Should I start Ashton Jeanty or Baker Mayfield in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ashton Jeanty, and the board ranks him 79th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 8; 2QB: ADP 25.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Baker Mayfield, and the board ranks him 81st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 20.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Ashton Jeanty is 4.3 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-based projection for Baker Mayfield is 17.0 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 5 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Ashton Jeanty has been on the field for 70 percent of LV snaps, taken 64 percent of the carries, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 44 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 71 third down targets, had 9 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 43 two minute targets.

His 44 targets have averaged 2.2 air yards.

In Week 5 against NE he carried 10 times for 27 yards, caught 3 of 6 targets for 50 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against BUF he carried 10 times for 22 yards, caught 4 of 6 targets for 36 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against LAR he carried 8 times for 15 yards, caught 8 of 8 targets for 61 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 7, Baker Mayfield has been on the field for 96 percent of TB snaps, dropped back 129 times and thrown 8.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 22 of 129 dropbacks and scrambled 9 times.

In Week 2 against CLE he completed 21 of 34 passes for 182 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 4 times for 29 yards.

In Week 3 against MIN he completed 17 of 34 passes for 217 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 6 yards.

In Week 7 against CAR he completed 7 of 11 passes for 64 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 1 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Ashton Jeanty played 17 games and scored 245.1 PPR points, 14.4 a game, finishing RB11.

He carried 266 times for 975 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 55 of 73 targets for 346 more yards.

That came to 15.6 carries a game at 3.7 yards a carry and 3.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Baker Mayfield played 17 games and scored 282.9 PPR points, 16.6 a game, finishing QB12.

He threw for 3693 yards on 543 attempts with 26 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and ran for 382 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 31.9 attempts a game at 6.8 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 97 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Baker Mayfield scored 16.6 PPR points a game and Ashton Jeanty 14.4, 2.2 a game between them.

Ashton Jeanty finished RB11 and Baker Mayfield QB12, which are two different ladders.

Ashton Jeanty is a running back and Baker Mayfield a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Ashton Jeanty is off in Week 13 and Baker Mayfield in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.