Should I start Jonathan Taylor or Ashton Jeanty in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jonathan Taylor, and the board ranks him 54th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 4.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ashton Jeanty, and the board ranks him 101st 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 Jonathan Taylor is 5.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. 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 3.3 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.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Jonathan Taylor has been on the field for 77 percent of IND snaps, taken 66 percent of the carries, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 48 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 73 third down targets, had 15 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 44 two minute targets.

His 36 targets have come 1.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 7 against MIN he carried 18 times for 95 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 15 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against JAX he carried 8 times for 23 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against DAL he carried 13 times for 46 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Ashton Jeanty has been on the field for 66 percent of LV snaps, taken 54 percent of the carries, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 36 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 84 third down targets, had 9 of its 27 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 43 two minute targets.

His 55 targets have averaged 1.6 air yards.

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.

In Week 9 against SF he carried 6 times for 25 yards, caught 5 of 7 targets for -5 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jonathan Taylor played 17 games and scored 362.3 PPR points, 21.3 a game, finishing RB4.

He carried 323 times for 1585 yards and 18 touchdowns, and caught 46 of 55 targets for 378 more yards.

That came to 19.0 carries a game at 4.9 yards a carry and 2.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 84 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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Jonathan Taylor scored 21.3 PPR points a game and Ashton Jeanty 14.4, 6.9 a game between them.

Jonathan Taylor finished RB4 that year and Ashton Jeanty RB11.

Jonathan Taylor had 57 more carries than Ashton Jeanty, 323 to 266.

Ashton Jeanty had 9 more catches than Jonathan Taylor, 55 to 46.

This season Jonathan Taylor holds the bigger snap share, 77 percent against 66 percent.

This season Jonathan Taylor holds the bigger share of the carries, 66 percent against 54 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 13, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.