Should I start MarShawn Lloyd or James Cook III in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on MarShawn Lloyd, and the board ranks him 33rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 48.

Live drafts hold no current pick on James Cook III, and the board ranks him 35th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 2; 2QB: ADP 10.

The market-based projections

MarShawn Lloyd's market-based projection is 5.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 31st highest figure of the 198 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for James Cook III is 5.4 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.

James Cook III's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 7, MarShawn Lloyd has been on the field for 38 percent of GB snaps, taken 39 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 77 third down targets, had 3 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have come 0.7 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against CHI he carried 10 times for 31 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 6 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 6 against DAL he carried 8 times for 10 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against DET he carried 6 times for 20 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, James Cook III has been on the field for 67 percent of BUF snaps, taken 70 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 39 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 8 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 14 targets have come 1.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against NE he carried 12 times for 75 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 8 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against LAR he carried 25 times for 111 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 6 against LV he carried 22 times for 95 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 58 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

The season feed carries no line for MarShawn Lloyd in the last completed season.

In 2025 James Cook III played 17 games and scored 302.2 PPR points, 17.8 a game, finishing RB6.

He carried 309 times for 1621 yards and 12 touchdowns, and caught 33 of 40 targets for 291 more yards.

That came to 18.2 carries a game at 5.2 yards a carry and 1.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 60 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Head to head

This season James Cook III holds the bigger snap share, 67 percent against 38 percent.

This season James Cook III holds the bigger share of the carries, 70 percent against 39 percent.

Byes and availability

MarShawn Lloyd is off in Week 11 and James Cook III in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

James Cook III has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.