Start Kendre Miller or Aaron Jones Sr.? Week 9
Updated Nov 3, 3:06 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 10 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Kendre Miller
- Market projects
- 9.3
- recent weeks avg
- BUF D vs RB
- 27.3
- 3rd most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 25%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 6%
- Through Week 8
- Market projects
- 7.0
- recent weeks avg
- CLE D vs RB
- 19.4
- 8th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 31%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 6%
- Through Week 7
Should I drop Kendre Miller for Aaron Jones Sr.?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Aaron Jones Sr. projects 127 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (14.1 a game over 9 games), Kendre Miller 56 (6.2 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Aaron Jones Sr. over Kendre Miller.
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Our Week 9 call
Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Kendre Miller in Week 9.
Market-based projections have Aaron Jones Sr. at 9.3 points and Kendre Miller at 7.0, a gap of 2.3. No player market is posted for Aaron Jones Sr. this week yet, so his 9.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 8 (11.3 and 7.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Kendre Miller this week yet, so his 7.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 7 (6.9 and 7.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
What the market projects
No Week 9 player market is posted for Aaron Jones Sr. yet. His market-based projections were 11.3 and 7.4 points in Weeks 7 and 8, an average of 9.3, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
No Week 9 player market is posted for Kendre Miller yet. His market-based projections were 6.9 and 7.1 points in Weeks 6 and 7, an average of 7.0, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.
That puts Aaron Jones Sr. 2.3 points ahead of Kendre Miller on these projections.
Week 9 matchups
Aaron Jones Sr. and MIN host BUF on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.
BUF allowed 27.3 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 3rd most in the league.
Running backs ran for 83 yards and a touchdown a game against BUF and caught passes for 47 more yards.
Kendre Miller and NO host CLE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
CLE allowed 19.4 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 8th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 104 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against CLE and caught passes for 20 more yards.
By points allowed to the position, Aaron Jones Sr. has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Aaron Jones Sr. is not on the injury report.
Kendre Miller is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 9
Through Week 8, Aaron Jones Sr. played 25 percent of MIN snaps, took 30 percent of the carries, drew 6 percent of the targets and had 20 percent of the red zone chances.
Aaron Jones Sr., Week 7 against IND: 15 of 59 snaps, 8 carries for 26 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 0 yards.
Aaron Jones Sr., Week 8 against DET: 5 carries for 22 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards.
Through Week 7, Kendre Miller played 31 percent of NO snaps, took 40 percent of the carries, drew 6 percent of the targets and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.
Kendre Miller, Week 4 against ATL: 19 of 74 snaps, 6 carries for 9 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 10 yards.
Kendre Miller, Week 5 against MIN: 14 of 45 snaps, 10 carries for 30 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.
Kendre Miller, Week 6 against NYG: 32 of 72 snaps, 20 carries for 70 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 0 yards.
Kendre Miller, Week 7 against PIT: 22 of 57 snaps, 8 carries for 6 yards, 5 targets and 3 catches for 22 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Aaron Jones Sr. played 12 games for MIN and scored 118.7 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing RB41.
He ran 132 times for 548 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 28 of 41 targets for 199 yards.
He was on the field for 55 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Aaron Jones Sr., Week 17 of 2025 against DET: 35 of 54 snaps, 18 carries for 53 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 10 yards, 1 touchdown, 15.3 PPR points.
In 2025, Kendre Miller played 7 games for NO and scored 33.3 PPR points, 4.8 a game, finishing RB79.
He ran 47 times for 193 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 5 of 5 targets for 30 yards.
He was on the field for 24 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 9 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 9, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Kendre Miller for Aaron Jones Sr.?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Aaron Jones Sr. projects 127 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (14.1 a game over 9 games), Kendre Miller 56 (6.2 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Aaron Jones Sr. over Kendre Miller.
Should I drop Aaron Jones Sr. for Kendre Miller?
No. Keep Aaron Jones Sr.: he projects 127 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (14.1 a game over 9 games), Kendre Miller 56 (6.2 a game over 9 games). For Week 9 the call starts Aaron Jones Sr. over Kendre Miller.
Should I drop Aaron Jones Sr.?
Week 9 on the board
- Is Kendre Miller playing Week 9?
- Is Aaron Jones Sr. playing Week 9?
- Saints depth chart
- Vikings depth chart
- Week 9 RB rankings
- Week 9 fantasy rankings
- Week 9 start or sit
- Week 9 waiver wire
- Week 9 trade value chart
- Trade deadline buy low, sell high
- Fantasy football rankings
- Start 'em sit 'em Week 9
- Waiver wire pickups
- Fantasy sleepers
- Rest of season rankings
- Week 9 kicker rankings
- Week 9 defense rankings