Should I start Jeremy McNichols or Breece Hall in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jeremy McNichols, and the board ranks him 69th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Breece Hall, and the board ranks him 90th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jeremy McNichols is 6.7 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 7 market sources. That is 70 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 Breece Hall is 5.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 6, Jeremy McNichols has been on the field for 18 percent of WAS snaps, taken 31 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 38 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 7 third down targets, had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

In Week 6 against SF he carried 5 times for 13 yards and did not score.

Through Week 3, Breece Hall has been on the field for 57 percent of NYJ snaps, taken 62 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 38 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 4 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 0.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against TEN he carried 22 times for 102 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 16 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against GB he carried 16 times for 29 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 63 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against DET he carried 13 times for 32 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 23 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jeremy McNichols played 17 games and scored 72.7 PPR points, 4.3 a game, finishing RB58.

He carried 44 times for 221 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 25 of 31 targets for 196 more yards.

That came to 2.6 carries a game at 5.0 yards a carry and 1-2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 33 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Breece Hall played 16 games and scored 207.7 PPR points, 13.0 a game, finishing RB19.

He carried 243 times for 1065 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 48 targets for 350 more yards.

That came to 15.2 carries a game at 4.4 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 64 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jeremy McNichols was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Breece Hall scored 13.0 PPR points a game and Jeremy McNichols 4.3, 8.7 a game between them.

Jeremy McNichols finished RB58 that year and Breece Hall RB19.

Breece Hall had 199 more carries than Jeremy McNichols, 243 to 44.

Breece Hall had 11 more catches than Jeremy McNichols, 36 to 25.

This season Breece Hall holds the bigger snap share, 57 percent against 18 percent.

This season Breece Hall holds the bigger share of the carries, 62 percent against 31 percent.

Byes and availability

Breece Hall is off in Week 13. No bye is listed for Jeremy McNichols.

Breece Hall is listed as questionable on the injury report.