Should I start Chase Brown or Jonathan Taylor in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chase Brown, and the board ranks him 63rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 5; 2QB: ADP 19.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jonathan Taylor, and the board ranks him 64th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 4.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Chase Brown is 5.0 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 Jonathan Taylor is 5.0 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.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Chase Brown has been on the field for 70 percent of CIN snaps, taken 60 percent of the carries, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 68 third down targets, had 5 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 47 two minute targets.

His 45 targets have come 0.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 7 against BAL he carried 11 times for 39 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against TEN he carried 12 times for 55 yards, caught 8 of 9 targets for 46 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against ATL he carried 9 times for 57 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Jonathan Taylor has been on the field for 77 percent of IND snaps, taken 66 percent of the carries, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 48 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 73 third down targets, had 15 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 44 two minute targets.

His 36 targets have come 1.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 7 against MIN he carried 18 times for 95 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 15 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against JAX he carried 8 times for 23 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against DAL he carried 13 times for 46 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

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 Jonathan Taylor played 17 games and scored 362.3 PPR points, 21.3 a game, finishing RB4.

He carried 323 times for 1585 yards and 18 touchdowns, and caught 46 of 55 targets for 378 more yards.

That came to 19.0 carries a game at 4.9 yards a carry and 2.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 84 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Jonathan Taylor scored 21.3 PPR points a game and Chase Brown 16.6, 4.7 a game between them.

Chase Brown finished RB7 that year and Jonathan Taylor RB4.

Jonathan Taylor had 91 more carries than Chase Brown, 323 to 232.

Chase Brown had 23 more catches than Jonathan Taylor, 69 to 46.

This season Jonathan Taylor holds the bigger snap share, 77 percent against 70 percent.

This season Jonathan Taylor holds the bigger share of the carries, 66 percent against 60 percent.

Byes and availability

Chase Brown is off in Week 6 and Jonathan Taylor in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.