Should I start Woody Marks or Ollie Gordon II in Week 9?

The market-based projections

Woody Marks's market-based projection is 14.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 8 market sources. That is the 48th highest figure of the 220 players with a market-based projection.

Ollie Gordon II's market-based projection is 13.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 50th highest figure of the 220 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Woody Marks, and the board ranks him 21st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ollie Gordon II, and the board ranks him 23rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 7, Woody Marks has been on the field for 61 percent of HOU snaps, taken 47 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 25 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 54 third down targets, had 3 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 0.9 air yards.

In Week 5 against TEN he carried 15 times for 62 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 23 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against JAX he carried 15 times for 56 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 25 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NYG he carried 19 times for 66 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 15 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Ollie Gordon II has been on the field for 82 percent of MIA snaps, taken 71 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 50 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 5 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 8 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have come 1.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 7 against NYJ he carried 25 times for 103 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against NE he carried 19 times for 69 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Woody Marks played 16 games and scored 151.1 PPR points, 9.4 a game, finishing RB29.

He carried 196 times for 703 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 36 targets for 208 more yards.

That came to 12.3 carries a game at 3.6 yards a carry and 1-2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 53 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Ollie Gordon II played 17 games and scored 54.1 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing RB68.

He carried 70 times for 199 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 7 of 9 targets for 32 more yards.

That came to 4.1 carries a game at 2.8 yards a carry and 0.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 22 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ollie Gordon II was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Woody Marks scored 9.4 PPR points a game and Ollie Gordon II 3.2, 6.3 a game between them.

Woody Marks finished RB29 that year and Ollie Gordon II RB68.

Woody Marks had 126 more carries than Ollie Gordon II, 196 to 70.

Woody Marks had 17 more catches than Ollie Gordon II, 24 to 7.

This season Ollie Gordon II holds the bigger snap share, 82 percent against 61 percent.

This season Ollie Gordon II holds the bigger share of the carries, 71 percent against 47 percent.

Byes and availability

Woody Marks is off in Week 8 and Ollie Gordon II in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.3 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when live drafts hold these two again they can order them differently from the projection, and this page will follow the drafts rather than the market-based projection when they do.