Should I start Rhamondre Stevenson or D'Andre Swift in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rhamondre Stevenson, and the board ranks him 16th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on D'Andre Swift, and the board ranks him 45th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 13.

The market-based projections

Rhamondre Stevenson's market-based projection is 15.6 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 13th highest figure of the 211 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for D'Andre Swift is 6.1 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.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Rhamondre Stevenson has been on the field for 65 percent of NE snaps, taken 42 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 20 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 59 third down targets, had 3 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 27 targets have averaged 0.8 air yards.

In Week 6 against NYJ he carried 14 times for 36 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CHI he carried 6 times for 22 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 93 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against MIA he carried 19 times for 82 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 8 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, D'Andre Swift has been on the field for 60 percent of CHI snaps, taken 52 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 34 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 70 third down targets, had 19 of its 40 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 38 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have come 2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

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.

In Week 8 against SEA he carried 27 times for 69 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 10 yards and scored 3 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Rhamondre Stevenson played 14 games and scored 178.8 PPR points, 12.8 a game, finishing RB25.

He carried 130 times for 603 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 32 of 37 targets for 345 more yards.

That came to 9.3 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 60 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

D'Andre Swift was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 D'Andre Swift scored 14.3 PPR points a game and Rhamondre Stevenson 12.8, 1.5 a game between them.

Rhamondre Stevenson finished RB25 that year and D'Andre Swift RB15.

D'Andre Swift had 93 more carries than Rhamondre Stevenson, 223 to 130.

D'Andre Swift had 2 more catches than Rhamondre Stevenson, 34 to 32.

This season Rhamondre Stevenson holds the bigger snap share, 65 percent against 60 percent.

This season D'Andre Swift holds the bigger share of the carries, 52 percent against 42 percent.

Byes and availability

Rhamondre Stevenson is off in Week 11 and D'Andre Swift in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

D'Andre Swift has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.