Should I start Emanuel Wilson or Jaylen Warren in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Emanuel Wilson, and the board ranks him 40th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jaylen Warren, and the board ranks him 41st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Emanuel Wilson 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 Jaylen Warren is 4.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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.

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

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Emanuel Wilson has been on the field for 41 percent of SEA snaps, taken 55 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 28 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 62 third down targets, had 7 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 38 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have come 1.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against SF he carried 20 times for 61 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 11 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against DEN he carried 14 times for 52 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against KC he carried 24 times for 100 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 15 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 7, Jaylen Warren has been on the field for 74 percent of PIT snaps, taken 68 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 24 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 34 targets have come 1.2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against IND he carried 15 times for 101 yards, caught 6 of 6 targets for 87 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 6 against TB he carried 14 times for 50 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 28 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NO he carried 18 times for 101 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 36 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Emanuel Wilson played 17 games and scored 94.5 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing RB49.

He carried 125 times for 496 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 15 of 17 targets for 99 more yards.

That came to 7.4 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry and 0.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 30 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jaylen Warren played 16 games and scored 217.1 PPR points, 13.6 a game, finishing RB17.

He carried 211 times for 958 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 40 of 45 targets for 333 more yards.

That came to 13.2 carries a game at 5 yards a carry and 2-3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Emanuel Wilson was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jaylen Warren scored 13.6 PPR points a game and Emanuel Wilson 5.6, 8.0 a game between them.

Emanuel Wilson finished RB49 that year and Jaylen Warren RB17.

Jaylen Warren had 86 more carries than Emanuel Wilson, 211 to 125.

Jaylen Warren had 25 more catches than Emanuel Wilson, 40 to 15.

This season Jaylen Warren holds the bigger snap share, 74 percent against 41 percent.

This season Jaylen Warren holds the bigger share of the carries, 68 percent against 55 percent.

Byes and availability

Emanuel Wilson is off in Week 11 and Jaylen Warren in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.