Travis Etienne Jr. or Darnell Washington: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Travis Etienne Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 158th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 55.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Darnell Washington: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 159th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the sportsbooks price

The books have Travis Etienne Jr. at 2.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 15 books. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Darnell Washington at 3.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 books. That is the 168th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Travis Etienne Jr.'s price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Travis Etienne Jr. has been on the field for 57 percent of NO snaps, taken 33 percent of the carries, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 19 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have come 0.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against DET he carried 9 times for 46 yards, caught 7 of 9 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against BAL he carried 8 times for 25 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Darnell Washington has been on the field for 58 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 18 third down targets and seen 0 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 2.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against ATL he caught 2 of 2 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against NE he caught 1 of 2 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

The season feed carries no line for Travis Etienne Jr. in the last completed season.

In 2025 Darnell Washington played 16 games and scored 73.4 PPR points, 4.6 a game, finishing TE39.

He caught 31 of 43 targets for 364 yards and 1 touchdown, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 2.7 targets a game, a 72 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Side by side

Travis Etienne Jr. is a running back and Darnell Washington a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Travis Etienne Jr. is off in Week 8 and Darnell Washington in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

Travis Etienne Jr. is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Travis Etienne Jr. is only part priced, so the books' half of this page is whole for only one of them.