Rhamondre Stevenson or Cam Ward: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rhamondre Stevenson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 161st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Cam Ward: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 162nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 46.

What the player markets price

The market has Rhamondre Stevenson at 4.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 14 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Cam Ward at 11.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 70th highest figure of the 185 players the market prices.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Rhamondre Stevenson has been on the field for 62 percent of NE snaps, taken 38 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 2 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have come 0.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against PIT he carried 6 times for 43 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against JAX he carried 7 times for 22 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BUF he carried 13 times for 47 yards, caught 3 of 5 targets for 27 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 4, Cam Ward has been on the field for 100 percent of TEN snaps, dropped back 135 times and thrown 6.6 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 17 of 135 dropbacks and scrambled 10 times.

In Week 2 against PHI he completed 13 of 20 passes for 183 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 7 yards.

In Week 3 against NYG he completed 23 of 36 passes for 181 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 2 yards.

In Week 4 against BAL he completed 20 of 31 passes for 222 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 4 times for 27 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Rhamondre Stevenson played 14 games and scored 178.8 PPR points, 12.8 a game, finishing RB25.

He carried 130 times for 603 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 32 of 37 targets for 345 more yards.

That came to 9.3 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 60 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Cam Ward played 17 games and scored 193.7 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing QB22.

He threw for 3169 yards on 540 attempts with 15 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran for 159 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 31.8 attempts a game at 5.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 100 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Cam Ward was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Rhamondre Stevenson scored 12.8 PPR points a game and Cam Ward 11.4, 1.4 a game between them.

Rhamondre Stevenson finished RB25 and Cam Ward QB22, which are two different ladders.

Rhamondre Stevenson is a running back and Cam Ward a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Rhamondre Stevenson is off in Week 11 and Cam Ward in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

Rhamondre Stevenson is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

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