Should I start Jonathan Taylor or Jaylen Warren in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jonathan Taylor, and the board ranks him 65th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 4.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jaylen Warren, and the board ranks him 154th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jonathan Taylor is 5.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. 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 Jaylen Warren is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 2 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.

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

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Jonathan Taylor has been on the field for 80 percent of IND snaps, taken 71 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 47 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 13 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have come 1.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against PIT he carried 15 times for 45 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against TEN he carried 21 times for 94 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 57 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against MIN he carried 18 times for 95 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 15 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 7, Jaylen Warren has been on the field for 74 percent of PIT snaps, taken 68 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 24 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 34 targets have come 1.2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against IND he carried 15 times for 101 yards, caught 6 of 6 targets for 87 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 6 against TB he carried 14 times for 50 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 28 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NO he carried 18 times for 101 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 36 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jonathan Taylor played 17 games and scored 362.3 PPR points, 21.3 a game, finishing RB4.

He carried 323 times for 1585 yards and 18 touchdowns, and caught 46 of 55 targets for 378 more yards.

That came to 19.0 carries a game at 4.9 yards a carry and 2.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 84 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jaylen Warren played 16 games and scored 217.1 PPR points, 13.6 a game, finishing RB17.

He carried 211 times for 958 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 40 of 45 targets for 333 more yards.

That came to 13.2 carries a game at 5 yards a carry and 2-3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jonathan Taylor was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jonathan Taylor scored 21.3 PPR points a game and Jaylen Warren 13.6, 7.7 a game between them.

Jonathan Taylor finished RB4 that year and Jaylen Warren RB17.

Jonathan Taylor had 112 more carries than Jaylen Warren, 323 to 211.

Jonathan Taylor had 6 more catches than Jaylen Warren, 46 to 40.

This season Jonathan Taylor holds the bigger snap share, 80 percent against 74 percent.

This season Jonathan Taylor holds the bigger share of the carries, 71 percent against 68 percent.

Byes and availability

Jonathan Taylor is off in Week 13 and Jaylen Warren in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.