Should I start Javonte Williams or Ashton Jeanty in Week 9?
Updated Nov 3, 4:41 AM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
Week 9 verdict
Start Ashton Jeanty over Javonte Williams
Jeanty projects lower, 15.8 to 16.5, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 24 for Jeanty, 33 for Williams.
- Market projects
- 15.8
- recent weeks avg
- SF D vs RB
- 22.7
- 10th most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 70%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 17%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 16.5
- recent weeks avg
- IND D vs RB
- 22.0
- 13th most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 75%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 8%
- Through Week 8
Start Ashton Jeanty over Javonte Williams in Week 9. Jeanty projects lower, 15.8 to 16.5, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 24 for Jeanty, 33 for Williams.
Should I drop Ashton Jeanty for Javonte Williams?
Not on these numbers alone. Ashton Jeanty projects 130 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (16.2 a game over 8 games) and Javonte Williams 133 (16.6 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Ashton Jeanty over Javonte Williams.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
RB15 · DAL · bye 14
2026 vs carries line 4-4
- Market-based projection
- 17.2 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 51
RB30 · LV · bye 13
2026 vs carries line 3-5
- Market-based projection
- 15.2 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 86
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The gap
- Board size297 draftable players
Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Javonte Williams, and the board ranks him 51st overall on the rest of his evidence.
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.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Javonte Williams is 7.0 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 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.
Javonte Williams's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season through Week 8
Through Week 8, Javonte Williams has been on the field for 75 percent of DAL snaps, taken 68 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 40 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 4 of the offence's 69 third down targets, had 21 of its 31 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 50 two minute targets.
His 24 targets have come 1.7 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.
In Week 6 against GB he carried 11 times for 41 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 7 against PHI he carried 25 times for 155 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 8 against ARI he carried 24 times for 56 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 1 yards and did not score.
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.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Javonte Williams played 16 games and scored 242.8 PPR points, 15.2 a game, finishing RB12.
He carried 252 times for 1201 yards and 11 touchdowns, and caught 35 of 51 targets for 137 more yards.
That came to 15.8 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 2.2 catches a game.
He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
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.
Ashton Jeanty was available for 1 game more.
Head to head
In 2025 Javonte Williams scored 15.2 PPR points a game and Ashton Jeanty 14.4, 0.8 a game between them.
Javonte Williams finished RB12 that year and Ashton Jeanty RB11.
Ashton Jeanty had 14 more carries than Javonte Williams, 266 to 252.
Ashton Jeanty had 20 more catches than Javonte Williams, 55 to 35.
This season Javonte Williams holds the bigger snap share, 75 percent against 70 percent.
This season Javonte Williams holds the bigger share of the carries, 68 percent against 55 percent.
Byes and availability
Javonte Williams is off in Week 14 and Ashton Jeanty in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Ashton Jeanty for Javonte Williams?
Not on these numbers alone. Ashton Jeanty projects 130 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (16.2 a game over 8 games) and Javonte Williams 133 (16.6 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Ashton Jeanty over Javonte Williams.
Should I drop Javonte Williams for Ashton Jeanty?
Not on these numbers alone. Javonte Williams projects 133 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (16.6 a game over 8 games) and Ashton Jeanty 130 (16.2 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 9 the call starts Ashton Jeanty over Javonte Williams.
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