Should I start Jonathan Taylor or Josh Jacobs in Week 10?
Updated Nov 10, 11:31 AM ET. Week 11 answers post Tuesday.
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Week 10 verdict
Start Jonathan Taylor over Josh Jacobs
- Market projects
- 14.7
- recent weeks avg
- MIA D vs RB
- 25.0
- 8th most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 77%
- Through Week 9
- Target share
- 13%
- Through Week 9
- Market projects
- 13.8
- recent weeks avg
- MIN D vs RB
- 18.4
- 5th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 47%
- Through Week 9
- Target share
- 12%
- Through Week 9
Start Jonathan Taylor: 67 percent of the snaps and 49 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Josh Jacobs's 47 percent of the snaps and 47 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 Josh Jacobs for Jonathan Taylor?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Jonathan Taylor projects 127 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (18.1 a game over 7 games), Josh Jacobs 102 (14.5 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Jonathan Taylor over Josh Jacobs. Josh Jacobs is listed out.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
RB20 · IND · bye 13
2026 vs carries line 5-4
- Market-based projection
- 16.1 pts a game Wk 9 price
- Overall rank
- 55
RB21 · GB · bye 11
2025 vs rush yds line 8-7
- Market-based projection
- 14.6 pts a game Wk 9 price
- Overall rank
- 56
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The gap
- Board size307 draftable players
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 Jonathan Taylor, and the board ranks him 55th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 4.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Josh Jacobs, and the board ranks him 56th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Jonathan Taylor is 5.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. 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 Josh Jacobs is 5.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
Jonathan Taylor's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season through Week 9
Through Week 9, Jonathan Taylor has been on the field for 77 percent of IND snaps, taken 66 percent of the carries, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 48 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 5 of the offence's 73 third down targets, had 15 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 44 two minute targets.
His 36 targets have come 1.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.
In Week 7 against MIN he carried 18 times for 95 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 15 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 8 against JAX he carried 8 times for 23 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 24 yards and did not score.
In Week 9 against DAL he carried 13 times for 46 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 18 yards and did not score.
Through Week 9, Josh Jacobs has been on the field for 47 percent of GB snaps, taken 47 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 50 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 7 of the offence's 30 third down targets, had 5 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.
His 13 targets have averaged 2.8 air yards.
In Week 7 against DET he carried 11 times for 36 yards, caught 5 of 7 targets for 55 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 8 against CAR he carried 21 times for 39 yards, caught 6 of 6 targets for 13 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.
In Week 9 against NE he carried 4 times for 5 yards and did not score.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Jonathan Taylor played 17 games and scored 362.3 PPR points, 21.3 a game, finishing RB4.
He carried 323 times for 1585 yards and 18 touchdowns, and caught 46 of 55 targets for 378 more yards.
That came to 19.0 carries a game at 4.9 yards a carry and 2.7 catches a game.
He was on the field for 84 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
In 2025 Josh Jacobs played 15 games and scored 237.1 PPR points, 15.8 a game, finishing RB13.
He carried 234 times for 929 yards and 13 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 44 targets for 282 more yards.
That came to 15.6 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry and 2.4 catches a game.
He was on the field for 59 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Jonathan Taylor was available for 2 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Jonathan Taylor scored 21.3 PPR points a game and Josh Jacobs 15.8, 5.5 a game between them.
Jonathan Taylor finished RB4 that year and Josh Jacobs RB13.
Jonathan Taylor had 89 more carries than Josh Jacobs, 323 to 234.
Jonathan Taylor had 10 more catches than Josh Jacobs, 46 to 36.
This season Jonathan Taylor holds the bigger snap share, 77 percent against 47 percent.
This season Jonathan Taylor holds the bigger share of the carries, 66 percent against 47 percent.
Byes and availability
Jonathan Taylor is off in Week 13 and Josh Jacobs in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.
Josh Jacobs is listed as out on the injury report.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Josh Jacobs for Jonathan Taylor?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Jonathan Taylor projects 127 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (18.1 a game over 7 games), Josh Jacobs 102 (14.5 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Jonathan Taylor over Josh Jacobs. Josh Jacobs is listed out.
Should I drop Jonathan Taylor for Josh Jacobs?
No. Keep Jonathan Taylor: he projects 127 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (18.1 a game over 7 games), Josh Jacobs 102 (14.5 a game over 7 games). For Week 10 the call starts Jonathan Taylor over Josh Jacobs. Josh Jacobs is listed out.
Should I drop Jonathan Taylor?
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