Should I start Kendrick Bourne or Jahmyr Gibbs in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kendrick Bourne, and the board ranks him 34th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jahmyr Gibbs, and the board ranks him 36th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 1; 2QB: ADP 1.

The market-based projections

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

The market-based projection for Jahmyr Gibbs is 8.5 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.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Kendrick Bourne has been on the field for 54 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 88 third down targets, had 1 of its 29 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 57 two minute targets.

His 38 targets have averaged 5.7 air yards.

In Week 6 against LAR he caught 5 of 8 targets for 47 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against DEN he caught 3 of 6 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against DAL he caught 1 of 2 targets for 29 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Jahmyr Gibbs has been on the field for 79 percent of DET snaps, taken 80 percent of the carries, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 51 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 60 third down targets, had 14 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 44 targets have averaged 0.5 air yards.

In Week 5 against ARI he carried 25 times for 151 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 56 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 7 against GB he carried 29 times for 116 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against MIN he carried 23 times for 153 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 15 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Kendrick Bourne played 16 games and scored 92.1 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR68.

He caught 37 of 53 targets for 551 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 3.3 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 14.9 yards a catch.

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

In 2025 Jahmyr Gibbs played 17 games and scored 366.9 PPR points, 21.6 a game, finishing RB3.

He carried 243 times for 1223 yards and 13 touchdowns, and caught 77 of 94 targets for 616 more yards.

That came to 14.3 carries a game at 5.0 yards a carry and 4-5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 67 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jahmyr Gibbs was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jahmyr Gibbs scored 21.6 PPR points a game and Kendrick Bourne 5.8, 15.8 a game between them.

Kendrick Bourne finished WR68 and Jahmyr Gibbs RB3, which are two different ladders.

Kendrick Bourne is a wide receiver and Jahmyr Gibbs a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Kendrick Bourne is off in Week 14 and Jahmyr Gibbs in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

Kendrick Bourne is listed as out on the injury report.