Should I start Javonte Williams or Jeremy McNichols in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Javonte Williams, and the board ranks him 59th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jeremy McNichols, and the board ranks him 64th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Javonte Williams is 7.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 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.

The market-based projection for Jeremy McNichols is 6.8 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 6 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.

Javonte Williams's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 7, Javonte Williams has been on the field for 75 percent of DAL snaps, taken 69 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 40 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 63 third down targets, had 17 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 48 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have come 1.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against TB he carried 12 times for 45 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 17 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against GB he carried 11 times for 41 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against PHI he carried 25 times for 155 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Jeremy McNichols has been on the field for 18 percent of WAS snaps, taken 31 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 38 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 7 third down targets, had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

In Week 6 against SF he carried 5 times for 13 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Javonte Williams played 16 games and scored 242.8 PPR points, 15.2 a game, finishing RB12.

He carried 252 times for 1201 yards and 11 touchdowns, and caught 35 of 51 targets for 137 more yards.

That came to 15.8 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 2.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jeremy McNichols played 17 games and scored 72.7 PPR points, 4.3 a game, finishing RB58.

He carried 44 times for 221 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 25 of 31 targets for 196 more yards.

That came to 2.6 carries a game at 5.0 yards a carry and 1-2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 33 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jeremy McNichols was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Javonte Williams scored 15.2 PPR points a game and Jeremy McNichols 4.3, 10.9 a game between them.

Javonte Williams finished RB12 that year and Jeremy McNichols RB58.

Javonte Williams had 208 more carries than Jeremy McNichols, 252 to 44.

Javonte Williams had 10 more catches than Jeremy McNichols, 35 to 25.

This season Javonte Williams holds the bigger snap share, 75 percent against 18 percent.

This season Javonte Williams holds the bigger share of the carries, 69 percent against 31 percent.

Byes and availability

Javonte Williams is off in Week 14. No bye is listed for Jeremy McNichols.