Jaylen Warren or Ashton Jeanty: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jaylen Warren: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 19th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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.

What the player markets price

The market has Jaylen Warren at 16.7 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is 90 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Ashton Jeanty at 16.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 27th highest figure of the 209 players the market prices.

Jaylen Warren's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Jaylen Warren has been on the field for 74 percent of PIT snaps, taken 68 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 29 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 1 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have come 0.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against NE he carried 11 times for 43 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CIN he carried 17 times for 127 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 49 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CLE he carried 17 times for 93 yards, caught 3 of 6 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jaylen Warren played 16 games and scored 217.1 PPR points, 13.6 a game, finishing RB17.

He carried 211 times for 958 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 40 of 45 targets for 333 more yards.

That came to 13.2 carries a game at 4.5 yards a carry and 2.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Ashton Jeanty was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Ashton Jeanty scored 14.4 PPR points a game and Jaylen Warren 13.6, 0.8 a game between them.

Jaylen Warren finished RB17 that year and Ashton Jeanty RB11.

Ashton Jeanty had 55 more carries than Jaylen Warren, 266 to 211.

Ashton Jeanty had 15 more catches than Jaylen Warren, 55 to 40.

This season Ashton Jeanty holds the bigger snap share, 76 percent against 74 percent.

This season Ashton Jeanty holds the bigger share of the carries, 70 percent against 68 percent.

Byes and availability

Ashton Jeanty is off in Week 13. No bye is listed for Jaylen Warren.

Ashton Jeanty is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Jaylen Warren is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.