Start Ashton Jeanty or Saquon Barkley? Week 3

Our Week 3 call

Start Saquon Barkley over Ashton Jeanty in Week 3.

Ashton Jeanty is estimated at 17.0 projected points, scaled up from the stats the books have posted so far and Saquon Barkley has too little of his market posted to price, so we are leaning on where drafters take them. Drafters take Saquon Barkley at ADP 3 and Ashton Jeanty at 6.

What the books imply

No sportsbook posted a player market for Saquon Barkley in Week 3.

Player prop markets imply 17.0 fantasy points for Ashton Jeanty, with 30 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

Week 3 matchups

Saquon Barkley and PHI visit CHI on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

CHI allowed 24.2 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 2 games, the 10th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 102 yards and 0.5 touchdowns a game against CHI and caught passes for 50 more yards.

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.

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

Injury status

Saquon Barkley is listed as questionable with a arm injury.

Ashton Jeanty is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 3

Through Week 2, Saquon Barkley played 39 percent of PHI snaps, took 35 percent of the carries, drew 7 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

Saquon Barkley, Week 1 against WAS: 39 of 55 snaps, 15 carries for 83 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for -3 yards.

Saquon Barkley, Week 2 against TEN: 12 of 76 snaps, 4 carries for 9 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 11 yards.

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, Saquon Barkley played 16 games for PHI and scored 232.3 PPR points, 14.5 a game, finishing RB14.

He ran 280 times for 1140 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 37 of 50 targets for 273 yards.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Saquon Barkley, Week 17 of 2025 against BUF: 43 of 54 snaps, 19 carries for 68 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 6.8 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 Saquon Barkley over Aaron Jones Sr..
• Start Saquon Barkley over Breece Hall.
• Start Saquon Barkley over Bucky Irving.
• Start Chase Brown over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Christian McCaffrey over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Chuba Hubbard over Ashton Jeanty.