Start Jahmyr Gibbs or Chase Brown? Week 3

Our Week 3 call

Start Jahmyr Gibbs over Chase Brown in Week 3.

De-vigged player props project Jahmyr Gibbs at 24.0 points and Chase Brown at 16.2, a gap of 7.8. Drafters take Jahmyr Gibbs at ADP 1 and Chase Brown at 5.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 24.0 fantasy points for Jahmyr Gibbs, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

Player prop markets imply 16.2 fantasy points for Chase Brown, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

That puts Jahmyr Gibbs 7.8 points ahead of Chase Brown on the books.

Week 3 matchups

Jahmyr Gibbs and DET host NYJ on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

NYJ allowed 12.1 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 2 games, the 2nd fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 55 yards and no touchdowns a game against NYJ and caught passes for 16 more yards.

Chase Brown and CIN visit PIT on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

PIT allowed 26.5 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 2 games, the 7th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 117 yards and 0.5 touchdowns a game against PIT and caught passes for 49 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Chase Brown has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Jahmyr Gibbs is not on the injury report.

Chase Brown is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 3

Through Week 2, Jahmyr Gibbs played 78 percent of DET snaps, took 85 percent of the carries, drew 17 percent of the targets and had 48 percent of the red zone chances.

Jahmyr Gibbs, Week 1 against NO: 57 of 77 snaps, 29 carries for 156 yards, 5 targets and 5 catches for 30 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Jahmyr Gibbs, Week 2 against BUF: 54 of 65 snaps, 16 carries for 52 yards, 8 targets and 6 catches for 61 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 2, Chase Brown played 71 percent of CIN snaps, took 75 percent of the carries, drew 17 percent of the targets and had 41 percent of the red zone chances.

Chase Brown, Week 1 against TB: 46 of 64 snaps, 16 carries for 56 yards, 6 targets and 5 catches for 22 yards, 1 touchdown.

Chase Brown, Week 2 against HOU: 42 of 60 snaps, 20 carries for 80 yards, 5 targets and 3 catches for 2 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jahmyr Gibbs played 17 games for DET and scored 366.9 PPR points, 21.6 a game, finishing RB3.

He ran 243 times for 1223 yards and 13 touchdowns, and caught 77 of 94 targets for 616 yards.

He was on the field for 67 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Jahmyr Gibbs, Week 18 of 2025 against CHI: 19 carries for 80 yards, 5 targets and 3 catches for 33 yards, 1 touchdown, 20.3 PPR points.

In 2025, Chase Brown played 17 games for CIN and scored 282.6 PPR points, 16.6 a game, finishing RB7.

He ran 232 times for 1019 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 69 of 88 targets for 437 yards.

He was on the field for 67 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Chase Brown, Week 18 of 2025 against CLE: 13 carries for 72 yards, 6 targets and 4 catches for 18 yards, 1 touchdown, 19.0 PPR points.

Their other Week 3 calls

• Start Jahmyr Gibbs over Bijan Robinson.
• Start Jahmyr Gibbs over Christian McCaffrey.
• Start Jahmyr Gibbs over Derrick Henry.
• Start Chase Brown over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Christian McCaffrey over Chase Brown.
• Start Chuba Hubbard over Chase Brown.