Should I start Christian McCaffrey or Justice Hill in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Christian McCaffrey, and the board ranks him 49th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 7.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Justice Hill, and the board ranks him 52nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Christian McCaffrey is 7.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 4 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.

Justice Hill's market-based projection is 6.8 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 26th highest figure of the 175 players with a market-based projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 7, Christian McCaffrey has been on the field for 69 percent of SF snaps, taken 46 percent of the carries, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 36 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 12 of its 24 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 42 targets have averaged 2.5 air yards.

In Week 5 against SEA he carried 11 times for 68 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 15 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against WAS he carried 16 times for 64 yards, caught 9 of 10 targets for 53 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 7 against ATL he carried 7 times for 39 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 61 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Justice Hill has been on the field for 43 percent of BAL snaps, taken 11 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 66 third down targets, had 0 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 47 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have come 1.1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 6 against CLE he carried 0 times for 0 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CIN he carried 3 times for 7 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against BUF he carried 3 times for 15 yards, caught 4 of 8 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Christian McCaffrey played 17 games and scored 416.6 PPR points, 24.5 a game, finishing RB1.

He carried 311 times for 1202 yards and 10 touchdowns, and caught 102 of 129 targets for 924 more yards.

That came to 18.3 carries a game at 3.9 yards a carry and 6.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 83 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Justice Hill played 10 games and scored 65.2 PPR points, 6.5 a game, finishing RB60.

He carried 18 times for 93 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 21 of 27 targets for 169 more yards.

That came to 1.8 carries a game at 5.2 yards a carry and 2.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 37 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Christian McCaffrey was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Christian McCaffrey scored 24.5 PPR points a game and Justice Hill 6.5, 18.0 a game between them.

Christian McCaffrey finished RB1 that year and Justice Hill RB60.

Christian McCaffrey had 293 more carries than Justice Hill, 311 to 18.

Christian McCaffrey had 81 more catches than Justice Hill, 102 to 21.

This season Christian McCaffrey holds the bigger snap share, 69 percent against 43 percent.

This season Christian McCaffrey holds the bigger share of the carries, 46 percent against 11 percent.

Byes and availability

Christian McCaffrey is off in Week 8 and Justice Hill in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Christian McCaffrey is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Justice Hill is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Christian McCaffrey has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.