Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. or Isaiah Davis? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Isaiah Davis in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Chris Rodriguez Jr. at 4.0 points and Isaiah Davis at 2.4, a gap of 1.6. No player market is posted for Chris Rodriguez Jr. this week yet, so his 4.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (4.0 and 3.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Isaiah Davis this week yet, so his 2.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (2.9 and 1.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Chris Rodriguez Jr. yet. His market-based projections were 4.1 and 3.9 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 4.0, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

No Week 8 player market is posted for Isaiah Davis yet. His market-based projections were 2.9 and 1.9 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 2.4, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

That puts Chris Rodriguez Jr. 1.6 points ahead of Isaiah Davis on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Chris Rodriguez Jr. and JAX host IND on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

IND allowed 22.0 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 13th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 96 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against IND and caught passes for 39 more yards.

Isaiah Davis and NYJ host LV on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

LV allowed 25.4 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 5th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 125 yards and a touchdown a game against LV and caught passes for 37 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Isaiah Davis has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Chris Rodriguez Jr. is not on the injury report.

Isaiah Davis is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Isaiah Davis played 15 percent of NYJ snaps, took 11 percent of the carries, drew 6 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

Isaiah Davis, Week 4 against CHI: 2 of 32 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Isaiah Davis, Week 5 against CLE: 10 of 70 snaps, 2 carries for 8 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 9 yards.

Isaiah Davis, Week 6 against NE: 8 of 62 snaps, 7 carries for 16 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 10 yards.

Isaiah Davis, Week 7 against MIA: 13 of 59 snaps, 1 carry for 5 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 49 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Chris Rodriguez Jr. played 13 games for WAS and scored 92.0 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing RB51.

He ran 112 times for 500 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 3 of 4 targets for 30 yards.

He was on the field for 30 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Chris Rodriguez Jr., Week 18 of 2025 against PHI: 16 carries for 65 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 18 yards, 1 touchdown, 15.3 PPR points.

Chris Rodriguez Jr., Week 16 of 2025 against PHI: 28 of 54 snaps, 15 carries for 63 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 6 yards, 1 touchdown, 13.9 PPR points.

In 2025, Isaiah Davis played 16 games for NYJ and scored 71.2 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing RB59.

He ran 43 times for 236 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 21 of 28 targets for 186 yards.

He was on the field for 29 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Corey Kiner.
• Start George Holani over Chris Rodriguez Jr..
• Start Jaylen Wright over Chris Rodriguez Jr..
• Start Corey Kiner over Isaiah Davis.
• Start George Holani over Isaiah Davis.
• Start Jaylen Wright over Isaiah Davis.