Should I start Eli Raridon or Ashton Jeanty in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Eli Raridon, and the board ranks him 74th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ashton Jeanty, and the board ranks him 76th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

Eli Raridon's market-based projection is 3.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 53rd highest figure of the 160 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Ashton Jeanty is 4.4 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.

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

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Eli Raridon has been on the field for 49 percent of NE snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 2 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 7.8 air yards.

In Week 4 against BUF he caught 1 of 2 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LV he caught 5 of 5 targets for 57 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NYJ he caught 1 of 3 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Ashton Jeanty has been on the field for 72 percent of LV snaps, taken 66 percent of the carries, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 44 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 9 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 36 two minute targets.

His 36 targets have averaged 1.9 air yards.

In Week 4 against KC he carried 15 times for 58 yards, caught 6 of 8 targets for 68 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

Eli Raridon is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

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.

Side by side

Eli Raridon is a tight end and Ashton Jeanty a running back, 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. No bye is listed for Eli Raridon.

What would change the answer

Ashton Jeanty has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.