Should I start Kyren Williams or Josh Jacobs in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kyren Williams, and the board ranks him 51st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Josh Jacobs, and the board ranks him 55th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Kyren Williams is 5.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 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.

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.

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

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Kyren Williams has been on the field for 68 percent of LAR snaps, taken 54 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 34 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 76 third down targets, had 9 of its 23 chances inside the five and seen 11 of its 44 two minute targets.

His 46 targets have averaged 2.4 air yards.

In Week 7 against LV he carried 16 times for 99 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 22 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against LAC he carried 16 times for 56 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 3 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against WAS he carried 15 times for 45 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 16 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 Kyren Williams played 17 games and scored 263.3 PPR points, 15.5 a game, finishing RB9.

He carried 259 times for 1252 yards and 10 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 50 targets for 281 more yards.

That came to 15.2 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 2.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 68 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.

Kyren Williams was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Josh Jacobs scored 15.8 PPR points a game and Kyren Williams 15.5, 0.3 a game between them.

Kyren Williams finished RB9 that year and Josh Jacobs RB13.

Kyren Williams had 25 more carries than Josh Jacobs, 259 to 234.

Both had 36 catches.

This season Kyren Williams holds the bigger snap share, 68 percent against 47 percent.

This season Kyren Williams holds the bigger share of the carries, 54 percent against 47 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 11, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

Josh Jacobs is listed as out on the injury report.