Jaylen Warren or James Cook III: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Jaylen Warren at 15.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 43rd highest figure of the 212 players the market prices.

The player markets price James Cook III at 14.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 50th highest figure of the 212 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jaylen Warren: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 28th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on James Cook III: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 32nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 2; 2QB: ADP 10.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Jaylen Warren has been on the field for 74 percent of PIT snaps, taken 68 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 29 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 1 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have come 0.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against NE he carried 11 times for 43 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CIN he carried 17 times for 127 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 49 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CLE he carried 17 times for 93 yards, caught 3 of 6 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, James Cook III has been on the field for 68 percent of BUF snaps, taken 67 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 38 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 4 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have come 0.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against DET he carried 21 times for 135 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 4 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against LAC he carried 24 times for 154 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against NE he carried 12 times for 75 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 8 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jaylen Warren played 16 games and scored 217.1 PPR points, 13.6 a game, finishing RB17.

He carried 211 times for 958 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 40 of 45 targets for 333 more yards.

That came to 13.2 carries a game at 4.5 yards a carry and 2.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 James Cook III played 17 games and scored 302.2 PPR points, 17.8 a game, finishing RB6.

He carried 309 times for 1621 yards and 12 touchdowns, and caught 33 of 40 targets for 291 more yards.

That came to 18.2 carries a game at 5.2 yards a carry and 1.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 60 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

James Cook III was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 James Cook III scored 17.8 PPR points a game and Jaylen Warren 13.6, 4.2 a game between them.

Jaylen Warren finished RB17 that year and James Cook III RB6.

James Cook III had 98 more carries than Jaylen Warren, 309 to 211.

Jaylen Warren had 7 more catches than James Cook III, 40 to 33.

This season Jaylen Warren holds the bigger snap share, 74 percent against 68 percent.

This season Jaylen Warren holds the bigger share of the carries, 68 percent against 67 percent.

Byes and availability

James Cook III is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Jaylen Warren.

What would change the answer

0.7 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.