Aaron Jones Sr. or Jadarian Price: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Aaron Jones Sr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 20th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jadarian Price: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 89th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Aaron Jones Sr. at 16.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 28th highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

No season market is posted for Jadarian Price, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season so far

Through Week 4, Aaron Jones Sr. has been on the field for 69 percent of MIN snaps, taken 65 percent of the carries, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 38 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have come 0.1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against CHI he carried 23 times for 105 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TB he carried 17 times for 58 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against MIA he carried 20 times for 94 yards, caught 4 of 8 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

Through Week 3, Jadarian Price has been on the field for 36 percent of SEA snaps, taken 35 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 1 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 5.9 air yards.

In Week 1 against NE he carried 10 times for 52 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against ARI he carried 13 times for 52 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 8 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against WAS he carried 5 times for 15 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Aaron Jones Sr. played 12 games and scored 118.7 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing RB41.

He carried 132 times for 548 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 28 of 41 targets for 199 more yards.

That came to 11.0 carries a game at 4.2 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 55 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jadarian Price is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Head to head

This season Aaron Jones Sr. holds the bigger snap share, 69 percent against 36 percent.

This season Aaron Jones Sr. holds the bigger share of the carries, 65 percent against 35 percent.

Byes and availability

Aaron Jones Sr. is off in Week 6 and Jadarian Price in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Jadarian Price is listed as ir on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Jadarian Price has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.