Should I start Nicholas Singleton or Pierre Strong Jr. in Week 7?

Updated Oct 21, 5:01 PM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.

Start Pierre Strong Jr.: 49 percent of the snaps and 33 percent of the carries over their last 2 games, against Nicholas Singleton's 12 percent of the snaps and 13 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 Nicholas Singleton for Pierre Strong Jr.?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Pierre Strong Jr. projects 52 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (5.2 a game over 10 games), Nicholas Singleton 7 (0.7 a game over 10 games).

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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.

Nicholas Singleton

RB49 · TEN · bye 9

Overall rank: 144

Pierre Strong Jr.

RB50 · GB · bye 11

Market-based projection: 7.3 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank: 145

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The gap

Board size311 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 Nicholas Singleton, and the board ranks him 144th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Pierre Strong Jr., and the board ranks him 145th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Nicholas Singleton is 1.7 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is 60 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Pierre Strong Jr. at 1.5 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 4, Nicholas Singleton has been on the field for 12 percent of TEN snaps, taken 13 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 11 third down targets, had 0 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 9 two minute targets.

In Week 2 against PHI he carried 4 times for 10 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BAL he carried 3 times for 2 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Pierre Strong Jr. has been on the field for 49 percent of GB snaps, taken 33 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 30 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 23 third down targets, had 1 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have come 0.7 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against CHI he carried 5 times for 7 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against DAL he carried 11 times for 28 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 39 yards and did not score.

Their last full seasons

Nicholas Singleton is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

The season feed carries no line for Pierre Strong Jr. in the last completed season.

Head to head

This season Pierre Strong Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 49 percent against 12 percent.

This season Pierre Strong Jr. holds the bigger share of the carries, 33 percent against 13 percent.

Byes and availability

Nicholas Singleton is off in Week 9 and Pierre Strong Jr. in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Nicholas Singleton for Pierre Strong Jr.?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Pierre Strong Jr. projects 52 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (5.2 a game over 10 games), Nicholas Singleton 7 (0.7 a game over 10 games).
Should I drop Pierre Strong Jr. for Nicholas Singleton?
No. Keep Pierre Strong Jr.: he projects 52 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (5.2 a game over 10 games), Nicholas Singleton 7 (0.7 a game over 10 games).