Start Jaylen Warren or Bhayshul Tuten? Week 8

Updated Oct 27, 7:31 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 9 answer posts Tuesday.

Tuten projects lower, 15.6 to 16.7, and still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player: ADP 53 for Tuten, 62 for Warren.

Start

Bhayshul Tuten

RB · JAX · vs IND

Market projects: 15.6; fantasy pts
IND D vs RB: 22.0; 13th most to RBs (2026)
Upside: Moderate; 63 of 100 at RB
Snap share: 56%; Through Week 6
Target share: 8%; Through Week 6

Sit

Jaylen Warren

RB · PIT · vs CLE

Market projects: 16.7; recent weeks avg
CLE D vs RB: 19.4; 8th fewest to RBs (2026)
Upside: Rising; 65 of 100 at RB
Snap share: 74%; Through Week 7
Target share: 14%; Through Week 7

Should I drop Bhayshul Tuten for Jaylen Warren?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Jaylen Warren projects 149 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (16.6 a game over 9 games), Bhayshul Tuten 120 (12.0 a game over 10 games). For Week 8 the call starts Bhayshul Tuten over Jaylen Warren. So make the move after his Week 8 game.

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Our Week 8 call

Start Bhayshul Tuten over Jaylen Warren in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Bhayshul Tuten at 15.6 points and Jaylen Warren at 16.7, a gap of 1.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Bhayshul Tuten still gets the call because it also weighs where drafters take each player, ADP 53 against 62, and that outweighs a gap this size. Bhayshul Tuten's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is. No player market is posted for Jaylen Warren this week yet, so his 16.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (17.8, 15.7 and 16.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Market coverage on Bhayshul Tuten is 70 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Jaylen Warren yet. His market-based projections were 17.8, 15.7 and 16.7 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 16.7, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

Player markets imply 15.6 fantasy points for Bhayshul Tuten, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Bhayshul Tuten is 62 rushing yards and 0.7 touchdowns (6 and 8 market sources).

That puts Jaylen Warren 1.1 points ahead of Bhayshul Tuten on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Jaylen Warren and PIT host CLE on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CLE allowed 19.4 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 8th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 104 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against CLE and caught passes for 20 more yards.

Bhayshul Tuten and JAX host IND on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

IND allowed 22.0 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 13th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 96 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against IND and caught passes for 39 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Bhayshul Tuten has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Jaylen Warren is not on the injury report.

Bhayshul Tuten is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Jaylen Warren played 74 percent of PIT snaps, took 68 percent of the carries, drew 14 percent of the targets and had 24 percent of the red zone chances.

Jaylen Warren, Week 4 against CLE: 70 of 72 snaps, 17 carries for 93 yards, 6 targets and 3 catches for 33 yards.

Jaylen Warren, Week 5 against IND: 52 of 60 snaps, 15 carries for 101 yards, 6 targets and 6 catches for 87 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Jaylen Warren, Week 6 against TB: 59 of 79 snaps, 14 carries for 50 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 28 yards.

Jaylen Warren, Week 7 against NO: 40 of 64 snaps, 18 carries for 101 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 36 yards.

Through Week 6, Bhayshul Tuten played 56 percent of JAX snaps, took 58 percent of the carries, drew 8 percent of the targets and had 31 percent of the red zone chances.

Bhayshul Tuten, Week 3 against NE: 30 of 62 snaps, 15 carries for 73 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 17 yards, 1 touchdown.

Bhayshul Tuten, Week 4 against CIN: 36 of 61 snaps, 17 carries for 73 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards.

Bhayshul Tuten, Week 5 against PHI: 49 of 72 snaps, 22 carries for 72 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 24 yards.

Bhayshul Tuten, Week 6 against HOU: 41 of 71 snaps, 12 carries for 39 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 48 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jaylen Warren played 16 games for PIT and scored 217.1 PPR points, 13.6 a game, finishing RB17.

He ran 211 times for 958 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 40 of 45 targets for 333 yards.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Bhayshul Tuten played 15 games for JAX and scored 88.6 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing RB53.

He ran 83 times for 307 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 10 of 14 targets for 79 yards.

He was on the field for 21 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 Bhayshul Tuten for Jaylen Warren?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Jaylen Warren projects 149 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (16.6 a game over 9 games), Bhayshul Tuten 120 (12.0 a game over 10 games). For Week 8 the call starts Bhayshul Tuten over Jaylen Warren. So make the move after his Week 8 game.
Should I drop Jaylen Warren for Bhayshul Tuten?
No. Keep Jaylen Warren: he projects 149 market-implied PPR points from Week 8 through Week 17 (16.6 a game over 9 games), Bhayshul Tuten 120 (12.0 a game over 10 games). For Week 8 the call starts Bhayshul Tuten over Jaylen Warren.

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