James Cook III or Kyle Monangai: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on James Cook III: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 33rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyle Monangai: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 40th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price James Cook III at 14.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 18 market sources. That is the 5th highest figure of the 22 players the market prices.

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

This season through Week 4

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.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 James Cook III scored 17.8 PPR points a game and Kyle Monangai 8.6, 9.1 a game between them.

James Cook III finished RB6 that year and Kyle Monangai RB30.

James Cook III had 140 more carries than Kyle Monangai, 309 to 169.

James Cook III had 15 more catches than Kyle Monangai, 33 to 18.

This season James Cook III holds the bigger snap share, 68 percent against 41 percent.

This season James Cook III holds the bigger share of the carries, 67 percent against 39 percent.

Byes and availability

James Cook III is off in Week 7 and Kyle Monangai in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Kyle Monangai is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

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