James Cook III or Parker Washington: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price James Cook III at 14.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 50th highest figure of the 217 players the market prices.

The player markets price Parker Washington at 13.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 53rd highest figure of the 217 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on James Cook III: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 30th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Drafters have formed no consensus on Parker Washington: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 31st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 18.

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, Parker Washington has been on the field for 76 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 22 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 14.1 air yards.

In Week 2 against DEN he caught 7 of 12 targets for 98 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against NE he caught 3 of 5 targets for 40 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against CIN he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

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 Parker Washington played 16 games and scored 184.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR27.

He caught 58 of 95 targets for 847 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 5.9 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 14.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 61 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

James Cook III was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 James Cook III scored 17.8 PPR points a game and Parker Washington 11.5, 6.2 a game between them.

James Cook III finished RB6 and Parker Washington WR27, which are two different ladders.

James Cook III is a running back and Parker Washington a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 7, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

0.8 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.