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Should I start Saquon Barkley or D'Andre Swift in Week 10?

Updated Nov 10, 5:36 PM ET.

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Start D'Andre Swift: 79 percent of the snaps and 73 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Saquon Barkley's 36 percent of the snaps and 42 percent of the carries. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Saquon Barkley for D'Andre Swift?

Yes, on the rest of the season. D'Andre Swift projects 110 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (15.7 a game over 7 games), Saquon Barkley 84 (12.0 a game over 7 games).

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

RB · PHI · on bye this week

2026 vs carries line 1-6

Market-based projection
11.1 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
232

RB · CHI · on bye this week

2026 vs carries line 7-2

Market-based projection
16.6 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
241

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Saquon Barkley, and the board ranks him 232nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 3; 2QB: ADP 14.

Live drafts hold no current pick on D'Andre Swift, and the board ranks him 241st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 13.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Saquon Barkley, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

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

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Saquon Barkley has been on the field for 37 percent of PHI snaps, taken 38 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 6 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 47 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have averaged 1.7 air yards.

In Week 7 against DAL he carried 7 times for 62 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against WAS he carried 13 times for 30 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 24 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against NYG he carried 13 times for 22 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 9, D'Andre Swift has been on the field for 63 percent of CHI snaps, taken 53 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 34 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 79 third down targets, had 19 of its 40 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have come 0.9 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

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.

In Week 9 against TB he carried 12 times for 31 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Saquon Barkley played 16 games and scored 232.3 PPR points, 14.5 a game, finishing RB14.

He carried 280 times for 1140 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 37 of 50 targets for 273 more yards.

That came to 17-18 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 78 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.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Saquon Barkley scored 14.5 PPR points a game and D'Andre Swift 14.3, 0.2 a game between them.

Saquon Barkley finished RB14 that year and D'Andre Swift RB15.

Saquon Barkley had 57 more carries than D'Andre Swift, 280 to 223.

Saquon Barkley had 3 more catches than D'Andre Swift, 37 to 34.

This season D'Andre Swift holds the bigger snap share, 63 percent against 37 percent.

This season D'Andre Swift holds the bigger share of the carries, 53 percent against 38 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 10, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Saquon Barkley for D'Andre Swift?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. D'Andre Swift projects 110 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (15.7 a game over 7 games), Saquon Barkley 84 (12.0 a game over 7 games).

  • Should I drop D'Andre Swift for Saquon Barkley?

    No. Keep D'Andre Swift: he projects 110 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (15.7 a game over 7 games), Saquon Barkley 84 (12.0 a game over 7 games).

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