Raheim Sanders or Jaylen Wright: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Raheim Sanders: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 150th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jaylen Wright: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 151st overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Raheim Sanders at 6.0 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is 60 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Jaylen Wright at 5.9 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 15 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.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Raheim Sanders has been on the field for 33 percent of CLE snaps, taken 6 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 17 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have come 1.5 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against TB he carried 2 times for 4 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CAR he carried 1 time for 17 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against PIT he carried 2 times for 9 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

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 Raheim Sanders played 4 games and scored 20.3 PPR points, 5.1 a game, finishing RB95.

He carried 27 times for 92 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 3 of 4 targets for 21 more yards.

That came to 6.8 carries a game at 3.4 yards a carry and 0.8 catches a game.

He was on the field for 12 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 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Raheim Sanders scored 5.1 PPR points a game and Jaylen Wright 4.8, 0.3 a game between them.

Raheim Sanders finished RB95 that year and Jaylen Wright RB70.

Jaylen Wright had 43 more carries than Raheim Sanders, 70 to 27.

Jaylen Wright had 2 more catches than Raheim Sanders, 5 to 3.

This season Raheim Sanders holds the bigger snap share, 33 percent against 12 percent.

This season Jaylen Wright holds the bigger share of the carries, 12 percent against 6 percent.

Byes and availability

Jaylen Wright is listed as questionable on the injury report.