Should I start Trevor Etienne or MarShawn Lloyd in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Trevor Etienne, and the board ranks him 188th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on MarShawn Lloyd, and the board ranks him 207th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 48.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Trevor Etienne is 1.7 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 13 market sources. That is 70 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 MarShawn Lloyd is 1.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 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.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Trevor Etienne has been on the field for 12 percent of CAR snaps, taken 11 percent of the carries, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 21 third down targets, had 0 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have averaged 0.5 air yards.

In Week 6 against PHI he carried 1 time for -1 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against TB he carried 6 times for 8 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against GB he carried 1 time for 1 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Trevor Etienne played 17 games and scored 11.7 PPR points, 0.7 a game, finishing RB104.

He carried 20 times for 94 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 3 of 3 targets for 13 more yards.

That came to 1.2 carries a game at 4.7 yards a carry and 0.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 6 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

The season feed carries no line for MarShawn Lloyd in the last completed season.

Head to head

This season MarShawn Lloyd holds the bigger snap share, 35 percent against 12 percent.

This season MarShawn Lloyd holds the bigger share of the carries, 35 percent against 11 percent.

Byes and availability

MarShawn Lloyd is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Trevor Etienne.