Travis Etienne Jr. or Tre Tucker: Who Should You Start?

Historical comparison from 2026 Week 3 — one of these players isn’t on the current board.

Start Etienne — the consensus rank and projection edges are too wide to ignore.

Travis Etienne Jr. is the higher consensus play (RB17 to WR60) and projects 11.9 to Tucker's 9.8. Tucker's edge is availability, a clean report to Etienne's Q. The gap is comfortable.

Travis Etienne Jr.

Travis Etienne Jr.

RB17NOvs LV

Projected Points

Sit
Tre Tucker

Tre Tucker

WR60LVvs NO

Projected Points

Sit
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Why Travis Etienne Jr.

Sit

RB1 and feature back. Explosive one-cut runner with home-run speed and dependable passing-game usage.

Sit — RB17 consensus, projects RB27 this week: LV is the 11th-toughest matchup vs RBs, 11% target share.

  • Carries a Questionable tag — usually plays, but monitor the final report.
  • LV ranks 11 of 32 against RBs (one of the tougher matchups, 3-game sample).
  • Vegas implies 23.0 team points as 3.5-point favorites.
  • Listed RB on the latest depth chart with a 50% snap share.

Latest on Etienne

Status

Travis Etienne Jr. will miss time with a hamstring issue.

Saints RB Travis Etienne Jr. to sit with hamstring injuryESPN · Sep 28, 2026
Status

Etienne was a limited participant in practice on Wednesday due to a hamstring injury ahead of Week 3.

NBC Sports · Sep 23, 2026
Role

In Week 2, Etienne led Saints running backs in snap share (53.1%) and route share (33.3%) despite Kamara receiving more overall touches.

CBS Sports, SI.com/FanDuel Research · Sep 23, 2026

Reported by the sources listed — not independently verified.

Why Tre Tucker

Sit

WR1 and vertical speed threat. Field-stretching burner used on jet motion and manufactured touches.

Sit — bench-tier WR at consensus WR60: 17% target share, 9.8 PPR projected vs NO.

  • NO ranks 15 of 32 against WRs (a middle-of-the-road matchup, 3-game sample).
  • Vegas implies 19.5 team points as 3.5-point underdogs.
  • Listed WR on the latest depth chart with a 62% snap share.

Latest on Tucker

Reported by the sources listed — not independently verified.

Head-to-head stats

MetricTravis Etienne Jr.Tre Tucker
Projected points
Consensus rankRB17WR60
Opponent vs positionLV · 11 of 323-game sampleNO · 15 of 323-game sample
Rushing Yards14 of 32—
Rushing TDs8 of 32—
Rushing Attempts16 of 32—
Receptions9 of 328 of 32
Receiving Yards13 of 322 of 32
Anytime TD6 of 3225 of 32
Receiving TDs—25 of 32
Targets—13 of 32
Target share11%17%
Reception share12%18%
Implied total · spread23.0-3.519.5+3.5
Depth chartRB1WR1
Snap share50%62%
Injury designationQ—
Start/Sit record1–00–0+1 toss-up

Recent form

Travis Etienne Jr. — last 2 weeks

Week 2vs BAL
Week 1vs DET

Tre Tucker — last 2 weeks

Week 2vs LAC
Week 1vs MIA

Signal breakdown

  • 11.9 vs 9.8 projected PPR pointsTravis Etienne Jr. +
  • Rank 17 vs 60Travis Etienne Jr. +
  • Opponent DvP rank 11 vs 15 (32 = softest)Tre Tucker +
  • Implied 23.0 vs 19.5 team pointsTravis Etienne Jr. +
  • Q vs no designationTre Tucker +
  • 50% vs 62% snap shareTre Tucker +

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