Should I start Pierre Strong Jr. or Jaylin Noel in Week 7?

Updated Oct 21, 10:46 PM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Start Jaylin Noel: 52 percent of the snaps and 13 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Pierre Strong Jr.'s 49 percent of the snaps and 33 percent of the carries. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop Jaylin Noel for Pierre Strong Jr.?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Pierre Strong Jr. projects 63 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (6.3 a game over 10 games), Jaylin Noel 56 (5.6 a game over 10 games).

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

Pierre Strong Jr.

RB40 · GB · bye 11

Overall rank: 122

Jaylin Noel

WR41 · HOU · bye 8

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Market-based projection: 6.7 pts a game

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Pierre Strong Jr., and the board ranks him 122nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jaylin Noel, and the board ranks him 123rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market has Pierre Strong Jr. at 4.0 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 13 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.

Jaylin Noel's market-based projection is 6.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 110th highest figure of the 214 players with a market-based projection.

Pierre Strong Jr.'s projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Pierre Strong Jr. has been on the field for 49 percent of GB snaps, taken 33 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 30 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 23 third down targets, had 1 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have come 0.7 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against CHI he carried 5 times for 7 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against DAL he carried 11 times for 28 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 39 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Jaylin Noel has been on the field for 46 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 0 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have averaged 11.0 air yards.

In Week 4 against DAL he carried 1 time for 4 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 85 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against TEN he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 41 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against JAX he caught 4 of 4 targets for 107 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 Jaylin Noel played 17 games and scored 68.4 PPR points, 4.0 a game, finishing WR91.

He caught 26 of 35 targets for 292 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 2.1 targets a game, a 74 percent catch rate and 11.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 27 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Side by side

Pierre Strong Jr. is a running back and Jaylin Noel a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Pierre Strong Jr. is off in Week 11 and Jaylin Noel in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Pierre Strong Jr. has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Jaylin Noel for Pierre Strong Jr.?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Pierre Strong Jr. projects 63 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (6.3 a game over 10 games), Jaylin Noel 56 (5.6 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Pierre Strong Jr. for Jaylin Noel?
No. Keep Pierre Strong Jr.: he projects 63 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (6.3 a game over 10 games), Jaylin Noel 56 (5.6 a game over 10 games).