Start Jonathan Taylor or Chase Brown? Week 3

Our Week 3 call

Start Jonathan Taylor over Chase Brown in Week 3.

De-vigged player props project Jonathan Taylor at 18.1 points and Chase Brown at 16.1, a gap of 2.0.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 18.1 fantasy points for Jonathan Taylor, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The books have Jonathan Taylor at 81.5 rushing yards, 20.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 59% chance to score a touchdown (14, 14, 12 and 15 books).

Player prop markets imply 16.1 fantasy points for Chase Brown, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The books have Chase Brown at 63.5 rushing yards, 21.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 51% chance to score a touchdown (13, 15, 12 and 15 books).

That puts Jonathan Taylor 2.0 points ahead of Chase Brown on the books.

Week 3 matchups

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.

Injury status

Jonathan Taylor is not on the injury report.

Chase Brown is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 3

Through Week 2, Jonathan Taylor played 92 percent of IND snaps, took 83 percent of the carries, drew 14 percent of the targets and had 56 percent of the red zone chances.

Jonathan Taylor, Week 1 against BAL: 48 of 54 snaps, 19 carries for 98 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 23 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Jonathan Taylor, Week 2 against KC: 61 of 65 snaps, 24 carries for 92 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 40 yards, 2 touchdowns.

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, 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.

Jonathan Taylor, Week 18 of 2025 against HOU: 14 carries for 26 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 13 yards, 5.9 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 Jonathan Taylor over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Bijan Robinson over Jonathan Taylor.
• Start Christian McCaffrey over Jonathan Taylor.
• Start Chase Brown over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Christian McCaffrey over Chase Brown.
• Start Chuba Hubbard over Chase Brown.