Start Jaylen Wright or Chris Rodriguez Jr.? Week 8
Updated Oct 26, 4:21 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 9 answer posts Tuesday.
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- : Jaylen Wright: Listed Questionable (Quadriceps) (Sleeper injury feed)
- : Jaylen Wright: Listed Questionable (Foot) (Sleeper injury feed)
Start Jaylen Wright over Chris Rodriguez Jr.
- Market projects
- 4.2
- recent weeks avg
- NE D vs RB
- 20.6
- 13th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 13%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 1%
- Through Week 7
- Market projects
- 4.0
- recent weeks avg
- IND D vs RB
- 22.0
- 13th most to RBs (2026)
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Our Week 8 call
Start Jaylen Wright over Chris Rodriguez Jr. in Week 8.
Market-based projections have Jaylen Wright at 4.2 points and Chris Rodriguez Jr. at 4.0, a gap of 0.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Jaylen Wright this week yet, so his 4.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 7 (4.5 and 3.9); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. 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.
What the market projects
No Week 8 player market is posted for Jaylen Wright yet. His market-based projections were 4.5 and 3.9 points in Weeks 5 and 7, an average of 4.2, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.
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.
That puts Jaylen Wright 0.2 points ahead of Chris Rodriguez Jr. on these projections.
Week 8 matchups
Jaylen Wright and MIA host NE on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.
NE allowed 20.6 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 13th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 83 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against NE and caught passes for 35 more yards.
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.
By points allowed to the position, Chris Rodriguez Jr. has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Jaylen Wright is listed as questionable with a quadriceps injury.
Chris Rodriguez Jr. is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 8
Through Week 7, Jaylen Wright played 13 percent of MIA snaps, took 14 percent of the carries, drew 1 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.
Jaylen Wright, Week 2 against SF: 3 of 59 snaps, 2 carries for 11 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Jaylen Wright, Week 4 against MIN: 12 of 39 snaps, 5 carries for 7 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Jaylen Wright, Week 5 against CIN: 9 of 66 snaps, 6 carries for 11 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Jaylen Wright, Week 7 against NYJ: 8 of 65 snaps, 6 carries for 8 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Jaylen Wright played 10 games for MIA and scored 48.2 PPR points, 4.8 a game, finishing RB70.
He ran 70 times for 288 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 5 of 9 targets for 44 yards.
He was on the field for 14 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
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.
Their other Week 8 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 8, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Week 8 on the board
- Is Jaylen Wright playing Week 8?
- Is Chris Rodriguez Jr. playing Week 8?
- Dolphins depth chart
- Jaguars depth chart
- Week 8 RB rankings
- Week 8 fantasy rankings
- Week 8 start or sit
- Week 8 waiver wire
- Week 8 trade value chart
- Trade deadline buy low, sell high
- Fantasy football rankings
- Start 'em sit 'em Week 8
- Waiver wire pickups
- Fantasy sleepers
- Rest of season rankings
- Week 8 kicker rankings
- Week 8 defense rankings