Should I start Travis Etienne Jr. or KC Concepcion Jr. in Week 8?
Updated Nov 2, 6:01 AM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.
Start KC Concepcion Jr.: 79 percent of the snaps and 29 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Travis Etienne Jr.'s 51 percent of the snaps and 38 percent of the carries. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
RB · NO · on bye this week
2025 vs rush yds line 9-8
- Overall rank
- 267
WR · CLE · bye 11
- Overall rank
- 270
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Their Week 9 outlook
The gap
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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.
Where the draft room stands
Live drafts hold no current pick on Travis Etienne Jr., and the board ranks him 267th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on KC Concepcion Jr., and the board ranks him 270th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Travis Etienne Jr., so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for KC Concepcion Jr., so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.
This season so far
Through Week 3, Travis Etienne Jr. has been on the field for 51 percent of NO snaps, taken 38 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 2 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 23 two minute targets.
His 13 targets have come 0.7 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.
In Week 1 against DET he carried 9 times for 46 yards, caught 7 of 9 targets for 32 yards and did not score.
In Week 2 against BAL he carried 8 times for 25 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 6 yards and did not score.
In Week 3 against LV he carried 13 times for 57 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 13 yards and did not score.
Through Week 7, KC Concepcion Jr. has been on the field for 79 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 29 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 2 of the offence's 9 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 3 of its 11 two minute targets.
His 10 targets have averaged 11.0 air yards.
In Week 7 against TEN he carried 3 times for 23 yards, caught 8 of 10 targets for 129 yards and did not score.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Travis Etienne Jr. played 17 games and scored 253.9 PPR points, 14.9 a game, finishing RB10.
He carried 260 times for 1107 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 52 targets for 292 more yards.
That came to 15.3 carries a game at 4.3 yards a carry and 2.1 catches a game.
He was on the field for 60 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
KC Concepcion Jr. is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.
Side by side
Travis Etienne Jr. is a running back and KC Concepcion Jr. a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.
Byes and availability
Travis Etienne Jr. is off in Week 8 and KC Concepcion Jr. in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.
Travis Etienne Jr. is listed as ir on the injury report.
Both players in full
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