Ashton Jeanty or Jacory Croskey-Merritt: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Ashton Jeanty at 16.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 26th highest figure of the 201 players the market prices.

The player markets price Jacory Croskey-Merritt at 10.8 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 76th highest figure of the 201 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ashton Jeanty: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 21st overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 8; 2QB: ADP 25.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jacory Croskey-Merritt: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 67th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Ashton Jeanty has been on the field for 76 percent of LV snaps, taken 70 percent of the carries, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 54 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 6 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 1.8 air yards.

In Week 2 against LAC he carried 21 times for 48 yards, caught 4 of 7 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against NO he carried 19 times for 56 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against KC he carried 15 times for 58 yards, caught 6 of 8 targets for 68 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Jacory Croskey-Merritt has been on the field for 47 percent of WAS snaps, taken 48 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 0.6 air yards.

In Week 2 against DAL he carried 12 times for 43 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against SEA he carried 19 times for 36 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against IND he carried 9 times for 15 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Ashton Jeanty played 17 games and scored 245.1 PPR points, 14.4 a game, finishing RB11.

He carried 266 times for 975 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 55 of 73 targets for 346 more yards.

That came to 15.6 carries a game at 3.7 yards a carry and 3.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 17 games and scored 140.3 PPR points, 8.3 a game, finishing RB33.

He carried 175 times for 805 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 9 of 13 targets for 68 more yards.

That came to 10.3 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 0.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Ashton Jeanty scored 14.4 PPR points a game and Jacory Croskey-Merritt 8.3, 6.2 a game between them.

Ashton Jeanty finished RB11 that year and Jacory Croskey-Merritt RB33.

Ashton Jeanty had 91 more carries than Jacory Croskey-Merritt, 266 to 175.

Ashton Jeanty had 46 more catches than Jacory Croskey-Merritt, 55 to 9.

This season Ashton Jeanty holds the bigger snap share, 76 percent against 47 percent.

This season Ashton Jeanty holds the bigger share of the carries, 70 percent against 48 percent.

Byes and availability

Ashton Jeanty is off in Week 13 and Jacory Croskey-Merritt in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Ashton Jeanty is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

5.7 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.