Start Bhayshul Tuten or Jonathan Taylor? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Jonathan Taylor over Bhayshul Tuten in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Jonathan Taylor at 16.3 points and Bhayshul Tuten at 14.6, a gap of 1.7. No player market is posted for Jonathan Taylor this week yet, so his 16.3 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (20.6, 15.6 and 12.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Jonathan Taylor at ADP 8 and Bhayshul Tuten at 53.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 14.6 fantasy points for Bhayshul Tuten, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Bhayshul Tuten is 67 rushing yards, 13 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.7 touchdowns (8, 5, 6 and 12 market sources).

No Week 9 player market is posted for Jonathan Taylor yet. His market-based projections were 20.6, 15.6 and 12.6 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 16.3, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

That puts Jonathan Taylor 1.7 points ahead of Bhayshul Tuten on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Bhayshul Tuten and JAX visit BAL on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

BAL allowed 19.5 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 8 games, the 8th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 82 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against BAL and caught passes for 18 more yards.

Jonathan Taylor and IND host DAL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

DAL allowed 26.5 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 8 games, the 4th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 116 yards and a touchdown a game against DAL and caught passes for 29 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Jonathan Taylor has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Bhayshul Tuten is listed as questionable with a ankle injury.

Jonathan Taylor is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Bhayshul Tuten played 55 percent of JAX snaps, took 57 percent of the carries, drew 8 percent of the targets and had 32 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Bhayshul Tuten, Week 8 against IND: 27 of 54 snaps, 16 carries for 104 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 55 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 8, Jonathan Taylor played 78 percent of IND snaps, took 67 percent of the carries, drew 12 percent of the targets and had 47 percent of the red zone chances.

Jonathan Taylor, Week 5 against PIT: 52 of 71 snaps, 15 carries for 45 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 37 yards.

Jonathan Taylor, Week 6 against TEN: 65 of 83 snaps, 21 carries for 94 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 57 yards, 1 touchdown.

Jonathan Taylor, Week 7 against MIN: 41 of 58 snaps, 18 carries for 95 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 15 yards, 1 touchdown.

Jonathan Taylor, Week 8 against JAX: 38 of 61 snaps, 8 carries for 23 yards, 5 targets and 4 catches for 24 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

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.

Their other Week 9 calls

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• Start Ashton Jeanty over Bhayshul Tuten.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Blake Corum.
• Start Jonathan Taylor over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Bijan Robinson over Jonathan Taylor.
• Start Jonathan Taylor over Braelon Allen.