Josh Downs or Kyle Monangai: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Josh Downs: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 33rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 51.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyle Monangai: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 36th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Josh Downs at 13.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 58th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

The market has Kyle Monangai at 13.1 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 14 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.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Josh Downs has been on the field for 79 percent of IND snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 30 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 10.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against KC he caught 7 of 9 targets for 72 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against HOU he caught 5 of 11 targets for 77 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against WAS he caught 3 of 4 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Josh Downs played 16 games and scored 136.4 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing WR44.

He caught 58 of 88 targets for 566 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 5.5 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Kyle Monangai was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Kyle Monangai scored 8.6 PPR points a game and Josh Downs 8.5, 0.1 a game between them.

Josh Downs finished WR44 and Kyle Monangai RB30, which are two different ladders.

Josh Downs is a wide receiver and Kyle Monangai a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Josh Downs is off in Week 13 and Kyle Monangai in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

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.