Should I start De'Von Achane or Travis Etienne Jr. in Week 8?
Updated Oct 27, 10:31 AM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.
Start De'Von Achane: 52 percent of the snaps and 44 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Travis Etienne Jr.'s 51 percent of the snaps and 38 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.
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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 · MIA · bye 6
2025 vs rush yds line 8-8
- Overall rank
- 230
RB · NO · on bye this week
2025 vs rush yds line 9-8
- Overall rank
- 235
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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 De'Von Achane, and the board ranks him 230th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 13.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Travis Etienne Jr., and the board ranks him 235th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for De'Von Achane, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for Travis Etienne Jr., 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 3
Through Week 3, De'Von Achane has been on the field for 52 percent of MIA snaps, taken 44 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 37 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 3 of the offence's 23 third down targets, had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 9 two minute targets.
His 12 targets have averaged 3.2 air yards.
In Week 1 against LV he carried 11 times for 36 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 30 yards and did not score.
In Week 2 against SF he carried 20 times for 74 yards, caught 3 of 6 targets for 19 yards and did not score.
In Week 3 against KC he carried 3 times for 17 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.
Through Week 3, Travis Etienne Jr. has been on the field for 51 percent of NO snaps, taken 38 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 2 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 23 two minute targets.
His 13 targets have come 0.7 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.
In Week 3 against LV he carried 13 times for 57 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 13 yards and did not score.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 De'Von Achane played 16 games and scored 322.8 PPR points, 20.2 a game, finishing RB5.
He carried 238 times for 1350 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 67 of 85 targets for 488 more yards.
That came to 14.9 carries a game at 5.7 yards a carry and 4.2 catches a game.
He was on the field for 75 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
In 2025 Travis Etienne Jr. played 17 games and scored 253.9 PPR points, 14.9 a game, finishing RB10.
He carried 260 times for 1107 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 52 targets for 292 more yards.
That came to 15.3 carries a game at 4.3 yards a carry and 2.1 catches a game.
He was on the field for 60 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Travis Etienne Jr. was available for 1 game more.
Head to head
In 2025 De'Von Achane scored 20.2 PPR points a game and Travis Etienne Jr. 14.9, 5.2 a game between them.
De'Von Achane finished RB5 that year and Travis Etienne Jr. RB10.
Travis Etienne Jr. had 22 more carries than De'Von Achane, 260 to 238.
De'Von Achane had 31 more catches than Travis Etienne Jr., 67 to 36.
This season De'Von Achane holds the bigger snap share, 52 percent against 51 percent.
This season De'Von Achane holds the bigger share of the carries, 44 percent against 38 percent.
Byes and availability
De'Von Achane is off in Week 6 and Travis Etienne Jr. in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.
De'Von Achane is listed as ir on the injury report.
Travis Etienne Jr. is listed as ir on the injury report.
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