Should I start Bhayshul Tuten or Ollie Gordon II 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 Ollie Gordon II, and the board ranks him 85th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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 Ollie Gordon II is 3.3 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.

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, Ollie Gordon II has been on the field for 83 percent of MIA snaps, taken 64 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 45 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 6 third down targets, had 5 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 1 two minute target.

His 3 targets have come 3.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 7 against NYJ he carried 25 times for 103 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 0 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 Ollie Gordon II played 17 games and scored 54.1 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing RB68.

He carried 70 times for 199 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 7 of 9 targets for 32 more yards.

That came to 4.1 carries a game at 2.8 yards a carry and 0.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 22 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ollie Gordon II was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Bhayshul Tuten scored 5.9 PPR points a game and Ollie Gordon II 3.2, 2.7 a game between them.

Bhayshul Tuten finished RB53 that year and Ollie Gordon II RB68.

Bhayshul Tuten had 13 more carries than Ollie Gordon II, 83 to 70.

Bhayshul Tuten had 3 more catches than Ollie Gordon II, 10 to 7.

This season Ollie Gordon II holds the bigger snap share, 83 percent against 56 percent.

This season Ollie Gordon II holds the bigger share of the carries, 64 percent against 58 percent.

Byes and availability

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