Should I start Zach Charbonnet or D'Andre Swift in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Zach Charbonnet, and the board ranks him 33rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on D'Andre Swift, and the board ranks him 35th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 13.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Zach Charbonnet 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.

The market-based projection for D'Andre Swift is 4.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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.

Zach Charbonnet's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 7

The usage feed holds no snap or target counts for Zach Charbonnet this season.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Zach Charbonnet played 16 games and scored 181.4 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing RB24.

He carried 184 times for 730 yards and 12 touchdowns, and caught 20 of 24 targets for 144 more yards.

That came to 11-12 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry and 1.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 49 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 D'Andre Swift scored 14.3 PPR points a game and Zach Charbonnet 11.3, 2.9 a game between them.

Zach Charbonnet finished RB24 that year and D'Andre Swift RB15.

D'Andre Swift had 39 more carries than Zach Charbonnet, 223 to 184.

D'Andre Swift had 14 more catches than Zach Charbonnet, 34 to 20.

Byes and availability

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

Zach Charbonnet is listed as out on the injury report.