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Should I start D'Andre Swift or Bhayshul Tuten in Week 9?

Updated Nov 3, 8:06 AM ET.

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Week 9 verdict

Start

RB · CHI · vs TB

Market projects
15.9
recent weeks avg
TB D vs RB
17.8
3rd fewest to RBs (2026)
Snap share
60%
Through Week 7
Target share
11%
Through Week 7
Sit

RB · JAX · at BAL · Questionable

Market projects
13.2
fantasy pts
BAL D vs RB
18.5
5th fewest to RBs (2026)
Snap share
56%
Through Week 8
Target share
8%
Through Week 8
Start Swift or Tuten? The full Week 9 breakdown

Start D'Andre Swift: 67 percent of the snaps and 55 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Bhayshul Tuten's 62 percent of the snaps and 65 percent of the carries. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Bhayshul Tuten for D'Andre Swift?

Yes, on the rest of the season. D'Andre Swift projects 122 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (15.3 a game over 8 games), Bhayshul Tuten 109 (12.1 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts D'Andre Swift over Bhayshul Tuten. Bhayshul Tuten is listed questionable.

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

RB5 · CHI · bye 10

2026 vs carries line 7-1

Market-based projection
15.4 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank
18

RB8 · JAX · bye 7

2026 vs carries line 6-1

Market-based projection
13.2 pts a game

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The gap

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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 D'Andre Swift, and the board ranks him 18th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 13.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Bhayshul Tuten, and the board ranks him 27th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for D'Andre Swift, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Bhayshul Tuten's market-based projection is 13.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 17th highest figure of the 182 players with a market-based projection.

This season so far

Through Week 7, D'Andre Swift has been on the field for 60 percent of CHI snaps, taken 49 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 31 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 60 third down targets, had 14 of its 32 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have come 1.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against GB he carried 9 times for 43 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 30 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against ATL he carried 16 times for 44 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 26 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 7 against NE he carried 22 times for 78 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 12 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Bhayshul Tuten has been on the field for 56 percent of JAX snaps, taken 57 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 32 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 5 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have come 3.1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

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.

In Week 8 against IND he carried 16 times for 104 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 55 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 D'Andre Swift played 16 games and scored 228.6 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing RB15.

He carried 223 times for 1087 yards and 9 touchdowns, and caught 34 of 48 targets for 299 more yards.

That came to 13.9 carries a game at 4.9 yards a carry and 2.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

D'Andre Swift was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 D'Andre Swift scored 14.3 PPR points a game and Bhayshul Tuten 5.9, 8.4 a game between them.

D'Andre Swift finished RB15 that year and Bhayshul Tuten RB53.

D'Andre Swift had 140 more carries than Bhayshul Tuten, 223 to 83.

D'Andre Swift had 24 more catches than Bhayshul Tuten, 34 to 10.

This season D'Andre Swift holds the bigger snap share, 60 percent against 56 percent.

This season Bhayshul Tuten holds the bigger share of the carries, 57 percent against 49 percent.

Byes and availability

D'Andre Swift is off in Week 10 and Bhayshul Tuten in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Bhayshul Tuten is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

D'Andre Swift has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Bhayshul Tuten for D'Andre Swift?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. D'Andre Swift projects 122 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (15.3 a game over 8 games), Bhayshul Tuten 109 (12.1 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts D'Andre Swift over Bhayshul Tuten. Bhayshul Tuten is listed questionable.

  • Should I drop D'Andre Swift for Bhayshul Tuten?

    No. Keep D'Andre Swift: he projects 122 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (15.3 a game over 8 games), Bhayshul Tuten 109 (12.1 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts D'Andre Swift over Bhayshul Tuten. Bhayshul Tuten is listed questionable.

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