Should I start Aaron Jones Sr. or Quinshon Judkins in Week 8?
Updated Oct 27, 5:41 AM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.
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- : Aaron Jones Sr.: Listed Questionable (Undisclosed) (Sleeper injury feed)
Week 8 verdict
Start Quinshon Judkins over Aaron Jones Sr.
Judkins projects lower, 11.6 to 13.7, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 48 for Judkins, 110 for Jones.
- Market projects
- 11.6
- recent weeks avg
- PIT D vs RB
- 20.2
- 12th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 59%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 12%
- Through Week 7
- Market projects
- 13.7
- recent weeks avg
- DET D vs RB
- 19.8
- 10th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 25%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 4%
- Through Week 7
Start Quinshon Judkins: he has been on the field this season, 56 percent of the snaps, and Aaron Jones Sr. has no snap on record yet. 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 Quinshon Judkins for Aaron Jones Sr.?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Aaron Jones Sr. projects 153 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (15.3 a game over 10 games), Quinshon Judkins 110 (12.2 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Quinshon Judkins over Aaron Jones Sr. So make the move after his Week 8 game. Aaron Jones Sr. is listed questionable.
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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.
RB27 · MIN · bye 6
2026 vs carries line 5-1
- Market-based projection
- 10.9 pts a game Wk 7 price
- Overall rank
- 83
RB30 · CLE · bye 11
2026 vs carries line 3-3
- Market-based projection
- 10.5 pts a game Wk 7 price
- Overall rank
- 87
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The gap
- Board size292 draftable players
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 Aaron Jones Sr., and the board ranks him 83rd overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Quinshon Judkins, and the board ranks him 87th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
The market has Aaron Jones Sr. at 3.2 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.
The market-based projection for Quinshon Judkins is 3.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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.
Aaron Jones Sr.'s projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.
This season through Week 7
Through Week 7, Aaron Jones Sr. has taken 30 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 20 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 0 of the offence's 8 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 1 two minute target.
His 1 target have averaged 0.0 air yards.
In Week 7 against IND he carried 8 times for 26 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.
Through Week 7, Quinshon Judkins has been on the field for 60 percent of CLE snaps, taken 60 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 42 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 1 of the offence's 44 third down targets, had 5 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 33 two minute targets.
His 21 targets have come 1.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.
In Week 4 against PIT he carried 17 times for 53 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 43 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
In Week 5 against NYJ he carried 14 times for 44 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 6 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against TEN he carried 17 times for 96 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Aaron Jones Sr. played 12 games and scored 118.7 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing RB41.
He carried 132 times for 548 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 28 of 41 targets for 199 more yards.
That came to 11.0 carries a game at 4.2 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.
He was on the field for 55 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
In 2025 Quinshon Judkins played 15 games and scored 169.8 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing RB26.
He carried 230 times for 827 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 26 of 36 targets for 171 more yards.
That came to 15.3 carries a game at 3.6 yards a carry and 1.7 catches a game.
He was on the field for 50 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Quinshon Judkins was available for 3 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Quinshon Judkins scored 11.3 PPR points a game and Aaron Jones Sr. 9.9, 1.4 a game between them.
Aaron Jones Sr. finished RB41 that year and Quinshon Judkins RB26.
Quinshon Judkins had 98 more carries than Aaron Jones Sr., 230 to 132.
Aaron Jones Sr. had 2 more catches than Quinshon Judkins, 28 to 26.
This season Quinshon Judkins holds the bigger share of the carries, 60 percent against 30 percent.
Byes and availability
Aaron Jones Sr. is off in Week 6 and Quinshon Judkins in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.
Aaron Jones Sr. is listed as questionable on the injury report.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Quinshon Judkins for Aaron Jones Sr.?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Aaron Jones Sr. projects 153 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (15.3 a game over 10 games), Quinshon Judkins 110 (12.2 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Quinshon Judkins over Aaron Jones Sr. So make the move after his Week 8 game. Aaron Jones Sr. is listed questionable.
Should I drop Aaron Jones Sr. for Quinshon Judkins?
No. Keep Aaron Jones Sr.: he projects 153 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (15.3 a game over 10 games), Quinshon Judkins 110 (12.2 a game over 9 games). For Week 8 the call starts Quinshon Judkins over Aaron Jones Sr. Aaron Jones Sr. is listed questionable.
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