Ja'Marr Chase or Justice Hill: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ja'Marr Chase: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 156th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 5.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Justice Hill: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 167th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Ja'Marr Chase at 4.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Justice Hill at 3.4 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Ja'Marr Chase's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Ja'Marr Chase has been on the field for 72 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 8.1 air yards.

In Week 2 against HOU he caught 7 of 9 targets for 75 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 3 against PIT he caught 9 of 12 targets for 98 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against JAX he caught 3 of 3 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Justice Hill has been on the field for 41 percent of BAL snaps, taken 11 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 25 third down targets, had 0 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have come 2.5 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against NO he carried 2 times for 6 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against DAL he carried 5 times for 33 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against TEN he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 22 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Ja'Marr Chase played 16 games and scored 313.6 PPR points, 19.6 a game, finishing WR4.

He caught 125 of 185 targets for 1412 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 21 red zone targets.

That came to 11.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 11.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 94 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Justice Hill played 10 games and scored 65.2 PPR points, 6.5 a game, finishing RB60.

He carried 18 times for 93 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 21 of 27 targets for 169 more yards.

That came to 1.8 carries a game at 5.2 yards a carry and 2.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 37 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ja'Marr Chase was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Ja'Marr Chase scored 19.6 PPR points a game and Justice Hill 6.5, 13.1 a game between them.

Ja'Marr Chase finished WR4 and Justice Hill RB60, which are two different ladders.

Ja'Marr Chase is a wide receiver and Justice Hill a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Ja'Marr Chase is off in Week 6. No bye is listed for Justice Hill.

Ja'Marr Chase is listed as questionable on the injury report.