Start Ashton Jeanty or D'Andre Swift? Week 3

Our Week 3 call

Start Ashton Jeanty over D'Andre Swift in Week 3.

De-vigged player props project Ashton Jeanty at 16.8 points and D'Andre Swift at 7.0, a gap of 9.8. Drafters take Ashton Jeanty at ADP 9 and D'Andre Swift at 15.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 16.8 fantasy points for Ashton Jeanty, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

Player prop markets imply 7.0 fantasy points for D'Andre Swift, with 60 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

That puts Ashton Jeanty 9.8 points ahead of D'Andre Swift on the books.

Week 3 matchups

Ashton Jeanty and LV visit NO on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

NO allowed 29.0 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 2 games, the 6th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 119 yards and 1.5 touchdowns a game against NO and caught passes for 36 more yards.

D'Andre Swift and CHI host PHI on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

PHI allowed 18.2 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 2 games, the 15th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 108 yards and 0.5 touchdowns a game against PHI and caught passes for 14 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Ashton Jeanty has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Ashton Jeanty is not on the injury report.

D'Andre Swift is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 3

Through Week 2, Ashton Jeanty played 77 percent of LV snaps, took 73 percent of the carries, drew 22 percent of the targets and had 59 percent of the red zone chances.

Ashton Jeanty, Week 1 against MIA: 50 of 68 snaps, 23 carries for 102 yards, 6 targets and 6 catches for 45 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Ashton Jeanty, Week 2 against LAC: 51 of 63 snaps, 21 carries for 48 yards, 7 targets and 4 catches for 15 yards.

Through Week 2, D'Andre Swift played 62 percent of CHI snaps, took 49 percent of the carries, drew 11 percent of the targets and had 36 percent of the red zone chances.

D'Andre Swift, Week 1 against CAR: 43 of 75 snaps, 18 carries for 124 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 10 yards, 3 touchdowns.

D'Andre Swift, Week 2 against MIN: 50 of 74 snaps, 16 carries for 45 yards, 5 targets and 5 catches for 54 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Ashton Jeanty played 17 games for LV and scored 245.1 PPR points, 14.4 a game, finishing RB11.

He ran 266 times for 975 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 55 of 73 targets for 346 yards.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Ashton Jeanty, Week 18 of 2025 against KC: 26 carries for 87 yards, 5 targets and 3 catches for 7 yards, 12.4 PPR points.

In 2025, D'Andre Swift played 16 games for CHI and scored 228.6 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing RB15.

He ran 223 times for 1087 yards and 9 touchdowns, and caught 34 of 48 targets for 299 yards.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

D'Andre Swift, Week 18 of 2025 against DET: 10 carries for 40 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 8 yards, 5.8 PPR points.

Their other Week 3 calls

• Start Chase Brown over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Christian McCaffrey over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Chuba Hubbard over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over D'Andre Swift.
• Start Blake Corum over D'Andre Swift.
• Start Breece Hall over D'Andre Swift.