Isaiah Davis or Justin Jefferson: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Isaiah Davis: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 163rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Justin Jefferson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 166th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 4; 2QB: ADP 16.

What the player markets price

The market has Isaiah Davis at 3.1 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 15 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 market has Justin Jefferson at 2.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 4, Isaiah Davis has been on the field for 6 percent of NYJ snaps, taken 0 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 5 third down targets and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

In Week 4 against CHI he carried 0 times for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 3, Justin Jefferson has been on the field for 68 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 30 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 11.1 air yards.

In Week 1 against GB he caught 8 of 9 targets for 92 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 2 against CHI he caught 3 of 6 targets for 55 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TB he caught 2 of 2 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Isaiah Davis played 16 games and scored 71.2 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing RB59.

He carried 43 times for 236 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 21 of 28 targets for 186 more yards.

That came to 2.7 carries a game at 5.5 yards a carry and 1.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 29 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Justin Jefferson played 17 games and scored 201.5 PPR points, 11.9 a game, finishing WR21.

He caught 84 of 141 targets for 1048 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 8.3 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 12.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 95 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Justin Jefferson was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Justin Jefferson scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Isaiah Davis 4.5, 7.4 a game between them.

Isaiah Davis finished RB59 and Justin Jefferson WR21, which are two different ladders.

Isaiah Davis is a running back and Justin Jefferson a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Justin Jefferson is off in Week 6. No bye is listed for Isaiah Davis.

Justin Jefferson is listed as questionable on the injury report.