Should I start Zach Charbonnet or Jaylen Warren in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Zach Charbonnet, and the board ranks him 44th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jaylen Warren, and the board ranks him 46th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Zach Charbonnet is 5.0 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.

The market-based projection for Jaylen Warren is 4.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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.

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

This season through Week 7

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

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 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.

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.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Jaylen Warren scored 13.6 PPR points a game and Zach Charbonnet 11.3, 2.2 a game between them.

Zach Charbonnet finished RB24 that year and Jaylen Warren RB17.

Jaylen Warren had 27 more carries than Zach Charbonnet, 211 to 184.

Jaylen Warren had 20 more catches than Zach Charbonnet, 40 to 20.

Byes and availability

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

Zach Charbonnet is listed as out on the injury report.