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Should I start Bhayshul Tuten or Emeka Egbuka in Week 9?

Updated Nov 3, 3:06 AM ET.

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  • : Bhayshul Tuten: Listed Questionable (Ankle) (Sleeper injury feed)
  • : Emeka Egbuka: Questionable to Out (Foot) (Sleeper injury feed)

Start Emeka Egbuka: 89 percent of the snaps and 32 percent of the targets 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 Emeka Egbuka for Bhayshul Tuten?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Bhayshul Tuten projects 109 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (12.1 a game over 9 games), Emeka Egbuka 72 (9.0 a game over 8 games). Emeka Egbuka is listed out. 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.

RB8 · JAX · bye 7

2026 vs carries line 6-1

Market-based projection
13.6 pts a game

WR10 · TB · bye 10

2026 vs anytime td line 3-3

Market-based projection
11.5 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank
29

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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 Bhayshul Tuten, and the board ranks him 27th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Emeka Egbuka, and the board ranks him 29th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Bhayshul Tuten's market-based projection is 13.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 17th highest figure of the 175 players with a market-based projection.

No season market is posted for Emeka Egbuka, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season so far

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.

Through Week 6, Emeka Egbuka has been on the field for 86 percent of TB snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 3 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 10 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 49 targets have averaged 9.7 air yards.

In Week 4 against GB he caught 2 of 4 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DAL he carried 1 time for 14 yards, caught 6 of 9 targets for 38 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against PIT he caught 7 of 16 targets for 48 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Emeka Egbuka played 17 games and scored 195.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR23.

He caught 63 of 127 targets for 938 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 7-8 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Emeka Egbuka was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Emeka Egbuka scored 11.5 PPR points a game and Bhayshul Tuten 5.9, 5.6 a game between them.

Bhayshul Tuten finished RB53 and Emeka Egbuka WR23, which are two different ladders.

Bhayshul Tuten is a running back and Emeka Egbuka a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

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

Bhayshul Tuten is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Emeka Egbuka is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Emeka Egbuka 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 Emeka Egbuka for Bhayshul Tuten?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Bhayshul Tuten projects 109 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (12.1 a game over 9 games), Emeka Egbuka 72 (9.0 a game over 8 games). Emeka Egbuka is listed out. Bhayshul Tuten is listed questionable.

  • Should I drop Bhayshul Tuten for Emeka Egbuka?

    No. Keep Bhayshul Tuten: he projects 109 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (12.1 a game over 9 games), Emeka Egbuka 72 (9.0 a game over 8 games). Bhayshul Tuten is listed questionable. Emeka Egbuka is listed out.

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