Start Saquon Barkley or Breece Hall? Week 3

Our Week 3 call

Start Saquon Barkley over Breece Hall in Week 3.

De-vigged player props project Saquon Barkley at 15.7 points and Breece Hall at 15.2, a gap of 0.5. 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 15.7 fantasy points for Saquon Barkley, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The books have Saquon Barkley at 72.5 rushing yards, 13.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 53% chance to score a touchdown (11, 13, 13 and 14 books).

Player prop markets imply 15.2 fantasy points for Breece Hall, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The books have Breece Hall at 57.5 rushing yards, 21.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 47% chance to score a touchdown (15, 15, 13 and 15 books).

That puts Saquon Barkley 0.5 points ahead of Breece Hall on the books.

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.

Injury status

Saquon Barkley is listed as questionable with a arm injury.

Breece Hall 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, Breece Hall played 62 percent of NYJ snaps, took 60 percent of the carries, drew 12 percent of the targets and had 36 percent of the red zone chances.

Breece Hall, Week 1 against TEN: 39 of 67 snaps, 22 carries for 102 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 16 yards, 1 touchdown.

Breece Hall, Week 2 against GB: 48 of 74 snaps, 16 carries for 29 yards, 5 targets and 5 catches for 63 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, Breece Hall played 16 games for NYJ and scored 207.7 PPR points, 13.0 a game, finishing RB19.

He ran 243 times for 1065 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 48 targets for 350 yards.

He was on the field for 64 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Breece Hall, Week 17 of 2025 against NE: 30 of 61 snaps, 14 carries for 111 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards, 1 touchdown, 20.9 PPR points.

Their other Week 3 calls

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• Start Saquon Barkley over Bucky Irving.
• Start Breece Hall over Aaron Jones Sr..
• Start Breece Hall over Bucky Irving.
• Start Breece Hall over Cam Skattebo.