Jadarian Price or Jonah Coleman: Who Should You Start?
Preliminary board2026 Week 3 · deterministic head-to-head · Verdicts based on PPR scoring.
Verdicts sharpen as practice reports land.
Start Price — the projection and consensus rank edges are too wide to ignore.
Jadarian Price projects 12.1 to Coleman's 1.7 and is the higher consensus play (RB23 to RB50). Coleman's edge is availability, a clean report to Price's Questionable. The gap is wide.
Jadarian Price
10.511.312.1 Projected Points
Jonah Coleman
1.21.41.7 Projected Points
Jadarian Price’s market
Jonah Coleman’s market
Why Jadarian Price
Toss-UpRookie RB atop the depth chart. Explosive, home-run-speed runner with no prior NFL sample.
Toss-up — RB23 consensus, projects RB24 this week: WSH is the 3rd-toughest matchup vs RBs, 25.0 implied team total.
- Carries a Questionable tag — usually plays, but monitor the final report.
- WSH ranks 3 of 32 against RBs (one of the tougher matchups, 2-game sample).
- Vegas implies 25.0 team points as 3.5-point favorites.
- Listed RB on the latest depth chart with a 41% snap share.
Latest on Price
Price left the Week 2 win over Arizona in the fourth quarter with what was announced as a chest injury; X-rays came back negative and Macdonald called it 'nothing serious' after later revealing it's actually a shoulder issue.
Sports Illustrated (Seahawks On SI) · Sep 21, 2026In-Game Injury News From The Week 2 Matchup Between Seattle and Arizona
Seahawks rookie Jadarian Price is looking forward to playing against his former teammate and Cardinals running back Jeremiyah Love on Sunday.
Reported by the sources listed — not independently verified.
Why Jonah Coleman
SitRookie RB3 and depth back. Compact, physical runner with no NFL regular-season sample yet.
Sit — bench-tier RB at consensus RB50: LAR is the 11th-toughest matchup vs RBs, 5% target share.
- LAR ranks 11 of 32 against RBs (one of the tougher matchups, 2-game sample).
- Vegas implies 21.3 team points as 3.0-point underdogs.
- Listed RB on the latest depth chart with a 23% snap share.
Latest on Coleman
Jonah Coleman became Denver's primary ball carrier in the second half.
RB Jonah Coleman nominated for NFL Rookie of the Week following Week 2 win over Jaguarsdenverbroncos.com, ESPN, Yahoo Sports (via SI/OnSI) · Sep 22, 2026With injuries to J.K. Dobbins and RJ Harvey, the Denver Broncos are looking at the week ahead before determining which running back will be ready for Sunday night's game against the Los Angeles Rams.
“Kind of felt like it was really a tale of two halves,” Head Coach Sean Payton said after the Broncos’ 20-13 win over the Jaguars.
Reported by the sources listed — not independently verified.
Head-to-head stats
| Metric | Jadarian Price | Jonah Coleman |
|---|---|---|
| Projected points | 10.511.312.1 | 1.21.41.7 |
| Consensus rank | RB23 | RB50 |
| Opponent vs position | WSH · 3 of 322-game sample | LAR · 11 of 322-game sample |
| Rushing Yards | 7 of 32 | 17 of 32 |
| Rushing TDs | 1 of 32 | 1 of 32 |
| Rushing Attempts | 3 of 32 | 15 of 32 |
| Receptions | 2 of 32 | 20 of 32 |
| Receiving Yards | 2 of 32 | 12 of 32 |
| Anytime TD | 1 of 32 | 1 of 32 |
| Target share | 8% | 5% |
| Reception share | 8% | 8% |
| Implied total · spread | 25.0-3.5 | 21.3+3.0 |
| Depth chart | RB1 | RB3 |
| Snap share | 41% | 23% |
| Injury designation | Questionable | — |
| Start/Sit record | 0–1+1 toss-up | — |
Recent form
Jadarian Price — last 2 weeks
| Week 2 | vs ARI | 4.04.55.0 |
| Week 1 | vs NE | 5.86.87.8 |
Jonah Coleman — last 2 weeks
| Week 2 | vs JAX | 11.813.314.8 |
| Week 1 | vs KC | 0.00.00.0 |
Signal breakdown
- 12.1 vs 1.7 projected PPR pointsJadarian Price +
- Rank 23 vs 50Jadarian Price +
- Opponent DvP rank 3 vs 11 (32 = softest)even
- Implied 25.0 vs 21.3 team pointsJadarian Price +
- Questionable vs no designationJonah Coleman +
- 41% vs 23% snap shareJadarian Price +
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