Should I start Woody Marks or James Conner in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Woody Marks, and the board ranks him 270th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on James Conner, and the board ranks him 273rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

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

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

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Woody Marks has been on the field for 61 percent of HOU snaps, taken 47 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 25 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 54 third down targets, had 3 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 0.9 air yards.

In Week 5 against TEN he carried 15 times for 62 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 23 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against JAX he carried 15 times for 56 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 25 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NYG he carried 19 times for 66 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 15 yards and did not score.

The usage feed holds no snap or target counts for James Conner this season.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Woody Marks played 16 games and scored 151.1 PPR points, 9.4 a game, finishing RB29.

He carried 196 times for 703 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 36 targets for 208 more yards.

That came to 12.3 carries a game at 3.6 yards a carry and 1-2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 53 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 James Conner played 3 games and scored 33.3 PPR points, 11.1 a game, finishing RB80.

He carried 32 times for 95 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 8 of 9 targets for 38 more yards.

That came to 10.7 carries a game at 3.0 yards a carry and 2.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Woody Marks was available for 13 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 James Conner scored 11.1 PPR points a game and Woody Marks 9.4, 1.7 a game between them.

Woody Marks finished RB29 that year and James Conner RB80.

Woody Marks had 164 more carries than James Conner, 196 to 32.

Woody Marks had 16 more catches than James Conner, 24 to 8.

Byes and availability

Woody Marks is off in Week 8 and James Conner in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

Woody Marks is listed as questionable on the injury report.

James Conner is listed as ir on the injury report.