Kyle Monangai or Jameis Winston: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyle Monangai: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 105th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jameis Winston: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 107th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Kyle Monangai is 3.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Jameis Winston is 15.9 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 13 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Kyle Monangai's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 4, Kyle Monangai has been on the field for 41 percent of CHI snaps, taken 39 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 6 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 0.8 air yards.

In Week 2 against MIN he carried 10 times for 47 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against PHI he carried 10 times for 31 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NYJ he carried 30 times for 146 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 4 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 5, Jameis Winston has been on the field for 96 percent of NYG snaps, dropped back 148 times and thrown 9.6 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 27 of 148 dropbacks and scrambled 5 times.

In Week 3 against TEN he completed 14 of 22 passes for 118 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 15 yards.

In Week 4 against ARI he completed 18 of 29 passes for 250 yards and threw 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.

In Week 5 against WAS he completed 33 of 54 passes for 326 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 28 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Kyle Monangai played 17 games and scored 146.7 PPR points, 8.6 a game, finishing RB30.

He carried 169 times for 783 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 18 of 30 targets for 164 more yards.

That came to 9.9 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 1.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jameis Winston played 3 games and scored 45.3 PPR points, 15.1 a game, finishing QB46.

He threw for 567 yards on 66 attempts with 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, and ran for 23 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 22.0 attempts a game at 8.6 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kyle Monangai was available for 14 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jameis Winston scored 15.1 PPR points a game and Kyle Monangai 8.6, 6.5 a game between them.

Kyle Monangai finished RB30 and Jameis Winston QB46, which are two different ladders.

Kyle Monangai is a running back and Jameis Winston a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Kyle Monangai is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Jameis Winston.

Kyle Monangai is listed as questionable on the injury report.