Should I start MarShawn Lloyd or Keaton Mitchell in Week 9?
Updated Nov 3, 3:46 AM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
Week 9 verdict
Start MarShawn Lloyd over Keaton Mitchell

- Market projects
- 6.6
- recent weeks avg
- NE D vs RB
- 20.6
- 13th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 35%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 6%
- Through Week 8

- Market projects
- 5.8
- recent weeks avg
- HOU D vs RB
- 22.3
- 12th most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 32%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 9%
- Through Week 8
Start MarShawn Lloyd: 31 percent of the snaps and 25 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Keaton Mitchell's 32 percent of the snaps and 20 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.
Should I drop Keaton Mitchell for MarShawn Lloyd?
Yes, on the rest of the season. MarShawn Lloyd projects 50 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (6.3 a game over 8 games), Keaton Mitchell 25 (2.8 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts MarShawn Lloyd over Keaton Mitchell.
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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.
RB50 · GB · bye 11
2026 vs carries line 4-4
- Market-based projection
- 4.9 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 197
RB51 · LAC · bye 7
2026 vs carries line 2-5
- Market-based projection
- 4.6 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 198
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The gap
- Board size297 draftable players
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 MarShawn Lloyd, and the board ranks him 197th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 48.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Keaton Mitchell, and the board ranks him 198th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for MarShawn Lloyd is 1.2 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 Keaton Mitchell is 1.1 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.
MarShawn Lloyd's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season through Week 8
Through Week 8, MarShawn Lloyd has been on the field for 35 percent of GB snaps, taken 35 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 1 of the offence's 88 third down targets, had 3 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 37 two minute targets.
His 17 targets have come 0.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.
In Week 6 against DAL he carried 8 times for 10 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against DET he carried 6 times for 20 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 10 yards and did not score.
In Week 8 against CAR he carried 3 times for 7 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 9 yards and did not score.
Through Week 8, Keaton Mitchell has been on the field for 32 percent of LAC snaps, taken 20 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 4 of the offence's 68 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 28 two minute targets.
His 18 targets have come 1.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.
In Week 5 against DEN he carried 6 times for 11 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 18 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against KC he carried 2 times for 4 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.
In Week 8 against LAR he carried 4 times for 6 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 17 yards and did not score.
Their 2025 seasons
The season feed carries no line for MarShawn Lloyd in the last completed season.
In 2025 Keaton Mitchell played 13 games and scored 55.4 PPR points, 4.3 a game, finishing RB67.
He carried 59 times for 341 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 9 of 12 targets for 63 more yards.
That came to 4-5 carries a game at 5.8 yards a carry and 0.7 catches a game.
He was on the field for 17 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Head to head
This season MarShawn Lloyd holds the bigger snap share, 35 percent against 32 percent.
This season MarShawn Lloyd holds the bigger share of the carries, 35 percent against 20 percent.
Byes and availability
MarShawn Lloyd is off in Week 11 and Keaton Mitchell in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Keaton Mitchell for MarShawn Lloyd?
Yes, on the rest of the season. MarShawn Lloyd projects 50 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (6.3 a game over 8 games), Keaton Mitchell 25 (2.8 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts MarShawn Lloyd over Keaton Mitchell.
Should I drop MarShawn Lloyd for Keaton Mitchell?
No. Keep MarShawn Lloyd: he projects 50 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (6.3 a game over 8 games), Keaton Mitchell 25 (2.8 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts MarShawn Lloyd over Keaton Mitchell.
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