Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. or Jeremy McNichols? Week 8
Updated Oct 28, 4:41 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 9 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Jeremy McNichols
- Market projects
- 7.0
- fantasy pts
- IND D vs RB
- 22.0
- 13th most to RBs (2026)
- Market projects
- 6.8
- fantasy pts
- PHI D vs RB
- 21.2
- 16th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 18%
- Through Week 6
- Target share
- 0%
- Through Week 6
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Our Week 8 call
Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Jeremy McNichols in Week 8.
Market-based projections have Chris Rodriguez Jr. at 7.0 points and Jeremy McNichols at 6.8, a gap of 0.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. Both numbers are scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is. Market coverage on Chris Rodriguez Jr. is 70 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 7.0 fantasy points for Chris Rodriguez Jr., with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
The market-based projection for Chris Rodriguez Jr. is 26 rushing yards and 0.3 touchdowns (13 and 11 market sources).
Player markets imply 6.8 fantasy points for Jeremy McNichols, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
The market-based projection for Jeremy McNichols is 0.3 touchdowns (6 market sources).
That puts Chris Rodriguez Jr. 0.2 points ahead of Jeremy McNichols on the market 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.
Jeremy McNichols and WAS host PHI on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.
PHI allowed 21.2 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 16th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 117 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against PHI and caught passes for 20 more yards.
By points allowed to the position, Chris Rodriguez Jr. has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Chris Rodriguez Jr. is not on the injury report.
Jeremy McNichols is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 8
Through Week 6, Jeremy McNichols played 18 percent of WAS snaps, took 31 percent of the carries, drew 0 percent of the targets and had 38 percent of the red zone chances.
Jeremy McNichols, Week 6 against SF: 12 of 67 snaps, 5 carries for 13 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 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, Jeremy McNichols played 17 games for WAS and scored 72.7 PPR points, 4.3 a game, finishing RB58.
He ran 44 times for 221 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 25 of 31 targets for 196 yards.
He was on the field for 33 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Jeremy McNichols, Week 18 of 2025 against PHI: 1 carry for 3 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 8 yards, 2.1 PPR points.
Jeremy McNichols, Week 17 of 2025 against DAL: 18 of 44 snaps, 1 carry for -2 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 12 yards, 4.0 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 Chris Rodriguez Jr. playing Week 8?
- Is Jeremy McNichols playing Week 8?
- Jaguars depth chart
- Commanders 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