2026 season · Week 5 · RB
Toss-up between Jones and Warren in PPR. Too close to call: 18.8 vs 18.7 projected PPR points; Jones's snap share has fallen 2 straight weeks (81% → 73%); Warren's snap share has risen 3 straight weeks (37% → 97%).
Aaron JonesMINRB@ NO19.1 PPR pts
Floor 8 · median 17.7 · ceiling 33
Too close to call: 18.8 vs 18.7 projected PPR points; Jones's snap share has fallen 2 straight weeks (81% → 73%); Warren's snap share has risen 3 straight weeks (37% → 97%).
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Jaylen WarrenPITRBvs IND19.1 PPR pts
Floor 7 · median 17.4 · ceiling 33
Too close to call: 18.7 vs 18.8 projected PPR points; Warren's snap share has risen 3 straight weeks (37% → 97%); Jones's snap share has fallen 2 straight weeks (81% → 73%).
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Both players come from the same weekly projection: a mean and an 80% range from 2,000 simulated games, scored in your format, and the chance he plays. Start goes to the higher expected points (chance to play × projection); within 10% is a Flex-level close call. The tier ranks each player against everyone at his position this week. Reasons are templates filled with the model's numbers.
Updated Tue, Oct 6, 2:39 PM ETFull methodology
Toss-up between Jones and Warren in PPR. Too close to call: 18.8 vs 18.7 projected PPR points; Jones's snap share has fallen 2 straight weeks (81% → 73%); Warren's snap share has risen 3 straight weeks (37% → 97%).
Aaron Jones: his 90th-percentile outcome is 33 PPR points against 33 for Jaylen Warren, from 2,000 simulated games each.
Aaron Jones: a floor (10th percentile) of 8 PPR points vs 7, and a 98% chance to play vs 98%.
PPR: Jones 19.2, Warren 19.1; half-PPR: Jones 17.7, Warren 17.7; standard: Jones 16.2, Warren 16.4 (points if he plays).
