Rhamondre Stevenson or Jacory Croskey-Merritt: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rhamondre Stevenson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 54th 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 63rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Rhamondre Stevenson at 12.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 71st highest figure of the 213 players the market prices.

The market has Jacory Croskey-Merritt at 11.2 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 16 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, Rhamondre Stevenson has been on the field for 62 percent of NE snaps, taken 38 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 2 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have come 0.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against PIT he carried 6 times for 43 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against JAX he carried 7 times for 22 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BUF he carried 13 times for 47 yards, caught 3 of 5 targets for 27 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 Rhamondre Stevenson played 14 games and scored 178.8 PPR points, 12.8 a game, finishing RB25.

He carried 130 times for 603 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 32 of 37 targets for 345 more yards.

That came to 9.3 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 60 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.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Rhamondre Stevenson scored 12.8 PPR points a game and Jacory Croskey-Merritt 8.3, 4.5 a game between them.

Rhamondre Stevenson finished RB25 that year and Jacory Croskey-Merritt RB33.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt had 45 more carries than Rhamondre Stevenson, 175 to 130.

Rhamondre Stevenson had 23 more catches than Jacory Croskey-Merritt, 32 to 9.

This season Rhamondre Stevenson holds the bigger snap share, 62 percent against 47 percent.

This season Jacory Croskey-Merritt holds the bigger share of the carries, 48 percent against 38 percent.

Byes and availability

Rhamondre Stevenson is off in Week 11 and Jacory Croskey-Merritt in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Rhamondre Stevenson 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.