Jalen McMillan or Travis Etienne Jr.: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jalen McMillan: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 155th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 162.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Travis Etienne Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 156th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 55.

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Jalen McMillan at 3.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 153rd highest figure of the 176 players the books price.

The books have Travis Etienne Jr. at 2.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 15 books. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Travis Etienne Jr.'s price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Jalen McMillan has been on the field for 11 percent of TB snaps, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 8 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 7 two minute targets.

In Week 2 against CLE he was not given the ball.

Through Week 2, Travis Etienne Jr. has been on the field for 57 percent of NO snaps, taken 33 percent of the carries, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 19 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have come 0.8 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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jalen McMillan played 4 games and scored 29.9 PPR points, 7.5 a game, finishing WR137.

He caught 12 of 15 targets for 178 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 3.8 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 14.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 52 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

The season feed carries no line for Travis Etienne Jr. in the last completed season.

Side by side

Jalen McMillan is a wide receiver and Travis Etienne Jr. a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jalen McMillan is off in Week 10 and Travis Etienne Jr. in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Travis Etienne Jr. is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Travis Etienne Jr. is only part priced, so the books' half of this page is whole for only one of them.