Should I start Chris Rodriguez Jr. or Corey Kiner in Week 8?
Updated Oct 27, 12:51 PM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.
Start Chris Rodriguez Jr.: 22 percent of the snaps and 24 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Corey Kiner's 17 percent of the snaps and 26 percent of the carries. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
RB30 · JAX · bye 7
2026 vs carries line 3-3
- Overall rank
- 84
RB49 · NE · bye 11
2026 vs anytime td line 0-6
- Market-based projection
- 3.3 pts a game Wk 7 price
- Overall rank
- 191
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The gap
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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Chris Rodriguez Jr., and the board ranks him 84th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Corey Kiner, and the board ranks him 191st overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market has Chris Rodriguez Jr. at 3.2 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 Corey Kiner is 1.0 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.
Chris Rodriguez Jr.'s projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season so far
Through Week 6, Chris Rodriguez Jr. has been on the field for 25 percent of JAX snaps, taken 24 percent of the carries, drawn 1 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 0 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 4 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 23 two minute targets.
His 2 targets have averaged 2.0 air yards.
In Week 4 against CIN he carried 6 times for 35 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 5 against PHI he carried 2 times for 5 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 6 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against HOU he carried 11 times for 55 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.
Through Week 7, Corey Kiner has been on the field for 12 percent of NE snaps, taken 18 percent of the carries, drawn 1 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 0 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 0 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 31 two minute targets.
His 2 targets have come 4.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.
In Week 5 against LV he carried 6 times for 52 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against NYJ he carried 11 times for 57 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against CHI he carried 4 times for 13 yards and did not score.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Chris Rodriguez Jr. played 13 games and scored 92.0 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing RB51.
He carried 112 times for 500 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 3 of 4 targets for 30 more yards.
That came to 8.6 carries a game at 5 yards a carry and 0.2 catches a game.
He was on the field for 30 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
In 2025 Corey Kiner played 4 games and scored 9.3 PPR points, 2.3 a game, finishing RB112.
He carried 12 times for 58 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 2 of 3 targets for 15 more yards.
That came to 3.0 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 0-1 catches a game.
He was on the field for 7 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Chris Rodriguez Jr. was available for 9 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Chris Rodriguez Jr. scored 7.1 PPR points a game and Corey Kiner 2.3, 4.8 a game between them.
Chris Rodriguez Jr. finished RB51 that year and Corey Kiner RB112.
Chris Rodriguez Jr. had 100 more carries than Corey Kiner, 112 to 12.
Chris Rodriguez Jr. had 1 more catches than Corey Kiner, 3 to 2.
This season Chris Rodriguez Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 25 percent against 12 percent.
This season Chris Rodriguez Jr. holds the bigger share of the carries, 24 percent against 18 percent.
Byes and availability
Chris Rodriguez Jr. is off in Week 7 and Corey Kiner in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.
Both players in full
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