampton holds the bigger snap share, 44 percent against 32 percent.
This season Omarion Hampton holds the bigger share of the carries, 46 percent against 30 percent.
Byes and availability
Aaron Jones Sr. is off in Week 6 and Omarion Hampton in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Omarion Hampton for Aaron Jones Sr.?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Aaron Jones Sr. projects 127 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (14.1 a game over 9 games), Omarion Hampton 70 (7.8 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Omarion Hampton over Aaron Jones Sr. So make the move after his Week 9 game.
Should I drop Aaron Jones Sr. for Omarion Hampton?
No. Keep Aaron Jones Sr.: he projects 127 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (14.1 a game over 9 games), Omarion Hampton 70 (7.8 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Omarion Hampton over Aaron Jones Sr.
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