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Should I start Elijah Mitchell or Jeremy McNichols in Week 10?

Updated Nov 10, 12:21 PM ET.

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Start Elijah Mitchell: 34 percent of the snaps and 22 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Jeremy McNichols's 19 percent of the snaps and 24 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 · PHI · on bye this week

Market-based projection
5.6 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
291

RB · WAS · bye 7

2025 vs anytime td line 1-16

Overall rank
296

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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 Elijah Mitchell, and the board ranks him 291st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jeremy McNichols, and the board ranks him 296th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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

No season market is posted for Jeremy McNichols, 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 so far

Through Week 9, Elijah Mitchell has been on the field for 34 percent of PHI snaps, taken 22 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 14 targets have come 3.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 7 against DAL he carried 3 times for 11 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 23 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against WAS he carried 11 times for 34 yards, caught 4 of 6 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against NYG he carried 3 times for 6 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Jeremy McNichols has been on the field for 19 percent of WAS snaps, taken 24 percent of the carries, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 1 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 7 two minute targets.

His 1 target have averaged 1.0 air yards.

In Week 6 against SF he carried 5 times for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against PHI he carried 5 times for 21 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Elijah Mitchell played 1 game, finishing RB149.

He carried 0 times for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 1 target for 0 more yards.

He was on the field for 10 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jeremy McNichols played 17 games and scored 72.7 PPR points, 4.3 a game, finishing RB58.

He carried 44 times for 221 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 25 of 31 targets for 196 more yards.

That came to 2.6 carries a game at 5.0 yards a carry and 1-2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 33 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jeremy McNichols was available for 16 games more.

Head to head

Elijah Mitchell finished RB149 that year and Jeremy McNichols RB58.

Jeremy McNichols had 44 more carries than Elijah Mitchell, 44 to 0.

Jeremy McNichols had 25 more catches than Elijah Mitchell, 25 to 0.

This season Elijah Mitchell holds the bigger snap share, 34 percent against 19 percent.

This season Jeremy McNichols holds the bigger share of the carries, 24 percent against 22 percent.

Byes and availability

Elijah Mitchell is off in Week 10 and Jeremy McNichols in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Jeremy McNichols is listed as ir on the injury report.

Both players in full

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