Should I start Bhayshul Tuten or Chase Brown in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Bhayshul Tuten, and the board ranks him 57th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chase Brown, and the board ranks him 62nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 5; 2QB: ADP 19.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Bhayshul Tuten 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 Chase Brown is 4.0 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 6, Bhayshul Tuten has been on the field for 56 percent of JAX snaps, taken 58 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 31 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 5 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 14 targets have come 3.1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against CIN he carried 17 times for 73 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against PHI he carried 22 times for 72 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against HOU he carried 12 times for 39 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 48 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 7, Chase Brown has been on the field for 71 percent of CIN snaps, taken 63 percent of the carries, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 27 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 4 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 36 two minute targets.

His 33 targets have come 0.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against JAX he carried 9 times for 10 yards, caught 11 of 11 targets for 71 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against MIA he carried 13 times for 39 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against BAL he carried 11 times for 39 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Bhayshul Tuten played 15 games and scored 88.6 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing RB53.

He carried 83 times for 307 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 10 of 14 targets for 79 more yards.

That came to 5-6 carries a game at 3.7 yards a carry and 0.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 21 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Chase Brown played 17 games and scored 282.6 PPR points, 16.6 a game, finishing RB7.

He carried 232 times for 1019 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 69 of 88 targets for 437 more yards.

That came to 13.6 carries a game at 4.4 yards a carry and 4.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 67 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Chase Brown was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Chase Brown scored 16.6 PPR points a game and Bhayshul Tuten 5.9, 10.7 a game between them.

Bhayshul Tuten finished RB53 that year and Chase Brown RB7.

Chase Brown had 149 more carries than Bhayshul Tuten, 232 to 83.

Chase Brown had 59 more catches than Bhayshul Tuten, 69 to 10.

This season Chase Brown holds the bigger snap share, 71 percent against 56 percent.

This season Chase Brown holds the bigger share of the carries, 63 percent against 58 percent.

Byes and availability

Bhayshul Tuten is off in Week 7 and Chase Brown in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.