Jameson Williams or Jacory Croskey-Merritt: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Jameson Williams at 11.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 77th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

The player markets price Jacory Croskey-Merritt at 11.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 79th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jameson Williams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 52nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jacory Croskey-Merritt: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 57th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Jameson Williams has been on the field for 90 percent of DET snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 36 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have averaged 14.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against BUF he caught 2 of 4 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against NYJ he caught 4 of 4 targets for 49 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CAR he caught 6 of 8 targets for 102 yards and did not score.

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 Jameson Williams played 17 games and scored 219.9 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR12.

He caught 65 of 102 targets for 1117 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 17.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 90 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.

Side by side

In 2025 Jameson Williams scored 12.9 PPR points a game and Jacory Croskey-Merritt 8.3, 4.7 a game between them.

Jameson Williams finished WR12 and Jacory Croskey-Merritt RB33, which are two different ladders.

Jameson Williams is a wide receiver and Jacory Croskey-Merritt a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jameson Williams 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

0.2 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.