Start D'Andre Swift or Josh Jacobs? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start D'Andre Swift over Josh Jacobs in Week 9.

Market-based projections have D'Andre Swift at 15.9 points and Josh Jacobs at 14.8, a gap of 1.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for D'Andre Swift this week yet, so his 15.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 6, 7 and 8 (16.0, 16.3 and 15.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take D'Andre Swift at ADP 40 and Josh Jacobs at 78.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for D'Andre Swift yet. His market-based projections were 16.0, 16.3 and 15.4 points in Weeks 6, 7 and 8, an average of 15.9, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

Player markets imply 14.8 fantasy points for Josh Jacobs, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Josh Jacobs is 44 rushing yards, 22 receiving yards, 3-4 receptions and 0.8 touchdowns (10, 10, 8 and 7 market sources).

That puts D'Andre Swift 1.1 points ahead of Josh Jacobs on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

D'Andre Swift and CHI host TB on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.

TB allowed 16.9 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 8 games, the 2nd fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 68 yards and 0.4 touchdowns a game against TB and caught passes for 33 more yards.

Josh Jacobs and GB visit NE on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

NE allowed 19.0 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 8 games, the 6th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 82 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against NE and caught passes for 31 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Josh Jacobs has the softer matchup.

Injury status

D'Andre Swift is not on the injury report.

Josh Jacobs is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, D'Andre Swift played 60 percent of CHI snaps, took 52 percent of the carries, drew 11 percent of the targets and had 34 percent of the red zone chances.

D'Andre Swift, Week 5 against GB: 40 of 69 snaps, 9 carries for 43 yards, 5 targets and 4 catches for 30 yards, 1 touchdown.

D'Andre Swift, Week 6 against ATL: 45 of 77 snaps, 16 carries for 44 yards, 5 targets and 4 catches for 26 yards, 2 touchdowns.

D'Andre Swift, Week 7 against NE: 59 of 69 snaps, 22 carries for 78 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 12 yards, 1 touchdown.

D'Andre Swift, Week 8 against SEA: 27 carries for 69 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 10 yards, 3 touchdowns.

Through Week 8, Josh Jacobs played 62 percent of GB snaps, took 71 percent of the carries, drew 16 percent of the targets and had 67 percent of the red zone chances.

Josh Jacobs, Week 7 against DET: 35 of 67 snaps, 11 carries for 36 yards, 7 targets and 5 catches for 55 yards, 1 touchdown.

Josh Jacobs, Week 8 against CAR: 49 of 69 snaps, 21 carries for 39 yards, 6 targets and 6 catches for 13 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, D'Andre Swift played 16 games for CHI and scored 228.6 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing RB15.

He ran 223 times for 1087 yards and 9 touchdowns, and caught 34 of 48 targets for 299 yards.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Josh Jacobs played 15 games for GB and scored 237.1 PPR points, 15.8 a game, finishing RB13.

He ran 234 times for 929 yards and 13 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 44 targets for 282 yards.

He was on the field for 59 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Josh Jacobs, Week 17 of 2025 against BAL: 13 of 47 snaps, 4 carries for 3 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 0 yards, 1.3 PPR points.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Ashton Jeanty over D'Andre Swift.
• Start D'Andre Swift over Bhayshul Tuten.
• Start Bijan Robinson over D'Andre Swift.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Josh Jacobs.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Josh Jacobs.
• Start Josh Jacobs over Braelon Allen.