Should I start Jaylen Wright or Kyren Williams in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jaylen Wright, and the board ranks him 78th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kyren Williams, and the board ranks him 80th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Jaylen Wright is 4.4 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 7 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.

The market-based projection for Kyren Williams is 4.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 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.

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

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, 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 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 1 target have averaged 1.0 air yards.

In Week 4 against MIN he carried 5 times for 7 yards and did not score.

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.

Through Week 7, Kyren Williams has been on the field for 68 percent of LAR snaps, taken 54 percent of the carries, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 34 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 57 third down targets, had 7 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 41 targets have averaged 2.5 air yards.

In Week 5 against BUF he carried 16 times for 49 yards, caught 6 of 8 targets for 27 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against ARI he carried 10 times for 50 yards, caught 3 of 6 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against LV he carried 16 times for 99 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 22 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Kyren Williams played 17 games and scored 263.3 PPR points, 15.5 a game, finishing RB9.

He carried 259 times for 1252 yards and 10 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 50 targets for 281 more yards.

That came to 15.2 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 2.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kyren Williams was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Kyren Williams scored 15.5 PPR points a game and Jaylen Wright 4.8, 10.7 a game between them.

Jaylen Wright finished RB70 that year and Kyren Williams RB9.

Kyren Williams had 189 more carries than Jaylen Wright, 259 to 70.

Kyren Williams had 31 more catches than Jaylen Wright, 36 to 5.

This season Kyren Williams holds the bigger snap share, 68 percent against 13 percent.

This season Kyren Williams holds the bigger share of the carries, 54 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Kyren Williams is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Jaylen Wright.

Jaylen Wright is listed as questionable on the injury report.