Start Aaron Jones Sr. or Quinshon Judkins? Week 8
Updated Oct 27, 5:41 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 9 answer posts Tuesday.
Latest
- : Aaron Jones Sr.: Listed Questionable (Undisclosed) (Sleeper injury feed)
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
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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Our Week 8 call
Start Quinshon Judkins over Aaron Jones Sr. in Week 8.
Market-based projections have Quinshon Judkins at 11.6 points and Aaron Jones Sr. at 13.7, a gap of 2.2. Quinshon Judkins still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 48 against 110, and that outweighs a gap this size. No player market is posted for Quinshon Judkins this week yet, so his 11.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (12.8, 11.2 and 10.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Aaron Jones Sr. this week yet, so his 13.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 7 (16.2 and 11.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.
What the market projects
No Week 8 player market is posted for Aaron Jones Sr. yet. His market-based projections were 16.2 and 11.3 points in Weeks 5 and 7, an average of 13.7, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.
No Week 8 player market is posted for Quinshon Judkins yet. His market-based projections were 12.8, 11.2 and 10.8 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 11.6, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.
The market-based projection for Quinshon Judkins is 0-1 touchdowns (7 market sources).
That puts Aaron Jones Sr. 2.2 points ahead of Quinshon Judkins on these projections.
Week 8 matchups
Aaron Jones Sr. and MIN visit DET on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
DET allowed 19.8 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 10th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 80 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against DET and caught passes for 25 more yards.
Quinshon Judkins and CLE visit PIT on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
PIT allowed 20.2 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 12th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 75 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against PIT and caught passes for 41 more yards.
By points allowed to the position, Quinshon Judkins has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Aaron Jones Sr. is listed as questionable with a undisclosed injury.
Quinshon Judkins is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 8
Through Week 7, Aaron Jones Sr. played 25 percent of MIN snaps, took 30 percent of the carries, drew 4 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.
Through Week 7, Quinshon Judkins played 59 percent of CLE snaps, took 60 percent of the carries, drew 12 percent of the targets and had 42 percent of the red zone chances.
Quinshon Judkins, Week 3 against CAR: 36 of 70 snaps, 18 carries for 70 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 9 yards.
Quinshon Judkins, Week 4 against PIT: 42 of 64 snaps, 17 carries for 53 yards, 7 targets and 6 catches for 43 yards, 1 touchdown.
Quinshon Judkins, Week 5 against NYJ: 36 of 68 snaps, 14 carries for 44 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 6 yards.
Quinshon Judkins, Week 7 against TEN: 37 of 70 snaps, 17 carries for 96 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 8 yards, 2 touchdowns.
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.
Aaron Jones Sr., Week 16 of 2025 against NYG: 39 of 61 snaps, 21 carries for 85 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 8 yards, 11.3 PPR points.
In 2025, Quinshon Judkins played 15 games for CLE and scored 169.8 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing RB26.
He ran 230 times for 827 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 26 of 36 targets for 171 yards.
He was on the field for 50 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 8 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 8, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
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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Week 8 on the board
- Is Aaron Jones Sr. playing Week 8?
- Is Quinshon Judkins playing Week 8?
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