Should I start Bhayshul Tuten or Saquon Barkley in Week 9?

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 Saquon Barkley, and the board ranks him 124th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 3; 2QB: ADP 14.

The market-based projections

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.

The market-based projection for Saquon Barkley is 3.1 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.

Saquon Barkley'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 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 8, Saquon Barkley has been on the field for 33 percent of PHI snaps, taken 36 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 20 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 4 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 1.3 air yards.

In Week 4 against LAR he carried 2 times for 8 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against DAL he carried 7 times for 62 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against WAS he carried 13 times for 30 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 24 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 Saquon Barkley played 16 games and scored 232.3 PPR points, 14.5 a game, finishing RB14.

He carried 280 times for 1140 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 37 of 50 targets for 273 more yards.

That came to 17-18 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

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

Saquon Barkley was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Saquon Barkley scored 14.5 PPR points a game and Bhayshul Tuten 5.9, 8.6 a game between them.

Bhayshul Tuten finished RB53 that year and Saquon Barkley RB14.

Saquon Barkley had 197 more carries than Bhayshul Tuten, 280 to 83.

Saquon Barkley had 27 more catches than Bhayshul Tuten, 37 to 10.

This season Bhayshul Tuten holds the bigger snap share, 56 percent against 33 percent.

This season Bhayshul Tuten holds the bigger share of the carries, 57 percent against 36 percent.

Byes and availability

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

Bhayshul Tuten is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

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