Should I start Zach Charbonnet or Jordan Mason in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Zach Charbonnet, and the board ranks him 103rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jordan Mason, and the board ranks him 105th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Zach Charbonnet is 3.2 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 Jordan Mason is 3.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 2 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.

Zach Charbonnet's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Zach Charbonnet has taken 32 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 36 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 8 third down targets and seen 0 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have come 1.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 8 against CHI he carried 6 times for 23 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Jordan Mason has been on the field for 46 percent of MIN snaps, taken 51 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 26 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 27 third down targets, had 1 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have averaged 0.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against GB he carried 15 times for 59 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against IND he carried 15 times for 68 yards, caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against DET he carried 8 times for 20 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Jordan Mason played 16 games and scored 128.9 PPR points, 8.1 a game, finishing RB36.

He carried 159 times for 758 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 14 of 16 targets for 51 more yards.

That came to 9.9 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 0.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 44 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Zach Charbonnet scored 11.3 PPR points a game and Jordan Mason 8.1, 3.3 a game between them.

Zach Charbonnet finished RB24 that year and Jordan Mason RB36.

Zach Charbonnet had 25 more carries than Jordan Mason, 184 to 159.

Zach Charbonnet had 6 more catches than Jordan Mason, 20 to 14.

This season Jordan Mason holds the bigger share of the carries, 51 percent against 32 percent.

Byes and availability

Zach Charbonnet is off in Week 11 and Jordan Mason in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.