Should I start Josh Jacobs or Parker Washington in Week 9?

The market-based projections

Josh Jacobs's market-based projection is 14.8 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 12th highest figure of the 175 players with a market-based projection.

Parker Washington's market-based projection is 13.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 15th highest figure of the 175 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Josh Jacobs, and the board ranks him 24th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Parker Washington, and the board ranks him 23rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 18.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Josh Jacobs has been on the field for 62 percent of GB snaps, taken 71 percent of the carries, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 67 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 5 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 5 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.

Through Week 8, Parker Washington has been on the field for 77 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 0 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 48 targets have averaged 12.9 air yards.

In Week 5 against PHI he caught 6 of 9 targets for 124 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 6 against HOU he caught 4 of 11 targets for 64 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against IND he carried 1 time for 10 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Parker Washington played 16 games and scored 184.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR27.

He caught 58 of 95 targets for 847 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 5.9 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 14.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 61 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Parker Washington was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Josh Jacobs scored 15.8 PPR points a game and Parker Washington 11.5, 4.3 a game between them.

Josh Jacobs finished RB13 and Parker Washington WR27, which are two different ladders.

Josh Jacobs is a running back and Parker Washington a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Josh Jacobs is off in Week 11 and Parker Washington in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.9 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.