Should I start Jaylen Warren or Mike Evans in Week 7?

Updated Oct 20, 11:01 AM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Start Jaylen Warren: 86 percent of the snaps and 77 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Mike Evans's 54 percent of the snaps and 27 percent of the targets. 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 Mike Evans for Jaylen Warren?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Jaylen Warren projects 167 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.7 a game over 10 games), Mike Evans 69 (6.9 a game over 10 games). Mike Evans is listed out.

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

Jaylen Warren

RB5 · PIT · bye 9

2026 vs carries line 2-4

Market-based projection: 17.6 pts a game

Mike Evans

WR4 · SF · bye 8

2026 vs anytime td line 3-3

Market-based projection: 16.1 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 9

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The gap

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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 Jaylen Warren, and the board ranks him 8th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Mike Evans, and the board ranks him 9th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Jaylen Warren's market-based projection is 17.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 7th highest figure of the 181 players with a market-based projection.

No season market is posted for Mike Evans, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Jaylen Warren has been on the field for 76 percent of PIT snaps, taken 69 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 52 third down targets, had 1 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 34 two minute targets.

His 30 targets have come 1.1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against CLE he carried 17 times for 93 yards, caught 3 of 6 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

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.

Through Week 6, Mike Evans has been on the field for 55 percent of SF snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 2 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 39 targets have averaged 14.6 air yards.

In Week 4 against DEN he caught 5 of 8 targets for 76 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against SEA he caught 7 of 10 targets for 113 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against WAS he caught 3 of 5 targets for 94 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Mike Evans played 8 games and scored 84.8 PPR points, 10.6 a game, finishing WR76.

He caught 30 of 61 targets for 368 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 7.6 targets a game, a 49 percent catch rate and 12.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 65 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jaylen Warren was available for 8 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jaylen Warren scored 13.6 PPR points a game and Mike Evans 10.6, 3.0 a game between them.

Jaylen Warren finished RB17 and Mike Evans WR76, which are two different ladders.

Jaylen Warren is a running back and Mike Evans a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jaylen Warren is off in Week 9 and Mike Evans in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Mike Evans is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Mike Evans has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Mike Evans for Jaylen Warren?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Jaylen Warren projects 167 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.7 a game over 10 games), Mike Evans 69 (6.9 a game over 10 games). Mike Evans is listed out.
Should I drop Jaylen Warren for Mike Evans?
No. Keep Jaylen Warren: he projects 167 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (16.7 a game over 10 games), Mike Evans 69 (6.9 a game over 10 games). Mike Evans is listed out.