Should I start Ashton Jeanty or Jaylen Wright in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ashton Jeanty, and the board ranks him 77th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

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

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 Jaylen Wright is 4.3 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 7 market sources. That is 70 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 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, Jaylen Wright has been on the field for 13 percent of MIA snaps, taken 14 percent of the carries, drawn 1 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 1 target have averaged 1.0 air yards.

In Week 4 against MIN he carried 5 times for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against CIN he carried 6 times for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NYJ he carried 6 times for 8 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

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 Jaylen Wright played 10 games and scored 48.2 PPR points, 4.8 a game, finishing RB70.

He carried 70 times for 288 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 5 of 9 targets for 44 more yards.

That came to 7.0 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 0-1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 14 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ashton Jeanty was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Ashton Jeanty scored 14.4 PPR points a game and Jaylen Wright 4.8, 9.6 a game between them.

Ashton Jeanty finished RB11 that year and Jaylen Wright RB70.

Ashton Jeanty had 196 more carries than Jaylen Wright, 266 to 70.

Ashton Jeanty had 50 more catches than Jaylen Wright, 55 to 5.

This season Ashton Jeanty holds the bigger snap share, 70 percent against 13 percent.

This season Ashton Jeanty holds the bigger share of the carries, 64 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Ashton Jeanty is off in Week 13. No bye is listed for Jaylen Wright.

Jaylen Wright is listed as questionable on the injury report.