Should I start Ashton Jeanty or DJ Moore in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ashton Jeanty, and the board ranks him 86th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on DJ Moore, and the board ranks him 87th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 16; 2QB: ADP 37.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Ashton Jeanty is 3.7 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 DJ Moore is 2.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver'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 8

Through Week 8, Ashton Jeanty has been on the field for 70 percent of LV snaps, taken 55 percent of the carries, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 36 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 77 third down targets, had 9 of its 25 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 43 two minute targets.

His 48 targets have averaged 2.1 air yards.

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.

In Week 8 against NYJ he carried 2 times for 9 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 64 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, DJ Moore has been on the field for 51 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 38 third down targets, had 1 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 27 targets have averaged 15.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against LAC he caught 6 of 10 targets for 67 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NE he carried 1 time for 6 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against BAL he carried 1 time for 4 yards, caught 4 of 7 targets for 82 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 DJ Moore played 17 games and scored 170.2 PPR points, 10.0 a game, finishing WR35.

He caught 50 of 85 targets for 682 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 5.0 targets a game, a 59 percent catch rate and 13.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Ashton Jeanty scored 14.4 PPR points a game and DJ Moore 10.0, 4.4 a game between them.

Ashton Jeanty finished RB11 and DJ Moore WR35, which are two different ladders.

Ashton Jeanty is a running back and DJ Moore a wide receiver, 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 DJ Moore in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

DJ Moore is listed as questionable on the injury report.