Should I start Jonathan Taylor or Zach Charbonnet in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jonathan Taylor, and the board ranks him 38th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 4.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Zach Charbonnet, and the board ranks him 39th 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 Zach Charbonnet 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 7

Through Week 7, Jonathan Taylor has been on the field for 80 percent of IND snaps, taken 71 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 47 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 13 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have come 1.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

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.

In Week 7 against MIN he carried 18 times for 95 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 15 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

The usage feed holds no snap or target counts for Zach Charbonnet this season.

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 Zach Charbonnet played 16 games and scored 181.4 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing RB24.

He carried 184 times for 730 yards and 12 touchdowns, and caught 20 of 24 targets for 144 more yards.

That came to 11-12 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry and 1.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 49 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jonathan Taylor was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jonathan Taylor scored 21.3 PPR points a game and Zach Charbonnet 11.3, 10.0 a game between them.

Jonathan Taylor finished RB4 that year and Zach Charbonnet RB24.

Jonathan Taylor had 139 more carries than Zach Charbonnet, 323 to 184.

Jonathan Taylor had 26 more catches than Zach Charbonnet, 46 to 20.

Byes and availability

Jonathan Taylor is off in Week 13 and Zach Charbonnet in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Zach Charbonnet is listed as out on the injury report.