Should I start D'Andre Swift or Jordan Mason in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on D'Andre Swift, and the board ranks him 117th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 13.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jordan Mason, and the board ranks him 125th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for D'Andre Swift is 4.3 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 Jordan Mason is 3.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 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.

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, 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.

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 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.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 D'Andre Swift scored 14.3 PPR points a game and Jordan Mason 8.1, 6.2 a game between them.

D'Andre Swift finished RB15 that year and Jordan Mason RB36.

D'Andre Swift had 64 more carries than Jordan Mason, 223 to 159.

D'Andre Swift had 20 more catches than Jordan Mason, 34 to 14.

This season D'Andre Swift holds the bigger snap share, 60 percent against 54 percent.

This season Jordan Mason holds the bigger share of the carries, 52 percent against 49 percent.

Byes and availability

D'Andre Swift is off in Week 10 and Jordan Mason in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.