Should I start Chris Rodriguez Jr. or Javonte Williams in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chris Rodriguez Jr., and the board ranks him 65th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Javonte Williams, and the board ranks him 68th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market has Chris Rodriguez Jr. at 7.2 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 13 market sources. That is 70 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 Javonte Williams is 7.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 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.

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, Javonte Williams has been on the field for 75 percent of DAL snaps, taken 69 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 40 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 63 third down targets, had 17 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 48 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have come 1.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against TB he carried 12 times for 45 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 17 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against GB he carried 11 times for 41 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against PHI he carried 25 times for 155 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 Javonte Williams played 16 games and scored 242.8 PPR points, 15.2 a game, finishing RB12.

He carried 252 times for 1201 yards and 11 touchdowns, and caught 35 of 51 targets for 137 more yards.

That came to 15.8 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 2.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Javonte Williams was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Javonte Williams scored 15.2 PPR points a game and Chris Rodriguez Jr. 7.1, 8.1 a game between them.

Chris Rodriguez Jr. finished RB51 that year and Javonte Williams RB12.

Javonte Williams had 140 more carries than Chris Rodriguez Jr., 252 to 112.

Javonte Williams had 32 more catches than Chris Rodriguez Jr., 35 to 3.

This season Javonte Williams holds the bigger snap share, 75 percent against 25 percent.

This season Javonte Williams holds the bigger share of the carries, 69 percent against 24 percent.

Byes and availability

Chris Rodriguez Jr. is off in Week 7 and Javonte Williams in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.