Should I start Bhayshul Tuten or Jonathan Taylor in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Bhayshul Tuten, and the board ranks him 22nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jonathan Taylor, and the board ranks him 58th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 4.

The market-based projections

Bhayshul Tuten's market-based projection is 14.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 19th highest figure of the 211 players with a market-based projection.

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.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Bhayshul Tuten has been on the field for 55 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 8, Jonathan Taylor has been on the field for 78 percent of IND snaps, taken 67 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 47 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 64 third down targets, had 15 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have come 1.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 6 against TEN he carried 21 times for 94 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 57 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

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 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.

Jonathan Taylor was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jonathan Taylor scored 21.3 PPR points a game and Bhayshul Tuten 5.9, 15.4 a game between them.

Bhayshul Tuten finished RB53 that year and Jonathan Taylor RB4.

Jonathan Taylor had 240 more carries than Bhayshul Tuten, 323 to 83.

Jonathan Taylor had 36 more catches than Bhayshul Tuten, 46 to 10.

This season Jonathan Taylor holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 55 percent.

This season Jonathan Taylor holds the bigger share of the carries, 67 percent against 57 percent.

Byes and availability

Bhayshul Tuten is off in Week 7 and Jonathan Taylor in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Bhayshul Tuten is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Jonathan Taylor has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.