Should I start Chris Rodriguez Jr. or Dameon Pierce in Week 8?

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 Dameon Pierce, and the board ranks him 85th 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 Dameon Pierce is 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.

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, Dameon Pierce has been on the field for 80 percent of PHI snaps, taken 66 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 47 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 36 third down targets, had 4 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have come 0.9 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against JAX he carried 11 times for 14 yards, caught 2 of 5 targets for -2 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CAR he carried 12 times for 35 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 15 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against DAL he carried 14 times for 47 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 1 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Dameon Pierce played 5 games and scored 3.6 PPR points, 0.7 a game, finishing RB128.

He carried 14 times for 36 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 1 target for 0 more yards.

That came to 2.8 carries a game at 2.6 yards a carry.

He was on the field for 8 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Chris Rodriguez Jr. was available for 8 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Chris Rodriguez Jr. scored 7.1 PPR points a game and Dameon Pierce 0.7, 6.4 a game between them.

Chris Rodriguez Jr. finished RB51 that year and Dameon Pierce RB128.

Chris Rodriguez Jr. had 98 more carries than Dameon Pierce, 112 to 14.

Chris Rodriguez Jr. had 3 more catches than Dameon Pierce, 3 to 0.

This season Dameon Pierce holds the bigger snap share, 80 percent against 25 percent.

This season Dameon Pierce holds the bigger share of the carries, 66 percent against 24 percent.

Byes and availability

Chris Rodriguez Jr. is off in Week 7 and Dameon Pierce in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.