Start Ray Davis or Jaylen Wright? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Jaylen Wright over Ray Davis in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Jaylen Wright at 4.2 points and Ray Davis at 1.7, a gap of 2.6. 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 Ray Davis this week yet, so his 1.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 6 (0.9 and 2.4); 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 Ray Davis yet. His market-based projections were 0.9 and 2.4 points in Weeks 5 and 6, an average of 1.7, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

That puts Jaylen Wright 2.6 points ahead of Ray Davis 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.

Ray Davis and BUF host BAL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

BAL allowed 18.5 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 5th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 77 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against BAL and caught passes for 15 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Jaylen Wright has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Jaylen Wright is listed as questionable with a quadriceps injury.

Ray Davis 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.

Through Week 6, Ray Davis played 11 percent of BUF snaps, took 3 percent of the carries, drew 2 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Ray Davis, Week 3 against LAC: 5 of 66 snaps, 0 carries for 0 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Ray Davis, Week 4 against NE: 4 of 59 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 4 yards.

Ray Davis, Week 5 against LAR: 10 of 64 snaps, 2 carries for 2 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 31 yards.

Ray Davis, Week 6 against LV: 9 of 68 snaps, 1 carry for 4 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 5 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, Ray Davis played 17 games for BUF and scored 64.1 PPR points, 3.8 a game, finishing RB61.

He ran 58 times for 275 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 10 of 13 targets for 86 yards.

He was on the field for 11 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start Jaylen Wright over Chris Rodriguez Jr..
• Start Jaylen Wright over Corey Kiner.
• Start Dameon Pierce over Jaylen Wright.
• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Ray Davis.
• Start Corey Kiner over Ray Davis.
• Start Isaiah Davis over Ray Davis.