Start Jonathan Taylor or Ashton Jeanty? Week 3

Our Week 3 call

Start Jonathan Taylor over Ashton Jeanty in Week 3.

De-vigged player props project Jonathan Taylor at 18.0 points and Ashton Jeanty at 16.7, a gap of 1.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 18.0 fantasy points for Jonathan Taylor, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The books have Jonathan Taylor at 81.5 rushing yards, 19.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 59% chance to score a touchdown (13, 15, 12 and 15 books).

Player prop markets imply 16.7 fantasy points for Ashton Jeanty, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The books have Ashton Jeanty at 68.5 rushing yards, 21.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 50% chance to score a touchdown (15, 14, 12 and 15 books).

That puts Jonathan Taylor 1.3 points ahead of Ashton Jeanty 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.

Injury status

Jonathan Taylor is not on the injury report.

Ashton Jeanty is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 3

Through Week 2, Jonathan Taylor played 92 percent of IND snaps, took 83 percent of the carries, drew 14 percent of the targets and had 56 percent of the red zone chances.

Jonathan Taylor, Week 1 against BAL: 48 of 54 snaps, 19 carries for 98 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 23 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Jonathan Taylor, Week 2 against KC: 61 of 65 snaps, 24 carries for 92 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 40 yards, 2 touchdowns.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jonathan Taylor played 17 games for IND and scored 362.3 PPR points, 21.3 a game, finishing RB4.

He ran 323 times for 1585 yards and 18 touchdowns, and caught 46 of 55 targets for 378 yards.

He was on the field for 84 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Jonathan Taylor, Week 18 of 2025 against HOU: 14 carries for 26 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 13 yards, 5.9 PPR points.

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.

Their other Week 3 calls

• Start Bijan Robinson over Jonathan Taylor.
• Start Jonathan Taylor over Chase Brown.
• Start Christian McCaffrey over Jonathan Taylor.
• Start Chase Brown over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Christian McCaffrey over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Chuba Hubbard over Ashton Jeanty.