Should I start Kyren Williams or Zach Charbonnet in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kyren Williams, and the board ranks him 29th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Zach Charbonnet, and the board ranks him 33rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Kyren Williams is 5.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. 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 Zach Charbonnet is 5.0 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.

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

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Kyren Williams has been on the field for 68 percent of LAR snaps, taken 54 percent of the carries, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 34 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 57 third down targets, had 7 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 41 targets have averaged 2.5 air yards.

In Week 5 against BUF he carried 16 times for 49 yards, caught 6 of 8 targets for 27 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against ARI he carried 10 times for 50 yards, caught 3 of 6 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against LV he carried 16 times for 99 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 22 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

The usage feed holds no snap or target counts for Zach Charbonnet this season.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Kyren Williams played 17 games and scored 263.3 PPR points, 15.5 a game, finishing RB9.

He carried 259 times for 1252 yards and 10 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 50 targets for 281 more yards.

That came to 15.2 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 2.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Kyren Williams was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Kyren Williams scored 15.5 PPR points a game and Zach Charbonnet 11.3, 4.2 a game between them.

Kyren Williams finished RB9 that year and Zach Charbonnet RB24.

Kyren Williams had 75 more carries than Zach Charbonnet, 259 to 184.

Kyren Williams had 16 more catches than Zach Charbonnet, 36 to 20.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 11, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

Zach Charbonnet is listed as out on the injury report.