Should I start Emanuel Wilson or Pierre Strong Jr. in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Emanuel Wilson, and the board ranks him 176th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Pierre Strong Jr., and the board ranks him 184th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Emanuel Wilson is 0.7 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.

The market has Pierre Strong Jr. at 0.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 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 so far

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 8, Pierre Strong Jr. has been on the field for 13 percent of GB snaps, taken 2 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 5 two minute targets.

In Week 7 against DET he carried 0 times for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against CAR he carried 1 time for 2 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.

The season feed carries no line for Pierre Strong Jr. in the last completed season.

Head to head

This season Emanuel Wilson holds the bigger snap share, 41 percent against 13 percent.

This season Emanuel Wilson holds the bigger share of the carries, 55 percent against 2 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 11, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.