Should I start D'Andre Swift or Jaylen Wright in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on D'Andre Swift, and the board ranks him 74th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 13.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jaylen Wright, and the board ranks him 78th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for D'Andre Swift is 4.6 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.

The market-based projection for Jaylen Wright is 4.3 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 7 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.

D'Andre Swift's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, D'Andre Swift has been on the field for 60 percent of CHI snaps, taken 49 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 31 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 60 third down targets, had 14 of its 32 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have come 1.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against GB he carried 9 times for 43 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 30 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against ATL he carried 16 times for 44 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 26 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 7 against NE he carried 22 times for 78 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 12 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 7, Jaylen Wright has been on the field for 13 percent of MIA snaps, taken 14 percent of the carries, drawn 1 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 1 target have averaged 1.0 air yards.

In Week 4 against MIN he carried 5 times for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against CIN he carried 6 times for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NYJ he carried 6 times for 8 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 D'Andre Swift played 16 games and scored 228.6 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing RB15.

He carried 223 times for 1087 yards and 9 touchdowns, and caught 34 of 48 targets for 299 more yards.

That came to 13.9 carries a game at 4.9 yards a carry and 2.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jaylen Wright played 10 games and scored 48.2 PPR points, 4.8 a game, finishing RB70.

He carried 70 times for 288 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 5 of 9 targets for 44 more yards.

That came to 7.0 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 0-1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 14 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

D'Andre Swift was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 D'Andre Swift scored 14.3 PPR points a game and Jaylen Wright 4.8, 9.5 a game between them.

D'Andre Swift finished RB15 that year and Jaylen Wright RB70.

D'Andre Swift had 153 more carries than Jaylen Wright, 223 to 70.

D'Andre Swift had 29 more catches than Jaylen Wright, 34 to 5.

This season D'Andre Swift holds the bigger snap share, 60 percent against 13 percent.

This season D'Andre Swift holds the bigger share of the carries, 49 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

D'Andre Swift is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Jaylen Wright.

Jaylen Wright is listed as questionable on the injury report.