Jahmyr Gibbs or Jacory Croskey-Merritt: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jahmyr Gibbs: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 1st overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 1; 2QB: ADP 1.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jacory Croskey-Merritt: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 53rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Jahmyr Gibbs at 26.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 1st highest figure of the 199 players the market prices.

The market has Jacory Croskey-Merritt at 12.0 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.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Jahmyr Gibbs has been on the field for 78 percent of DET snaps, taken 83 percent of the carries, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 48 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 36 third down targets, had 8 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 2.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against BUF he carried 16 times for 52 yards, caught 6 of 8 targets for 61 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against NYJ he carried 20 times for 99 yards, caught 7 of 8 targets for 65 yards and scored 3 touchdowns.

In Week 4 against CAR he carried 15 times for 46 yards, caught 4 of 7 targets for 22 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 4, Jacory Croskey-Merritt has been on the field for 47 percent of WAS snaps, taken 48 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 0.6 air yards.

In Week 2 against DAL he carried 12 times for 43 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against SEA he carried 19 times for 36 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against IND he carried 9 times for 15 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jahmyr Gibbs played 17 games and scored 366.9 PPR points, 21.6 a game, finishing RB3.

He carried 243 times for 1223 yards and 13 touchdowns, and caught 77 of 94 targets for 616 more yards.

That came to 14.3 carries a game at 5.0 yards a carry and 4.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 67 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 17 games and scored 140.3 PPR points, 8.3 a game, finishing RB33.

He carried 175 times for 805 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 9 of 13 targets for 68 more yards.

That came to 10.3 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 0.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Jahmyr Gibbs scored 21.6 PPR points a game and Jacory Croskey-Merritt 8.3, 13.3 a game between them.

Jahmyr Gibbs finished RB3 that year and Jacory Croskey-Merritt RB33.

Jahmyr Gibbs had 68 more carries than Jacory Croskey-Merritt, 243 to 175.

Jahmyr Gibbs had 68 more catches than Jacory Croskey-Merritt, 77 to 9.

This season Jahmyr Gibbs holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 47 percent.

This season Jahmyr Gibbs holds the bigger share of the carries, 83 percent against 48 percent.

Byes and availability

Jahmyr Gibbs is off in Week 6 and Jacory Croskey-Merritt in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Jacory Croskey-Merritt is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.