Start Kyren Williams or Bhayshul Tuten? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Kyren Williams over Bhayshul Tuten in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Kyren Williams at 15.7 points and Bhayshul Tuten at 13.8, a gap of 1.9. Drafters take Kyren Williams at ADP 28 and Bhayshul Tuten at 53.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 15.7 fantasy points for Kyren Williams, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Kyren Williams is 60 rushing yards, 20 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.9 touchdowns (12, 12, 12 and 14 market sources).

Player markets imply 13.8 fantasy points for Bhayshul Tuten, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Bhayshul Tuten is 70 rushing yards and 0.7 touchdowns (4 and 14 market sources).

That puts Kyren Williams 1.9 points ahead of Bhayshul Tuten on the market projections.

Week 9 matchups

Kyren Williams and LAR visit WAS on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

WAS allowed 19.5 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 9th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 76 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against WAS and caught passes for 36 more yards.

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.

By points allowed to the position, Kyren Williams has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Kyren Williams is not on the injury report.

Bhayshul Tuten is listed as questionable with a ankle injury.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Kyren Williams played 68 percent of LAR snaps, took 55 percent of the carries, drew 14 percent of the targets and had 34 percent of the red zone chances.

Kyren Williams, Week 5 against BUF: 60 of 82 snaps, 16 carries for 49 yards, 8 targets and 6 catches for 27 yards, 1 touchdown.

Kyren Williams, Week 6 against ARI: 42 of 58 snaps, 10 carries for 50 yards, 6 targets and 3 catches for 17 yards.

Kyren Williams, Week 7 against LV: 37 of 72 snaps, 16 carries for 99 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 22 yards, 1 touchdown.

Kyren Williams, Week 8 against LAC: 37 of 54 snaps, 16 carries for 56 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 3 yards, 1 touchdown.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Kyren Williams played 17 games for LAR and scored 263.3 PPR points, 15.5 a game, finishing RB9.

He ran 259 times for 1252 yards and 10 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 50 targets for 281 yards.

He was on the field for 68 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 9 calls

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