Should I start Aaron Jones Sr. or Woody Marks in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Woody Marks, and the board ranks him 72nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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.

The market-based projection for Woody Marks is 4.7 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.

Aaron Jones Sr.'s projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

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.

Through Week 6, Woody Marks has been on the field for 57 percent of HOU snaps, taken 41 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 25 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 2 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have averaged 0.8 air yards.

In Week 4 against DAL he carried 6 times for 22 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against TEN he carried 15 times for 62 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 23 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against JAX he carried 15 times for 56 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 25 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 Woody Marks played 16 games and scored 151.1 PPR points, 9.4 a game, finishing RB29.

He carried 196 times for 703 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 36 targets for 208 more yards.

That came to 12.3 carries a game at 3.6 yards a carry and 1-2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 53 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Woody Marks was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Aaron Jones Sr. scored 9.9 PPR points a game and Woody Marks 9.4, 0.4 a game between them.

Aaron Jones Sr. finished RB41 that year and Woody Marks RB29.

Woody Marks had 64 more carries than Aaron Jones Sr., 196 to 132.

Aaron Jones Sr. had 4 more catches than Woody Marks, 28 to 24.

This season Aaron Jones Sr. holds the bigger snap share, 73 percent against 57 percent.

This season Aaron Jones Sr. holds the bigger share of the carries, 68 percent against 41 percent.

Byes and availability

Aaron Jones Sr. is off in Week 6 and Woody Marks in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

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