Jonathan Taylor or Kalif Raymond: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jonathan Taylor: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 46th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 4.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kalif Raymond: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 47th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Jonathan Taylor at 6.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Kalif Raymond at 6.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 6 market sources. That is the 48th highest figure of the 128 players the market prices.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Jonathan Taylor has been on the field for 82 percent of IND snaps, taken 75 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 48 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 11 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have come 1.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against HOU he carried 23 times for 68 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against WAS he carried 20 times for 95 yards, caught 1 of 4 targets for 2 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 5 against PIT he carried 15 times for 45 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Kalif Raymond has been on the field for 62 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 0 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 27 targets have averaged 6.6 air yards.

In Week 3 against PHI he caught 6 of 7 targets for 90 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against NYJ he caught 2 of 2 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against GB he carried 1 time for -2 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jonathan Taylor played 17 games and scored 362.3 PPR points, 21.3 a game, finishing RB4.

He carried 323 times for 1585 yards and 18 touchdowns, and caught 46 of 55 targets for 378 more yards.

That came to 19.0 carries a game at 4.9 yards a carry and 2.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 84 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Kalif Raymond played 15 games and scored 66.8 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing WR94.

He caught 24 of 30 targets for 289 yards and 1 touchdown, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 2.0 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 12.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 38 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jonathan Taylor was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jonathan Taylor scored 21.3 PPR points a game and Kalif Raymond 4.5, 16.9 a game between them.

Jonathan Taylor finished RB4 and Kalif Raymond WR94, which are two different ladders.

Jonathan Taylor is a running back and Kalif Raymond a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jonathan Taylor is off in Week 13. No bye is listed for Kalif Raymond.

What would change the answer

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