Should I start Pierre Strong Jr. or Jaylen Warren in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Pierre Strong Jr., and the board ranks him 203rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jaylen Warren, and the board ranks him 207th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market has Pierre Strong Jr. at 0.4 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.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Pierre Strong Jr. has been on the field for 13 percent of GB snaps, taken 2 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 5 two minute targets.

In Week 7 against DET he carried 0 times for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against CAR he carried 1 time for 2 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Jaylen Warren has been on the field for 74 percent of PIT snaps, taken 65 percent of the carries, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 25 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 3 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 44 two minute targets.

His 36 targets have come 1.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

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.

In Week 8 against CLE he carried 17 times for 143 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

The season feed carries no line for Pierre Strong Jr. in the last completed season.

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.

Head to head

This season Jaylen Warren holds the bigger snap share, 74 percent against 13 percent.

This season Jaylen Warren holds the bigger share of the carries, 65 percent against 2 percent.

Byes and availability

Pierre Strong Jr. is off in Week 11 and Jaylen Warren in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.