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Should I start Quinshon Judkins or Aaron Jones Sr. in Week 10?

Updated Nov 10, 11:11 AM ET.

Week 10 verdict

Start

RB · CLE · vs HOU

Market projects
11.1
recent weeks avg
HOU D vs RB
22.3
12th most to RBs (2026)
Upside
Limited
30 of 100 at RB
Snap share
52%
Through Week 9
Target share
10%
Through Week 9
Sit

RB · MIN · at GB

Market projects
8.7
recent weeks avg
GB D vs RB
25.0
7th most to RBs (2026)
Upside
Limited
29 of 100 at RB
Snap share
32%
Through Week 9
Target share
5%
Through Week 9
Start Judkins or Jones? The full Week 10 breakdown

Start Quinshon Judkins: 42 percent of the snaps and 57 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 Quinshon Judkins for Aaron Jones Sr.?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Aaron Jones Sr. projects 102 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (12.8 a game over 8 games), Quinshon Judkins 74 (10.5 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Quinshon Judkins over Aaron Jones Sr. So make the move after his Week 10 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.

RB36 · CLE · bye 11

2026 vs carries line 3-5

Market-based projection
12.0 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
117

RB48 · MIN · bye 6

2026 vs carries line 5-3

Market-based projection
7.5 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
199

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The gap

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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 Quinshon Judkins, and the board ranks him 117th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Aaron Jones Sr., and the board ranks him 199th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Quinshon Judkins is 3.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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 has Aaron Jones Sr. at 1.5 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.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Quinshon Judkins has been on the field for 52 percent of CLE snaps, taken 59 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 43 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 9 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 50 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have come 1.7 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 7 against TEN he carried 17 times for 96 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 8 against PIT he carried 11 times for 25 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against NO he carried 15 times for 43 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Aaron Jones Sr. has been on the field for 32 percent of MIN snaps, taken 32 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 8 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 0.8 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.

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

In Week 9 against BUF he carried 5 times for 16 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 5 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Quinshon Judkins played 15 games and scored 169.8 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing RB26.

He carried 230 times for 827 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 26 of 36 targets for 171 more yards.

That came to 15.3 carries a game at 3.6 yards a carry and 1.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 50 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.

Quinshon Judkins was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Quinshon Judkins scored 11.3 PPR points a game and Aaron Jones Sr. 9.9, 1.4 a game between them.

Quinshon Judkins finished RB26 that year and Aaron Jones Sr. RB41.

Quinshon Judkins had 98 more carries than Aaron Jones Sr., 230 to 132.

Aaron Jones Sr. had 2 more catches than Quinshon Judkins, 28 to 26.

This season Quinshon Judkins holds the bigger snap share, 52 percent against 32 percent.

This season Quinshon Judkins holds the bigger share of the carries, 59 percent against 32 percent.

Byes and availability

Quinshon Judkins is off in Week 11 and Aaron Jones Sr. in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Quinshon Judkins for Aaron Jones Sr.?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Aaron Jones Sr. projects 102 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (12.8 a game over 8 games), Quinshon Judkins 74 (10.5 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Quinshon Judkins over Aaron Jones Sr. So make the move after his Week 10 game.

  • Should I drop Aaron Jones Sr. for Quinshon Judkins?

    No. Keep Aaron Jones Sr.: he projects 102 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (12.8 a game over 8 games), Quinshon Judkins 74 (10.5 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Quinshon Judkins over Aaron Jones Sr.

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