Should I start Chase Brown or Woody Marks in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chase Brown, and the board ranks him 70th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Woody Marks, and the board ranks him 72nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Chase Brown is 4.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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.

The market-based projection for Woody Marks is 4.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 5, Chase Brown has been on the field for 70 percent of CIN snaps, taken 65 percent of the carries, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 29 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 4 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have come 0.9 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against PIT he carried 13 times for 61 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 8 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against JAX he carried 9 times for 10 yards, caught 11 of 11 targets for 71 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against MIA he carried 13 times for 39 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Woody Marks has been on the field for 57 percent of HOU snaps, taken 41 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 25 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 2 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have averaged 0.8 air yards.

In Week 4 against DAL he carried 6 times for 22 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against TEN he carried 15 times for 62 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 23 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against JAX he carried 15 times for 56 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 25 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 Woody Marks played 16 games and scored 151.1 PPR points, 9.4 a game, finishing RB29.

He carried 196 times for 703 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 36 targets for 208 more yards.

That came to 12.3 carries a game at 3.6 yards a carry and 1-2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 53 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 Woody Marks 9.4, 7.2 a game between them.

Chase Brown finished RB7 that year and Woody Marks RB29.

Chase Brown had 36 more carries than Woody Marks, 232 to 196.

Chase Brown had 45 more catches than Woody Marks, 69 to 24.

This season Chase Brown holds the bigger snap share, 70 percent against 57 percent.

This season Chase Brown holds the bigger share of the carries, 65 percent against 41 percent.

Byes and availability

Chase Brown is off in Week 6 and Woody Marks in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.