Should I start D'Andre Swift or Jonathan Taylor in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on D'Andre Swift, and the board ranks him 22nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 13.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jonathan Taylor, and the board ranks him 67th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 4.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for D'Andre Swift, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

The market-based projection for Jonathan Taylor is 5.0 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.

This season so far

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 8, Jonathan Taylor has been on the field for 80 percent of IND snaps, taken 67 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 47 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 64 third down targets, had 15 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have come 1.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 6 against TEN he carried 21 times for 94 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 57 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against MIN he carried 18 times for 95 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 15 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against JAX he carried 8 times for 23 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 24 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 Jonathan Taylor played 17 games and scored 362.3 PPR points, 21.3 a game, finishing RB4.

He carried 323 times for 1585 yards and 18 touchdowns, and caught 46 of 55 targets for 378 more yards.

That came to 19.0 carries a game at 4.9 yards a carry and 2.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 84 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jonathan Taylor was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jonathan Taylor scored 21.3 PPR points a game and D'Andre Swift 14.3, 7.0 a game between them.

D'Andre Swift finished RB15 that year and Jonathan Taylor RB4.

Jonathan Taylor had 100 more carries than D'Andre Swift, 323 to 223.

Jonathan Taylor had 12 more catches than D'Andre Swift, 46 to 34.

This season Jonathan Taylor holds the bigger snap share, 80 percent against 60 percent.

This season Jonathan Taylor holds the bigger share of the carries, 67 percent against 49 percent.

Byes and availability

D'Andre Swift is off in Week 10 and Jonathan Taylor in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.