Should I start Tyler Warren or Saquon Barkley in Week 9?
Updated Nov 3, 8:11 AM ET. Week 10 answers post Tuesday.
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Start Tyler Warren: 91 percent of the snaps and 22 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Saquon Barkley's 29 percent of the snaps and 34 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 Saquon Barkley for Tyler Warren?
Not on these numbers alone. Saquon Barkley projects 91 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (11.4 a game over 8 games) and Tyler Warren 93 (11.6 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.
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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.
TE25 · IND · bye 13
2026 vs anytime td line 3-3
- Market-based projection
- 10.1 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 123
RB39 · PHI · bye 10
2026 vs carries line 1-5
- Market-based projection
- 11.3 pts a game Wk 8 price
- Overall rank
- 125
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The gap
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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 Tyler Warren, and the board ranks him 123rd overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Saquon Barkley, and the board ranks him 125th overall on the rest of his evidence.
By format he goes standard: ADP 3; 2QB: ADP 14.
The market-based projections
The market-based projection for Tyler Warren is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
The market-based projection for Saquon Barkley is 3.1 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.
Tyler Warren's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season through Week 8
Through Week 8, Tyler Warren has been on the field for 91 percent of IND snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 8 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 2 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 21 two minute targets.
His 46 targets have averaged 4.3 air yards.
In Week 4 against WAS he caught 5 of 5 targets for 41 yards and did not score.
In Week 5 against PIT he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 7 of 9 targets for 83 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 8 against JAX he caught 4 of 10 targets for 18 yards and did not score.
Through Week 8, Saquon Barkley has been on the field for 33 percent of PHI snaps, taken 36 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 20 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 1 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 4 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 41 two minute targets.
His 10 targets have averaged 1.3 air yards.
In Week 4 against LAR he carried 2 times for 8 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against DAL he carried 7 times for 62 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 8 against WAS he carried 13 times for 30 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 24 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Tyler Warren played 17 games and scored 188.5 PPR points, 11.1 a game, finishing TE4.
He caught 76 of 112 targets for 817 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 19 red zone targets.
That came to 6.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 10.8 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 84 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
In 2025 Saquon Barkley played 16 games and scored 232.3 PPR points, 14.5 a game, finishing RB14.
He carried 280 times for 1140 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 37 of 50 targets for 273 more yards.
That came to 17-18 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.
He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Tyler Warren was available for 1 game more.
Side by side
In 2025 Saquon Barkley scored 14.5 PPR points a game and Tyler Warren 11.1, 3.4 a game between them.
Tyler Warren finished TE4 and Saquon Barkley RB14, which are two different ladders.
Tyler Warren is a tight end and Saquon Barkley a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.
Byes and availability
Tyler Warren is off in Week 13 and Saquon Barkley in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Saquon Barkley for Tyler Warren?
Not on these numbers alone. Saquon Barkley projects 91 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (11.4 a game over 8 games) and Tyler Warren 93 (11.6 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.
Should I drop Tyler Warren for Saquon Barkley?
Not on these numbers alone. Tyler Warren projects 93 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (11.6 a game over 8 games) and Saquon Barkley 91 (11.4 a game over 8 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it.
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