Kyle Monangai or D'Andre Swift: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyle Monangai: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 36th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on D'Andre Swift: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 41st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 13.

What the player markets price

The market has Kyle Monangai at 13.2 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 14 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price D'Andre Swift at 12.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 65th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Kyle Monangai has been on the field for 41 percent of CHI snaps, taken 39 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 6 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 0.8 air yards.

In Week 2 against MIN he carried 10 times for 47 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against PHI he carried 10 times for 31 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NYJ he carried 30 times for 146 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 4 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 4, D'Andre Swift has been on the field for 56 percent of CHI snaps, taken 45 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 31 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 8 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have come 2.2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against MIN he carried 16 times for 45 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 54 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against PHI he carried 20 times for 84 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NYJ he carried 15 times for 58 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Kyle Monangai played 17 games and scored 146.7 PPR points, 8.6 a game, finishing RB30.

He carried 169 times for 783 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 18 of 30 targets for 164 more yards.

That came to 9.9 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 1.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 D'Andre Swift played 16 games and scored 228.6 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing RB15.

He carried 223 times for 1087 yards and 9 touchdowns, and caught 34 of 48 targets for 299 more yards.

That came to 13.9 carries a game at 4.9 yards a carry and 2.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kyle Monangai was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 D'Andre Swift scored 14.3 PPR points a game and Kyle Monangai 8.6, 5.7 a game between them.

Kyle Monangai finished RB30 that year and D'Andre Swift RB15.

D'Andre Swift had 54 more carries than Kyle Monangai, 223 to 169.

D'Andre Swift had 16 more catches than Kyle Monangai, 34 to 18.

This season D'Andre Swift holds the bigger snap share, 56 percent against 41 percent.

This season D'Andre Swift holds the bigger share of the carries, 45 percent against 39 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 10, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

Kyle Monangai is listed as questionable on the injury report.

D'Andre Swift is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

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