Should I start Javonte Williams or Zach Charbonnet in Week 8?

Updated Oct 28, 4:27 AM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.

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Oct 23, 5:13 PM ET: Zach Charbonnet: Questionable to Out (Knee - ACL, Surgery) (Sleeper injury feed)
Oct 22, 2:43 PM ET: Zach Charbonnet: PUP to Questionable (Knee - ACL, Surgery) (Sleeper injury feed)
Oct 22, 2:26 PM ET: Seahawks RB Zach Charbonnet activated off PUP list (ESPN)

Start Javonte Williams: he has been on the field this season, 74 percent of the snaps, and Zach Charbonnet has no snap on record yet. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Zach Charbonnet for Javonte Williams?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Javonte Williams projects 142 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (15.8 a game over 9 games), Zach Charbonnet 37 (4.1 a game over 9 games). Zach Charbonnet is listed questionable.

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

Javonte Williams

RB20 · DAL · bye 14

2026 vs carries line 3-4

Market-based projection: 15.1 pts a game Wk 7 price
Overall rank: 69

Zach Charbonnet

RB22 · SEA · bye 11

2025 vs carries line 10-6

Market-based projection: 10.1 pts a game Wk 7 price
Overall rank: 71

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The gap

Board size295 draftable players

Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Javonte Williams, and the board ranks him 69th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Zach Charbonnet, and the board ranks him 71st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Javonte Williams is 4.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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 Zach Charbonnet is 4.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 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.

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

This season through Week 7

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.

The usage feed holds no snap or target counts for Zach Charbonnet this season.

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 Zach Charbonnet played 16 games and scored 181.4 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing RB24.

He carried 184 times for 730 yards and 12 touchdowns, and caught 20 of 24 targets for 144 more yards.

That came to 11-12 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry and 1.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 49 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Javonte Williams scored 15.2 PPR points a game and Zach Charbonnet 11.3, 3.8 a game between them.

Javonte Williams finished RB12 that year and Zach Charbonnet RB24.

Javonte Williams had 68 more carries than Zach Charbonnet, 252 to 184.

Javonte Williams had 15 more catches than Zach Charbonnet, 35 to 20.

Byes and availability

Javonte Williams is off in Week 14 and Zach Charbonnet in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Zach Charbonnet is listed as out on the injury report.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Zach Charbonnet for Javonte Williams?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Javonte Williams projects 142 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (15.8 a game over 9 games), Zach Charbonnet 37 (4.1 a game over 9 games). Zach Charbonnet is listed questionable.
Should I drop Javonte Williams for Zach Charbonnet?
No. Keep Javonte Williams: he projects 142 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (15.8 a game over 9 games), Zach Charbonnet 37 (4.1 a game over 9 games). Zach Charbonnet is listed questionable.

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