Darnell Washington or Najee Harris: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Darnell Washington at 6.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 128th highest figure of the 182 players the market prices.

The player markets price Najee Harris at 5.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 138th highest figure of the 182 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Darnell Washington: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 139th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Najee Harris: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 138th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Darnell Washington has been on the field for 66 percent of PIT snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 8 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 3 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 5.1 air yards.

In Week 2 against NE he caught 1 of 2 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CIN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 67 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CLE he caught 3 of 5 targets for 27 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 4, Najee Harris has been on the field for 18 percent of NYG snaps, taken 27 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 32 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 9 two minute targets.

In Week 2 against LAR he carried 4 times for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TEN he carried 9 times for 52 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against ARI he carried 9 times for 30 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Darnell Washington played 16 games and scored 73.4 PPR points, 4.6 a game, finishing TE39.

He caught 31 of 43 targets for 364 yards and 1 touchdown, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 2.7 targets a game, a 72 percent catch rate and 11.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Najee Harris played 3 games and scored 11.6 PPR points, 3.9 a game, finishing RB105.

He carried 15 times for 61 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 3 of 3 targets for 25 more yards.

That came to 5.0 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 1.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 21 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Darnell Washington was available for 13 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Darnell Washington scored 4.6 PPR points a game and Najee Harris 3.9, 0.7 a game between them.

Darnell Washington finished TE39 and Najee Harris RB105, which are two different ladders.

Darnell Washington is a tight end and Najee Harris a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

What would change the answer

1.0 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.