Kyle Monangai or Isaiah Williams: 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 41st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Isaiah Williams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 124th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Kyle Monangai at 13.1 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 13 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.

No season market is posted for Isaiah Williams, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

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, Isaiah Williams has been on the field for 79 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 29 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 7.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against GB he carried 1 time for 14 yards, caught 6 of 6 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against DET he caught 1 of 2 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CHI he caught 2 of 3 targets for 73 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Isaiah Williams played 15 games and scored 58.7 PPR points, 3.9 a game, finishing WR98.

He caught 26 of 36 targets for 193 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 2.4 targets a game, a 72 percent catch rate and 7.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 36 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kyle Monangai was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Kyle Monangai scored 8.6 PPR points a game and Isaiah Williams 3.9, 4.7 a game between them.

Kyle Monangai finished RB30 and Isaiah Williams WR98, which are two different ladders.

Kyle Monangai is a running back and Isaiah Williams a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Kyle Monangai is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Isaiah Williams.

Kyle Monangai is listed as questionable on the injury report.