Saquon Barkley or Jaylen Warren: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Saquon Barkley: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 20th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 3; 2QB: ADP 23.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jaylen Warren: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 45th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 88.

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Saquon Barkley at 15.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 books. That is the 40th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The books have Jaylen Warren at 11.7 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 15 books. That is 80 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Jaylen Warren's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Saquon Barkley has been on the field for 39 percent of PHI snaps, taken 35 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 21 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 12 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 0.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against WAS he carried 15 times for 83 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for -3 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against TEN he carried 4 times for 9 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Jaylen Warren has been on the field for 55 percent of PIT snaps, taken 51 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 33 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 18 third down targets and seen 0 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have come 1.7 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against ATL he carried 10 times for 46 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against NE he carried 11 times for 43 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Saquon Barkley played 16 games and scored 232.3 PPR points, 14.5 a game, finishing RB14.

He carried 280 times for 1140 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 37 of 50 targets for 273 more yards.

That came to 17.5 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 78 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 4.5 yards a carry and 2.5 catches a game.

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

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Saquon Barkley scored 14.5 PPR points a game and Jaylen Warren 13.6, 1.0 a game between them.

Saquon Barkley finished RB14 that year and Jaylen Warren RB17.

Saquon Barkley had 69 more carries than Jaylen Warren, 280 to 211.

Jaylen Warren had 3 more catches than Saquon Barkley, 40 to 37.

This season Jaylen Warren holds the bigger snap share, 55 percent against 39 percent.

This season Jaylen Warren holds the bigger share of the carries, 51 percent against 35 percent.

Byes and availability

Saquon Barkley is off in Week 10 and Jaylen Warren in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

Saquon Barkley is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Jaylen Warren is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Jaylen Warren is only part priced, so the books' half of this page is whole for only one of them.