Should I start Jonathan Taylor or Ollie Gordon II in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jonathan Taylor, and the board ranks him 104th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 4.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ollie Gordon II, and the board ranks him 110th 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 Ollie Gordon II is 4.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 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.

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, Ollie Gordon II has been on the field for 79 percent of MIA snaps, taken 72 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 57 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 23 third down targets, had 5 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 10 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have come 2.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 7 against NYJ he carried 25 times for 103 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against NE he carried 19 times for 69 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against DET he carried 16 times for 55 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 9 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 Ollie Gordon II played 17 games and scored 54.1 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing RB68.

He carried 70 times for 199 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 7 of 9 targets for 32 more yards.

That came to 4.1 carries a game at 2.8 yards a carry and 0.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 22 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Jonathan Taylor scored 21.3 PPR points a game and Ollie Gordon II 3.2, 18.1 a game between them.

Jonathan Taylor finished RB4 that year and Ollie Gordon II RB68.

Jonathan Taylor had 253 more carries than Ollie Gordon II, 323 to 70.

Jonathan Taylor had 39 more catches than Ollie Gordon II, 46 to 7.

This season Ollie Gordon II holds the bigger snap share, 79 percent against 77 percent.

This season Ollie Gordon II holds the bigger share of the carries, 72 percent against 66 percent.

Byes and availability

Jonathan Taylor is off in Week 13 and Ollie Gordon II in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.