De'Von Achane or Jadarian Price: Who Should You Start?
2026 Week 2 · deterministic head-to-head · Verdicts based on PPR scoring.
Achane’s all-purpose role edges Price’s favorable Seattle game script
Start De’Von Achane, but the margin is narrow: his feature-back role and receiving work are more bankable than Jadarian Price’s 48% participation. Price has the better scoring environment by a wide margin, and Seattle’s expected lead could create a strong late-game rushing script, but his rookie workload remains less certain. ESPN 2026-09-14’s account of Miami’s Week 1 loss still showed Achane functioning as the passing-down outlet, giving him a safer PPR floor despite the modest team total. Achane’s risk is a stalled Miami offense; Price’s risk is never reaching the workload his matchup promises.
What flips it: A confirmed expansion of Price’s passing-down or goal-line role.
Sources: ESPN · Sep 14, 2026
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De'Von Achane
13.015.117.1 Projected Points
Jadarian Price
11.512.413.3 Projected Points
De'Von Achane’s market
Jadarian Price’s market
Why De'Von Achane
StartRB1 and feature back. Elite home-run speed with heavy pass-game usage out of the backfield.
Start — every-week RB start at consensus RB6: 18.0 implied team total caps the ceiling, 19% target share.
- His passing-game role can keep producing if Miami falls behind.
- Feature-back usage gives him a safer floor than his modest team total suggests.
Latest on Achane
Achane played 48 of 56 offensive snaps (86%) in the Week 1 loss to the Raiders, but managed just 11 carries for 36 yards and 4-of-5 targets for 30 yards as the team trailed throughout.
ESPN · Sep 14, 2026Reported by the sources listed — not independently verified.
Why Jadarian Price
Start· mediumRookie RB atop the depth chart. Explosive, home-run-speed runner with no prior NFL sample.
RB23 with a 27.3 implied total and a 10-point spread means heavy fourth-quarter run script; the ugly DvP rank is a 1-game sample at 0.00 confidence.
- Seattle’s expected lead could unlock fourth-quarter carries.
- The favorable scoring environment gives his limited role room to pay off quickly.
The call
- Vegas is the strongest signal here: a 27.3 implied team total as a 10-point favorite is exactly the profile that funnels second-half carries and clock-killing work to the backfield.
- The opponent's 7-of-32 DvP composite looks scary but it's built on a 1-game sample with 0.00 confidence — not enough to override a 13.3-point projection and an RB23 consensus rank.
- Risk is the split: 48% snap share and only an 8% target share mean he needs volume on the ground rather than passing-game floor, so a game that stays close would cap him.
- Starting slot is clean — listed at RB on the depth chart with no injury designation.
Latest on Price
Seahawks rookie Jadarian Price is looking forward to playing against his former teammate and Cardinals running back Jeremiyah Love on Sunday.
Seahawks first-round draft pick Jadarian Price is “super excited” to play in Week 1.
Reported by the sources listed — not independently verified.
Head-to-head stats
| Metric | De'Von Achane | Jadarian Price |
|---|---|---|
| Projected points | 13.015.117.1 | 11.512.413.3 |
| Consensus rank | RB6 | RB23 |
| Opponent vs position | SF · 17 of 321-game sample | ARI · 7 of 321-game sample |
| Rushing Yards | 23 of 32 | 4 of 32 |
| Rushing TDs | 15 of 32 | 15 of 32 |
| Rushing Attempts | 20 of 32 | 8 of 32 |
| Receptions | 12 of 32 | 1 of 32 |
| Receiving Yards | 17 of 32 | 2 of 32 |
| Anytime TD | 13 of 32 | 13 of 32 |
| Target share | 19% | 8% |
| Reception share | 27% | 12% |
| Implied total · spread | 18.0+10.5 | 27.3-10.0 |
| Depth chart | RB1 | RB1 |
| Snap share | 86% | 48% |
| Start/Sit record | — | 0–0+1 toss-up |
Recent form
De'Von Achane — last 1 week
| Week 1 | vs LV | 6.68.610.6 |
Jadarian Price — last 1 week
| Week 1 | vs NE | 5.86.87.8 |
Signal breakdown
- 17.1 vs 13.3 projected PPR pointsDe'Von Achane +
- Rank 6 vs 23De'Von Achane +
- Opponent DvP rank 17 vs 7 (32 = softest)even
- Implied 18.0 vs 27.3 team pointsJadarian Price +
- No injury designationseven
- 86% vs 48% snap shareDe'Von Achane +
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