Should I start Jonathan Taylor or Mike Evans in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jonathan Taylor, and the board ranks him 14th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 4.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Mike Evans, and the board ranks him 15th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Jonathan Taylor's market-based projection is 16.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 21st highest figure of the 194 players with a market-based projection.

No season market is posted for Mike Evans, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Jonathan Taylor has been on the field for 81 percent of IND snaps, taken 74 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 49 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 13 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have come 1.2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against WAS he carried 20 times for 95 yards, caught 1 of 4 targets for 2 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 5 against PIT he carried 15 times for 45 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against TEN he carried 21 times for 94 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 57 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 6, Mike Evans has been on the field for 55 percent of SF snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 19 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 2 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 39 targets have averaged 14.6 air yards.

In Week 4 against DEN he caught 5 of 8 targets for 76 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against SEA he caught 7 of 10 targets for 113 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against WAS he caught 3 of 5 targets for 94 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 Mike Evans played 8 games and scored 84.8 PPR points, 10.6 a game, finishing WR76.

He caught 30 of 61 targets for 368 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 7.6 targets a game, a 49 percent catch rate and 12.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 65 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jonathan Taylor was available for 9 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jonathan Taylor scored 21.3 PPR points a game and Mike Evans 10.6, 10.7 a game between them.

Jonathan Taylor finished RB4 and Mike Evans WR76, which are two different ladders.

Jonathan Taylor is a running back and Mike Evans a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jonathan Taylor is off in Week 13 and Mike Evans in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Mike Evans is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Mike Evans has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.