Start MarShawn Lloyd or Isaiah Davis? Week 8
Updated Oct 29, 2:26 AM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 9 answer posts Tuesday.
Start MarShawn Lloyd over Isaiah Davis
- Market projects
- 5.2
- fantasy pts
- CAR D vs RB
- 28.7
- 2nd most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 38%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 6%
- Through Week 7
- Market projects
- 2.4
- recent weeks avg
- LV D vs RB
- 25.4
- 5th most to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 15%
- Through Week 7
- Target share
- 6%
- Through Week 7
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Our Week 8 call
Start MarShawn Lloyd over Isaiah Davis in Week 8.
Market-based projections have MarShawn Lloyd at 5.2 points and Isaiah Davis at 2.4, a gap of 2.8. 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 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.
The market-based projection for Isaiah Davis is 0.2 touchdowns (5 market sources).
Player markets imply 5.2 fantasy points for MarShawn Lloyd, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
The market-based projection for MarShawn Lloyd is 18 rushing yards, 6 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (13, 9, 8 and 13 market sources).
That puts MarShawn Lloyd 2.8 points ahead of Isaiah Davis on these projections.
Week 8 matchups
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.
MarShawn Lloyd and GB host CAR on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.
CAR allowed 28.7 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 2nd most in the league.
Running backs ran for 127 yards and 1-2 touchdowns a game against CAR and caught passes for 29 more yards.
By points allowed to the position, MarShawn Lloyd has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Isaiah Davis is not on the injury report.
MarShawn Lloyd 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.
Through Week 7, MarShawn Lloyd played 38 percent of GB snaps, took 39 percent of the carries, drew 6 percent of the targets and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.
MarShawn Lloyd, Week 4 against TB: 33 of 60 snaps, 7 carries for 13 yards, 5 targets and 5 catches for 36 yards.
MarShawn Lloyd, Week 5 against CHI: 27 of 61 snaps, 10 carries for 31 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 6 yards, 2 touchdowns.
MarShawn Lloyd, Week 6 against DAL: 30 of 75 snaps, 8 carries for 10 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.
MarShawn Lloyd, Week 7 against DET: 24 of 67 snaps, 6 carries for 20 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 10 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
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
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 MarShawn Lloyd playing Week 8?
- Is Isaiah Davis playing Week 8?
- Packers depth chart
- Jets 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