Michael Penix Jr. or Jaylen Wright: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Michael Penix Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 129th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jaylen Wright: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 131st overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Michael Penix Jr. at 14.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 46th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

The market has Jaylen Wright at 6.4 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 10 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Michael Penix Jr. has been on the field for 100 percent of ATL snaps, dropped back 46 times and thrown 6.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 2 of 46 dropbacks.

In Week 3 against GB he completed 18 of 25 passes for 256 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception.

In Week 4 against NO he completed 15 of 20 passes for 223 yards and threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions.

Through Week 4, Jaylen Wright has been on the field for 12 percent of MIA snaps, taken 12 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 19 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

In Week 1 against LV he carried 1 time for -1 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against SF he carried 2 times for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against MIN he carried 5 times for 7 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Michael Penix Jr. played 9 games and scored 123.3 PPR points, 13.7 a game, finishing QB33.

He threw for 1982 yards on 276 attempts with 9 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran for 70 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 30.7 attempts a game at 7.2 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 93 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jaylen Wright played 10 games and scored 48.2 PPR points, 4.8 a game, finishing RB70.

He carried 70 times for 288 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 5 of 9 targets for 44 more yards.

That came to 7.0 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 0.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 14 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jaylen Wright was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Michael Penix Jr. scored 13.7 PPR points a game and Jaylen Wright 4.8, 8.9 a game between them.

Michael Penix Jr. finished QB33 and Jaylen Wright RB70, which are two different ladders.

Michael Penix Jr. is a quarterback and Jaylen Wright a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Michael Penix Jr. is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Jaylen Wright.

What would change the answer

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