Aaron Jones Sr. or Pat Freiermuth: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Aaron Jones Sr. at 16.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 28th highest figure of the 221 players the market prices.

The player markets price Pat Freiermuth at 7.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 121st highest figure of the 221 players the market prices.

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 Pat Freiermuth: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 123rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

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 4, Pat Freiermuth has been on the field for 69 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 1 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 5 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have averaged 8.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against NE he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CIN he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 30 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CLE he caught 3 of 5 targets for 17 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

In 2025 Pat Freiermuth played 17 games and scored 113.6 PPR points, 6.7 a game, finishing TE25.

He caught 41 of 54 targets for 486 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 3.2 targets a game, a 76 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 49 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Pat Freiermuth was available for 5 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Aaron Jones Sr. scored 9.9 PPR points a game and Pat Freiermuth 6.7, 3.2 a game between them.

Aaron Jones Sr. finished RB41 and Pat Freiermuth TE25, which are two different ladders.

Aaron Jones Sr. is a running back and Pat Freiermuth a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Aaron Jones Sr. is off in Week 6. No bye is listed for Pat Freiermuth.

What would change the answer

8.7 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.