Start Woody Marks or Aaron Jones Sr.? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Woody Marks in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Aaron Jones Sr. at 9.3 points and Woody Marks at 13.4, a gap of 4.1. Aaron Jones Sr. still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 110 against 151, and that outweighs a gap this size. 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 Woody Marks this week yet, so his 13.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6 and 7 (12.0 and 14.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Woody Marks yet. His market-based projections were 12.0 and 14.8 points in Weeks 6 and 7, an average of 13.4, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

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.

That puts Woody Marks 4.1 points ahead of Aaron Jones Sr. on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Woody Marks and HOU visit LAC on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

LAC allowed 23.5 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 9th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 105 yards and a touchdown a game against LAC and caught passes for 26 more yards.

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.

By points allowed to the position, Aaron Jones Sr. has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Woody Marks is listed as questionable with a leg injury.

Aaron Jones Sr. is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 7, Woody Marks played 61 percent of HOU snaps, took 47 percent of the carries, drew 7 percent of the targets and had 25 percent of the red zone chances.

Woody Marks, Week 4 against DAL: 24 of 55 snaps, 6 carries for 22 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

Woody Marks, Week 5 against TEN: 56 of 66 snaps, 15 carries for 62 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 23 yards.

Woody Marks, Week 6 against JAX: 49 of 63 snaps, 15 carries for 56 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 25 yards.

Woody Marks, Week 7 against NYG: 54 of 61 snaps, 19 carries for 66 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 15 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Woody Marks played 16 games for HOU and scored 151.1 PPR points, 9.4 a game, finishing RB29.

He ran 196 times for 703 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 36 targets for 208 yards.

He was on the field for 53 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

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.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Ashton Jeanty over Woody Marks.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Woody Marks.
• Start Woody Marks over Braelon Allen.
• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Aaron Jones Sr..
• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Blake Corum.