Should I start Zach Charbonnet or Kendre Miller in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Zach Charbonnet, and the board ranks him 102nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kendre Miller, and the board ranks him 103rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Zach Charbonnet 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 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 8, Zach Charbonnet has taken 32 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 36 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 8 third down targets and seen 0 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have come 1.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 8 against CHI he carried 6 times for 23 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Zach Charbonnet played 16 games and scored 181.4 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing RB24.

He carried 184 times for 730 yards and 12 touchdowns, and caught 20 of 24 targets for 144 more yards.

That came to 11-12 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry and 1.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 49 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Zach Charbonnet was available for 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Zach Charbonnet scored 11.3 PPR points a game and Kendre Miller 4.8, 6.6 a game between them.

Zach Charbonnet finished RB24 that year and Kendre Miller RB79.

Zach Charbonnet had 137 more carries than Kendre Miller, 184 to 47.

Zach Charbonnet had 15 more catches than Kendre Miller, 20 to 5.

This season Kendre Miller holds the bigger share of the carries, 40 percent against 32 percent.

Byes and availability

Zach Charbonnet is off in Week 11 and Kendre Miller in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.