Ja'Marr Chase or Jonathan Taylor: who should I start?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Ja'Marr Chase at 17.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 18 books. That is the 15th highest figure of the 179 players the books price.

The player markets price Jonathan Taylor at 17.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 18 books. That is the 17th highest figure of the 179 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ja'Marr Chase: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 7th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 6.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jonathan Taylor: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 9th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes 2QB: ADP 4; dynasty: ADP 1.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Ja'Marr Chase has been on the field for 94 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 8 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 7 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 8.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against TB he caught 2 of 4 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

Through Week 1, Jonathan Taylor has been on the field for 89 percent of IND snaps, taken 95 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 63 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 5 third down targets, had 3 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 0.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against BAL he carried 19 times for 98 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 23 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Ja'Marr Chase played 16 games and scored 313.6 PPR points, 19.6 a game, finishing WR4.

He caught 125 of 185 targets for 1412 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 21 red zone targets.

That came to 11.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 11.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 94 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jonathan Taylor played 17 games and scored 362.3 PPR points, 21.3 a game, finishing RB4.

He carried 323 times for 1585 yards and 18 touchdowns, and caught 46 of 55 targets for 378 more yards.

That came to 19.0 carries a game at 4.9 yards a carry and 2.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 84 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jonathan Taylor was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jonathan Taylor scored 21.3 PPR points a game and Ja'Marr Chase 19.6, 1.7 a game between them.

Ja'Marr Chase finished WR4 and Jonathan Taylor RB4, which are two different ladders.

Ja'Marr Chase is a wide receiver and Jonathan Taylor a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Ja'Marr Chase is off in Week 6 and Jonathan Taylor in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.2 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.