Saquon Barkley or Jacory Croskey-Merritt: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Saquon Barkley: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 55th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 3; 2QB: ADP 15.

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.

What the player markets price

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

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.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Saquon Barkley has been on the field for 38 percent of PHI snaps, taken 36 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 2 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have come 0.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against TEN he carried 4 times for 9 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CHI he carried 15 times for 82 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for -2 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LAR he carried 2 times for 8 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 2 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 Saquon Barkley played 16 games and scored 232.3 PPR points, 14.5 a game, finishing RB14.

He carried 280 times for 1140 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 37 of 50 targets for 273 more yards.

That came to 17.5 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 78 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 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Saquon Barkley scored 14.5 PPR points a game and Jacory Croskey-Merritt 8.3, 6.3 a game between them.

Saquon Barkley finished RB14 that year and Jacory Croskey-Merritt RB33.

Saquon Barkley had 105 more carries than Jacory Croskey-Merritt, 280 to 175.

Saquon Barkley had 28 more catches than Jacory Croskey-Merritt, 37 to 9.

This season Jacory Croskey-Merritt holds the bigger snap share, 47 percent against 38 percent.

This season Jacory Croskey-Merritt holds the bigger share of the carries, 48 percent against 36 percent.

Byes and availability

Saquon Barkley is off in Week 10 and Jacory Croskey-Merritt in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Saquon Barkley is listed as questionable on the injury report.

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

What would change the answer

Saquon Barkley has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.