Kyle Monangai or Jayden Daniels: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyle Monangai: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 60th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jayden Daniels: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 61st overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Kyle Monangai at 11.3 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is 90 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Jayden Daniels at 17.9 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 15th highest figure of the 207 players the market prices.

Kyle Monangai's price 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 2, Jayden Daniels has been on the field for 77 percent of WAS snaps, dropped back 61 times and thrown 9.3 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 4 of 61 dropbacks and scrambled 9 times.

In Week 1 against PHI he completed 18 of 34 passes for 164 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 31 yards.

In Week 2 against DAL he completed 11 of 17 passes for 96 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 7 times for 69 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 Jayden Daniels played 7 games and scored 117.3 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing QB34.

He threw for 1262 yards on 188 attempts with 8 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran for 278 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 26.9 attempts a game at 6.7 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 91 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kyle Monangai was available for 10 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jayden Daniels scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Kyle Monangai 8.6, 8.1 a game between them.

Kyle Monangai finished RB30 and Jayden Daniels QB34, which are two different ladders.

Kyle Monangai is a running back and Jayden Daniels 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 Jayden Daniels.

Kyle Monangai is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

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