Should I start Kendre Miller or Saquon Barkley in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kendre Miller, and the board ranks him 120th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Saquon Barkley, and the board ranks him 128th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 3; 2QB: ADP 14.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Kendre Miller 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 Saquon Barkley is 3.1 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 7, Kendre Miller has been on the field for 31 percent of NO snaps, taken 40 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 5 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have come 1.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against MIN he carried 10 times for 30 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against NYG he carried 20 times for 70 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against PIT he carried 8 times for 6 yards, caught 3 of 5 targets for 22 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Saquon Barkley has been on the field for 33 percent of PHI snaps, taken 36 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 20 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 4 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 1.3 air yards.

In Week 4 against LAR he carried 2 times for 8 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against DAL he carried 7 times for 62 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against WAS he carried 13 times for 30 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 24 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Kendre Miller played 7 games and scored 33.3 PPR points, 4.8 a game, finishing RB79.

He carried 47 times for 193 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 5 of 5 targets for 30 more yards.

That came to 6.7 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 0.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 24 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Saquon Barkley played 16 games and scored 232.3 PPR points, 14.5 a game, finishing RB14.

He carried 280 times for 1140 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 37 of 50 targets for 273 more yards.

That came to 17-18 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Saquon Barkley was available for 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Saquon Barkley scored 14.5 PPR points a game and Kendre Miller 4.8, 9.8 a game between them.

Kendre Miller finished RB79 that year and Saquon Barkley RB14.

Saquon Barkley had 233 more carries than Kendre Miller, 280 to 47.

Saquon Barkley had 32 more catches than Kendre Miller, 37 to 5.

This season Saquon Barkley holds the bigger snap share, 33 percent against 31 percent.

This season Kendre Miller holds the bigger share of the carries, 40 percent against 36 percent.

Byes and availability

Kendre Miller is off in Week 8 and Saquon Barkley in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.