Should I start James Cook III or Ollie Gordon II in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on James Cook III, and the board ranks him 16th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ollie Gordon II, and the board ranks him 17th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

James Cook III's market-based projection is 16.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 26th highest figure of the 217 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Ollie Gordon II is 16.0 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 9 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Ollie Gordon II's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, James Cook III has been on the field for 59 percent of BUF snaps, taken 66 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 44 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 3 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 7 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 2.0 air yards.

In Week 8 against BAL he carried 21 times for 80 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 21 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against MIN he carried 31 times for 107 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 9, Ollie Gordon II has been on the field for 79 percent of MIA snaps, taken 72 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 57 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 23 third down targets, had 5 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 10 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have come 2.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 7 against NYJ he carried 25 times for 103 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against NE he carried 19 times for 69 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against DET he carried 16 times for 55 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 9 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Ollie Gordon II played 17 games and scored 54.1 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing RB68.

He carried 70 times for 199 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 7 of 9 targets for 32 more yards.

That came to 4.1 carries a game at 2.8 yards a carry and 0.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 22 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 James Cook III scored 17.8 PPR points a game and Ollie Gordon II 3.2, 14.6 a game between them.

James Cook III finished RB6 that year and Ollie Gordon II RB68.

James Cook III had 239 more carries than Ollie Gordon II, 309 to 70.

James Cook III had 26 more catches than Ollie Gordon II, 33 to 7.

This season Ollie Gordon II holds the bigger snap share, 79 percent against 59 percent.

This season Ollie Gordon II holds the bigger share of the carries, 72 percent against 66 percent.

Byes and availability

James Cook III is off in Week 7 and Ollie Gordon II in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Ollie Gordon II has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.