Rachaad White or Sam Darnold: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rachaad White: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 145th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 156.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Sam Darnold: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 147th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 62.

What the sportsbooks price

The books have Rachaad White at 5.3 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 14 books. That is 60 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The books have Sam Darnold at 12.9 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 10 books. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Rachaad White's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 2, Rachaad White has been on the field for 47 percent of WAS snaps, taken 22 percent of the carries, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have come 0.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against PHI he carried 7 times for 22 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against DAL he carried 7 times for 43 yards, caught 6 of 6 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

Through Week 1, Sam Darnold has been on the field for 10 percent of SEA snaps, dropped back 3 times and thrown 7.5 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 1 of 3 dropbacks.

In Week 1 against NE he completed 1 of 2 passes for 13 yards and threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Rachaad White played 17 games and scored 143.0 PPR points, 8.4 a game, finishing RB32.

He carried 132 times for 572 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 40 of 45 targets for 218 more yards.

That came to 7.8 carries a game at 4.3 yards a carry and 2.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Sam Darnold played 17 games and scored 249.4 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing QB13.

He threw for 4048 yards on 477 attempts with 25 touchdowns and 14 interceptions, and ran for 95 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 28.1 attempts a game at 8.5 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 96 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Sam Darnold scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Rachaad White 8.4, 6.3 a game between them.

Rachaad White finished RB32 and Sam Darnold QB13, which are two different ladders.

Rachaad White is a running back and Sam Darnold a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Rachaad White is off in Week 7 and Sam Darnold in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Sam Darnold is listed as questionable on the injury report.