Start Isaiah Davis or Seth McGowan? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Seth McGowan over Isaiah Davis in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Seth McGowan at 2.9 points and Isaiah Davis at 2.4, a gap of 0.5. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Seth McGowan this week yet, so his 2.9 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5, 6 and 7 (2.4, 3.6 and 2.7); 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 Seth McGowan yet. His market-based projections were 2.4, 3.6 and 2.7 points in Weeks 5, 6 and 7, an average of 2.9, 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 Seth McGowan 0.5 points ahead of Isaiah Davis on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Seth McGowan and IND visit JAX on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

JAX allowed 17.3 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 6 games, the 2nd fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 52 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against JAX and caught passes for 38 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

Seth McGowan is not on the injury report.

Isaiah Davis is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Seth McGowan played 21 percent of IND snaps, took 16 percent of the carries, drew 2 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Seth McGowan, Week 4 against WAS: 19 of 66 snaps, 6 carries for 31 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Seth McGowan, Week 5 against PIT: 19 of 71 snaps, 5 carries for 16 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 3 yards.

Seth McGowan, Week 6 against TEN: 19 of 83 snaps, 4 carries for 27 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Seth McGowan, Week 7 against MIN: 20 of 58 snaps, 11 carries for 46 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 2 yards.

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, 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 Seth McGowan.
• Start Corey Kiner over Seth McGowan.
• Start George Holani over Seth McGowan.
• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Isaiah Davis.
• Start Corey Kiner over Isaiah Davis.
• Start George Holani over Isaiah Davis.