Jameson Williams or Ollie Gordon: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jameson Williams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 49th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ollie Gordon: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 62nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Jameson Williams at 11.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 75th highest figure of the 185 players the market prices.

The market has Ollie Gordon at 10.8 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 11 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.

Ollie Gordon's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Jameson Williams has been on the field for 90 percent of DET snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 36 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have averaged 14.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against BUF he caught 2 of 4 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against NYJ he caught 4 of 4 targets for 49 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CAR he caught 6 of 8 targets for 102 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Ollie Gordon has been on the field for 43 percent of MIA snaps, taken 30 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 26 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have come 3.2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against SF he carried 3 times for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against KC he carried 17 times for 41 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 14 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against MIN he carried 9 times for 100 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jameson Williams played 17 games and scored 219.9 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR12.

He caught 65 of 102 targets for 1117 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 17.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 90 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Ollie Gordon played 17 games and scored 54.1 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing RB68.

He carried 70 times for 199 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 7 of 9 targets for 32 more yards.

That came to 4.1 carries a game at 2.8 yards a carry and 0.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 22 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Jameson Williams scored 12.9 PPR points a game and Ollie Gordon 3.2, 9.8 a game between them.

Jameson Williams finished WR12 and Ollie Gordon RB68, which are two different ladders.

Jameson Williams is a wide receiver and Ollie Gordon a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jameson Williams is off in Week 6. No bye is listed for Ollie Gordon.

What would change the answer

Ollie Gordon is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.