AJ Barner or Rachaad White: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on AJ Barner: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 138th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rachaad White: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 140th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 156.

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price AJ Barner at 6.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 149th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The books have Rachaad White at 5.4 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 15 books. That is 60 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Rachaad White's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, AJ Barner has been on the field for 83 percent of SEA snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 8 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 2.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against NE he caught 2 of 2 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against ARI he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 2, Rachaad White has been on the field for 47 percent of WAS snaps, taken 22 percent of the carries, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have come 0.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against PHI he carried 7 times for 22 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against DAL he carried 7 times for 43 yards, caught 6 of 6 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 AJ Barner played 17 games and scored 147.3 PPR points, 8.7 a game, finishing TE14.

He caught 52 of 68 targets for 519 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 4.0 targets a game, a 76 percent catch rate and 10.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Rachaad White played 17 games and scored 143.0 PPR points, 8.4 a game, finishing RB32.

He carried 132 times for 572 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 40 of 45 targets for 218 more yards.

That came to 7.8 carries a game at 4.3 yards a carry and 2.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 AJ Barner scored 8.7 PPR points a game and Rachaad White 8.4, 0.3 a game between them.

AJ Barner finished TE14 and Rachaad White RB32, which are two different ladders.

AJ Barner is a tight end and Rachaad White a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

AJ Barner is off in Week 11 and Rachaad White in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Rachaad White is only part priced, so the books' half of this page is whole for only one of them.