Should I start Aaron Jones Sr. or Travis Kelce in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Aaron Jones Sr., and the board ranks him 92nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Travis Kelce, and the board ranks him 93rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market has Aaron Jones Sr. at 3.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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 Travis Kelce is 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a tight end'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 7

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 7, Travis Kelce has been on the field for 78 percent of KC snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 0 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 35 targets have averaged 6.3 air yards.

In Week 4 against LV he caught 2 of 4 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against LAC he caught 4 of 5 targets for 53 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against SEA he caught 4 of 8 targets for 44 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 Travis Kelce played 17 games and scored 193.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing TE3.

He caught 76 of 108 targets for 851 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.4 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 11.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 81 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Travis Kelce was available for 5 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Travis Kelce scored 11.4 PPR points a game and Aaron Jones Sr. 9.9, 1.5 a game between them.

Aaron Jones Sr. finished RB41 and Travis Kelce TE3, which are two different ladders.

Aaron Jones Sr. is a running back and Travis Kelce a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Aaron Jones Sr. is off in Week 6 and Travis Kelce in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

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