Should I start Saquon Barkley or Woody Marks in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Saquon Barkley, and the board ranks him 83rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 3; 2QB: ADP 14.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Woody Marks, and the board ranks him 84th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Saquon Barkley is 3.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 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.

The market-based projection for Woody Marks is 3.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 4, Saquon Barkley has been on the field for 38 percent of PHI snaps, taken 36 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 2 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have come 0.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against TEN he carried 4 times for 9 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CHI he carried 15 times for 82 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for -2 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LAR he carried 2 times for 8 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Woody Marks has been on the field for 57 percent of HOU snaps, taken 41 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 25 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 2 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have averaged 0.8 air yards.

In Week 4 against DAL he carried 6 times for 22 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

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.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Saquon Barkley scored 14.5 PPR points a game and Woody Marks 9.4, 5.1 a game between them.

Saquon Barkley finished RB14 that year and Woody Marks RB29.

Saquon Barkley had 84 more carries than Woody Marks, 280 to 196.

Saquon Barkley had 13 more catches than Woody Marks, 37 to 24.

This season Woody Marks holds the bigger snap share, 57 percent against 38 percent.

This season Woody Marks holds the bigger share of the carries, 41 percent against 36 percent.

Byes and availability

Saquon Barkley is off in Week 10 and Woody Marks in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Saquon Barkley is listed as out on the injury report.