Jadarian Price or Tank Bigsby: Who Should You Start?

2026 Week 3 · deterministic head-to-head · Verdicts based on PPR scoring.

Price's lead-back runway beats Bigsby's change-of-pace role

Start Jadarian Price: his spot atop Seattle's depth chart and home-run speed give him a clearer path to useful volume than Bigsby's backup role. Bigsby's power and lack of an injury designation are real positives, but his limited receiving role leaves him needing a bigger workload to make them count. Price's shoulder is the risk keeping this close; Seattle expects him to practice this week (seahawks.com 2026-09-23).

What flips it: A shoulder setback that keeps Price from practicing this week.

Sources: seahawks.com · Sep 23, 2026

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Jadarian Price

Jadarian Price

RB23SEAvs WSH

Projected Points

Toss-Up
Tank Bigsby

Tank Bigsby

RB51PHIvs CHI

Projected Points

Sit

Jadarian Price’s market

ATD
Anytime TD
+140

Tank Bigsby’s market

Why Jadarian Price

Toss-Up

Rookie 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.

  • His explosive style gives Seattle a way to turn an ordinary touch into a long gain.
  • The shoulder concern is a genuine threat to his availability, despite the expected practice.

Latest on Price

Status

Jadarian Price is expected to practice this week after leaving Sunday's win early with a shoulder injury.

Updates On Sam Darnold, Jadarian Price & Other Seahawks Injuriesseahawks.com · Sep 23, 2026
Status

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, 2026

In-Game Injury News From The Week 2 Matchup Between Seattle and Arizona

seahawks.com · Sep 20, 2026

Seahawks rookie Jadarian Price is looking forward to playing against his former teammate and Cardinals running back Jeremiyah Love on Sunday.

seahawks.com · Sep 14, 2026

Reported by the sources listed — not independently verified.

Why Tank Bigsby

Sit

Backup RB and change-of-pace power runner. Downhill one-cut style behind the starter.

Sit — bench-tier RB at consensus RB51: 4% target share, 3.4 PPR projected vs CHI.

  • His downhill power could be useful if Philadelphia leans on him in a change-of-pace role.
  • He has no injury designation, an availability edge if Price's shoulder worsens.

Head-to-head stats

MetricJadarian PriceTank Bigsby
Projected points
Consensus rankRB23RB51
Opponent vs positionWSH · 3 of 322-game sampleCHI · 16 of 322-game sample
Rushing Yards7 of 3218 of 32
Rushing TDs1 of 3210 of 32
Rushing Attempts3 of 3216 of 32
Receptions2 of 323 of 32
Receiving Yards2 of 3230 of 32
Anytime TD1 of 3218 of 32
Target share8%4%
Reception share8%5%
Implied total · spread25.0-3.522.5+1.5
Depth chartRB1RB2
Snap share41%23%
Injury designationQuestionable—
Start/Sit record0–1+1 toss-up—

Recent form

Jadarian Price — last 2 weeks

Week 2vs ARI
Week 1vs NE

Tank Bigsby — last 2 weeks

Week 2vs TEN
Week 1vs WSH

Signal breakdown

  • 12.1 vs 3.4 projected PPR pointsJadarian Price +
  • Rank 23 vs 51Jadarian Price +
  • Opponent DvP rank 3 vs 16 (32 = softest)even
  • Implied 25.0 vs 22.5 team pointsJadarian Price +
  • Questionable vs no designationTank Bigsby +
  • 41% vs 23% snap shareJadarian Price +

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