Should I start Ashton Jeanty or Kyler Murray in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ashton Jeanty, and the board ranks him 75th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

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

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 18.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Ashton Jeanty is 4.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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.

Kyler Murray's market-based projection is 17.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 12th highest figure of the 199 players with a market-based 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, Kyler Murray has been on the field for 84 percent of MIN snaps, dropped back 151 times and thrown 6.9 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 21 of 151 dropbacks and scrambled 15 times.

In Week 4 against MIA he completed 27 of 37 passes for 247 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 21 yards.

In Week 5 against NO he completed 24 of 29 passes for 229 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 7 times for 54 yards.

In Week 7 against IND he completed 14 of 24 passes for 150 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 41 yards.

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 Kyler Murray played 5 games and scored 80.8 PPR points, 16.2 a game, finishing QB38.

He threw for 962 yards on 161 attempts with 6 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran for 173 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 32.2 attempts a game at 6.0 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 99 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ashton Jeanty was available for 12 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Kyler Murray scored 16.2 PPR points a game and Ashton Jeanty 14.4, 1.7 a game between them.

Ashton Jeanty finished RB11 and Kyler Murray QB38, which are two different ladders.

Ashton Jeanty is a running back and Kyler Murray a quarterback, 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 Kyler Murray in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

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.