Should I start Jonah Coleman or Jaylen Wright in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jonah Coleman, and the board ranks him 120th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jaylen Wright, and the board ranks him 125th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jonah Coleman is 3.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 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 Wright is 3.0 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 12 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Jonah Coleman has been on the field for 42 percent of DEN snaps, taken 35 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 34 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 6 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have come 2.2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against JAX he carried 10 times for 39 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 19 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against ARI he carried 9 times for 54 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against KC he carried 11 times for 41 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 63 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Jaylen Wright has been on the field for 13 percent of MIA snaps, taken 14 percent of the carries, drawn 1 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have averaged 3.0 air yards.

In Week 5 against CIN he carried 6 times for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NYJ he carried 6 times for 8 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against NE he carried 2 times for 5 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

Jonah Coleman is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

In 2025 Jaylen Wright played 10 games and scored 48.2 PPR points, 4.8 a game, finishing RB70.

He carried 70 times for 288 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 5 of 9 targets for 44 more yards.

That came to 7.0 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 0-1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 14 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Head to head

This season Jonah Coleman holds the bigger snap share, 42 percent against 13 percent.

This season Jonah Coleman holds the bigger share of the carries, 35 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Jonah Coleman is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Jaylen Wright.