Raheim Sanders or Jahan Dotson: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Raheim Sanders: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 153rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jahan Dotson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 155th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Raheim Sanders at 6.0 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is 60 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Jahan Dotson at 4.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 161st highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

Raheim Sanders's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Raheim Sanders has been on the field for 33 percent of CLE snaps, taken 6 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 17 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have come 1.5 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against TB he carried 2 times for 4 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CAR he carried 1 time for 17 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against PIT he carried 2 times for 9 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Jahan Dotson has been on the field for 67 percent of ATL snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 15.8 air yards.

In Week 2 against CAR he caught 2 of 4 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against GB he caught 1 of 3 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NO he caught 2 of 3 targets for 54 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Raheim Sanders played 4 games and scored 20.3 PPR points, 5.1 a game, finishing RB95.

He carried 27 times for 92 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 3 of 4 targets for 21 more yards.

That came to 6.8 carries a game at 3.4 yards a carry and 0.8 catches a game.

He was on the field for 12 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jahan Dotson played 17 games and scored 50.2 PPR points, 3.0 a game, finishing WR109.

He caught 18 of 36 targets for 262 yards and 1 touchdown, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 2.1 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 14.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 55 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jahan Dotson was available for 13 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Raheim Sanders scored 5.1 PPR points a game and Jahan Dotson 3.0, 2.1 a game between them.

Raheim Sanders finished RB95 and Jahan Dotson WR109, which are two different ladders.

Raheim Sanders is a running back and Jahan Dotson a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

What would change the answer

Raheim Sanders is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.