Chase Brown or D'Andre Swift: who to draft first

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Chase Brown at 14.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 18 books. That is the 43rd highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

The player markets price D'Andre Swift at 13.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 50th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Chase Brown: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 24th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 5; 2QB: ADP 30.

Drafters have formed no consensus on D'Andre Swift: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 27th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 13; 2QB: ADP 58.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Chase Brown has been on the field for 72 percent of CIN snaps, taken 62 percent of the carries, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 40 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 8 third down targets, had 3 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 7 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have come 2.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against TB he carried 16 times for 56 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 22 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 1, D'Andre Swift has been on the field for 57 percent of CHI snaps, taken 46 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 46 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 8 third down targets, had 3 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 1 target have averaged 4.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against CAR he carried 18 times for 124 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 10 yards and scored 3 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Chase Brown played 17 games and scored 282.6 PPR points, 16.6 a game, finishing RB7.

He carried 232 times for 1019 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 69 of 88 targets for 437 more yards.

That came to 13.6 carries a game at 4.4 yards a carry and 4.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 67 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 D'Andre Swift played 16 games and scored 228.6 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing RB15.

He carried 223 times for 1087 yards and 9 touchdowns, and caught 34 of 48 targets for 299 more yards.

That came to 13.9 carries a game at 4.9 yards a carry and 2.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Chase Brown was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Chase Brown scored 16.6 PPR points a game and D'Andre Swift 14.3, 2.3 a game between them.

Chase Brown finished RB7 that year and D'Andre Swift RB15.

Chase Brown had 9 more carries than D'Andre Swift, 232 to 223.

Chase Brown had 35 more catches than D'Andre Swift, 69 to 34.

This season Chase Brown holds the bigger snap share, 72 percent against 57 percent.

This season Chase Brown holds the bigger share of the carries, 62 percent against 46 percent.

Byes and availability

Chase Brown is off in Week 6 and D'Andre Swift in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

1.1 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.