Should I start Jordan Mason or Chris Rodriguez Jr. in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jordan Mason, and the board ranks him 91st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chris Rodriguez Jr., and the board ranks him 95th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jordan Mason is 3.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 11 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 has Chris Rodriguez Jr. at 3.4 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 7, Jordan Mason has been on the field for 54 percent of MIN snaps, taken 52 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 28 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 1 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 1 two minute target.

His 2 targets have averaged 0.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against GB he carried 15 times for 59 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against IND he carried 15 times for 68 yards, caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jordan Mason played 16 games and scored 128.9 PPR points, 8.1 a game, finishing RB36.

He carried 159 times for 758 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 14 of 16 targets for 51 more yards.

That came to 9.9 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 0.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 44 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Jordan Mason was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jordan Mason scored 8.1 PPR points a game and Chris Rodriguez Jr. 7.1, 1.0 a game between them.

Jordan Mason finished RB36 that year and Chris Rodriguez Jr. RB51.

Jordan Mason had 47 more carries than Chris Rodriguez Jr., 159 to 112.

Jordan Mason had 11 more catches than Chris Rodriguez Jr., 14 to 3.

This season Jordan Mason holds the bigger snap share, 54 percent against 25 percent.

This season Jordan Mason holds the bigger share of the carries, 52 percent against 24 percent.

Byes and availability

Jordan Mason is off in Week 6 and Chris Rodriguez Jr. in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.