Should I start Breece Hall or Saquon Barkley in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Breece Hall, and the board ranks him 93rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Saquon Barkley, and the board ranks him 128th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Breece Hall is 3.7 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.

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.

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

This season so far

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.

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 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.

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.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Saquon Barkley scored 14.5 PPR points a game and Breece Hall 13.0, 1.5 a game between them.

Breece Hall finished RB19 that year and Saquon Barkley RB14.

Saquon Barkley had 37 more carries than Breece Hall, 280 to 243.

Saquon Barkley had 1 more catches than Breece Hall, 37 to 36.

This season Breece Hall holds the bigger snap share, 57 percent against 33 percent.

This season Breece Hall holds the bigger share of the carries, 62 percent against 36 percent.

Byes and availability

Breece Hall is off in Week 13 and Saquon Barkley in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Breece Hall is listed as out on the injury report.