Aaron Jones Sr. or Michael Pittman Jr.: Who Should You Start?

The call

• The role is real but capped: 55% snap share and a 12% target share over 12 games keep the PPR floor alive, yet Yahoo's depth chart calls Jones and Jordan Mason a true 1a/1b tandem, so there's no path to a lead-back workload.
• Consensus has him RB35 at 10.3 projected points — that's flex territory in a 12-team PPR, not a locked starting RB2.
• Game script is neutral: a 1.5-point spread and a 21.5 implied team total mean neither a pass-heavy chase nor a clock-killing ground script is likely, which caps the upside on a split workload.
• What tips it: if your alternative is a sub-10-point projection, the receiving work makes Jones startable; any RB with a defined lead role should beat him out.

The call

• Role is the case: 86% snap share and a 21% target share mean he's on the field for nearly everything and commands a top-of-the-offense share of the passing work.
• Health checks out — no injury designation, and he was reported in pads going through stretching in practice and off the first Week 1 injury report.
• Game script is neutral-to-positive: 3-point favorite with a 22.8 implied total, enough offense to support a 12.3-point PPR floor without needing a shootout.
• Ceiling is capped by the WR-2 depth-chart slot and a WR32 consensus rank — this is a start in a 12-team flex, not a set-and-forget every-week WR2.