Should I trade Chase Brown for Jonathan Taylor?

Yes on value: Jonathan Taylor is worth 120 and Chase Brown 90, a gain of 30. If Chase Brown starts for you and Jonathan Taylor would sit, check the lineup first in the trade analyzer.

Who has more rest-of-season value, Chase Brown or Jonathan Taylor?

Jonathan Taylor, 120 to 90. He rates 18.8 market points a game over 11 games left, against 16.1 over 11 for Chase Brown, each measured above a replacement starter at his own position.

How are these trade values calculated?

Each player's points per game is the median of the market-based PPR points we froze before each week's first kickoff, Weeks 3, 4, 5. A replacement starter's rate is subtracted and the rest is multiplied by his games from Week 6 to Week 17, bye taken out. No expert opinion is involved.

Trade Chase Brown for Jonathan Taylor? Yes, Taylor is worth 30 more.

Yes on value. Jonathan Taylor is worth 120 rest of season and Chase Brown 90, so the side getting Taylor gains 30. Brown rates 16.1 market points a game with 11 games left, Taylor 18.8 with 11. On usage, Brown has 72 percent of CIN carries and 15 percent of its targets; Taylor has 77 percent of IND carries and 12 percent of its targets. Brown is on bye in Week 6; Taylor hosts TEN in Week 6 (14th fewest points allowed to RBs). Neither carries an injury designation this week.

The verdict, Week 5

Getting Jonathan Taylor wins by 30.

Chase Brown 90120 Jonathan Taylor

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Chase Brown

RB11CIN

value, #16

Pts/game: 16.1
Games left: 11
Bye: 6

Chase Brown weekly market-based points
Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5
16.1	17.4	12.0

Jonathan Taylor

RB4IND

120

value, #5

Pts/game: 18.8
Games left: 11
Bye: 13

Jonathan Taylor weekly market-based points
Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5
18.1	20.5	18.8

Where the values come from

Brown is the 11th running back on the chart and 16th overall. His 16.1 a game is 8.2 above the replacement running back's 7.9, over 11 games left with his bye in Week 6, which is how he comes to 90.

Taylor is the 4th running back on the chart and 5th overall. His 18.8 a game is 10.9 above the replacement running back's 7.9, over 11 games left with his bye in Week 13, which is how he comes to 120.

The weekly market prices

The market priced Chase Brown at 16.1 in Week 3, 17.4 in Week 4 and 12.0 in Week 5, a median of 16.1 points a game, down 4.1 from his first frozen week to his latest.

The market priced Jonathan Taylor at 18.1 in Week 3, 20.5 in Week 4 and 18.8 in Week 5, a median of 18.8 points a game, up 0.6 from his first frozen week to his latest.

Points so far against the price

Chase Brown has scored 65.0 PPR points in 5 games, 13.0 a game, 3.1 a game less than the 16.1 the market prices him at from here.

Last season he finished RB7 with 282.6 PPR points in 17 games, 16.6 a game.

Week 1 vs TB: 18.8 points (RB14 that week), 56 rushing yards on 16 carries, 5 of 6 targets for 22 yards, 1 touchdown, 72 percent of snaps.

Week 2 vs HOU: 11.2 points (RB19 that week), 80 rushing yards on 20 carries, 3 of 5 targets for 2 yards, 70 percent of snaps.

Week 3 vs PIT: 8.9 points (RB33 that week), 61 rushing yards on 13 carries, 2 of 2 targets for 8 yards, 70 percent of snaps.

Week 4 vs JAX: 19.1 points (RB13 that week), 10 rushing yards on 9 carries, 11 of 11 targets for 71 yards, 79 percent of snaps.

Week 5 vs MIA: 7.0 points (RB31 that week), 39 rushing yards on 13 carries, 3 of 4 targets for 21 yards.

Jonathan Taylor has scored 97.4 PPR points in 5 games, 19.5 a game, 0.7 a game more than the 18.8 the market prices him at from here.

Last season he finished RB4 with 362.3 PPR points in 17 games, 21.3 a game.

Week 1 vs BAL: 25.1 points (RB8 that week), 98 rushing yards on 19 carries, 3 of 4 targets for 23 yards, 2 touchdowns, 89 percent of snaps.

Week 2 vs KC: 29.2 points (RB1 that week), 92 rushing yards on 24 carries, 4 of 4 targets for 40 yards, 2 touchdowns, 94 percent of snaps.

Week 3 vs HOU: 9.2 points (RB27 that week), 68 rushing yards on 23 carries, 2 of 3 targets for 4 yards, 85 percent of snaps.

Week 4 vs WAS: 22.7 points (RB10 that week), 95 rushing yards on 20 carries, 1 of 4 targets for 2 yards, 2 touchdowns, 71 percent of snaps.

Week 5 vs PIT: 11.2 points (RB22 that week), 45 rushing yards on 15 carries, 3 of 4 targets for 37 yards.

Usage a game this season

Through Week 4, Chase Brown has averaged 14.5 carries for 52 yards and 6.0 targets and 5.3 catches for 26 yards a game on 73 percent of the snaps.

He has been targeted or handed the ball 8 times inside the 20, 26 percent of his team's chances there, and has scored 1 touchdown in 4 games.

In Week 4 against JAX he had 9 carries and 11 targets on 79 percent of the snaps.

Through Week 4, Jonathan Taylor has averaged 21.5 carries for 88 yards and 3.8 targets and 2.5 catches for 17 yards a game on 84 percent of the snaps.

He has been targeted or handed the ball 17 times inside the 20, 47 percent of his team's chances there, and has scored 6 touchdowns in 4 games.

In Week 4 against WAS he had 20 carries and 4 targets on 71 percent of the snaps.

Schedule and next matchup

A trade made now buys Week 6 through Week 17. Chase Brown has 11 games in it with his bye in Week 6; Jonathan Taylor has 11 games with his bye in Week 13.

TEN, Taylor's Week 6 opponent, has allowed 20.6 PPR points a game to RBs this season over 4 games, the 14th fewest to RBs of 32.

What would even it

The side getting Chase Brown would want about 30 more added to make it even: a player like DK Metcalf, valued at 30. Two players for Taylor also costs that side a roster spot.

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Common questions

Should I trade Chase Brown for Jonathan Taylor?
Yes on value: Jonathan Taylor is worth 120 and Chase Brown 90, a gain of 30. If Chase Brown starts for you and Jonathan Taylor would sit, check the lineup first in the trade analyzer.
Who has more rest-of-season value, Chase Brown or Jonathan Taylor?
Jonathan Taylor, 120 to 90. He rates 18.8 market points a game over 11 games left, against 16.1 over 11 for Chase Brown, each measured above a replacement starter at his own position.
How are these trade values calculated?
Each player's points per game is the median of the market-based PPR points we froze before each week's first kickoff, Weeks 3, 4, 5. A replacement starter's rate is subtracted and the rest is multiplied by his games from Week 6 to Week 17, bye taken out. No expert opinion is involved.

By the Parlae deskValues updated Oct 12, 2026 at 9:06 AM ETHow this is built Report a wrong number