Raheim Sanders or Joshua Palmer: 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 154th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Joshua Palmer: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 155th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Raheim Sanders at 5.9 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 15 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 player markets price Joshua Palmer at 4.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 148th highest figure of the 201 players the market prices.

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, Joshua Palmer has been on the field for 40 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 23.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against DET he caught 1 of 3 targets for 43 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against LAC he was not given the ball.

In Week 4 against NE he caught 1 of 4 targets for 3 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 Joshua Palmer played 12 games and scored 52.3 PPR points, 4.4 a game, finishing WR105.

He caught 22 of 37 targets for 303 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 3.1 targets a game, a 59 percent catch rate and 13.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 46 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Joshua Palmer was available for 8 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Raheim Sanders scored 5.1 PPR points a game and Joshua Palmer 4.4, 0.7 a game between them.

Raheim Sanders finished RB95 and Joshua Palmer WR105, which are two different ladders.

Raheim Sanders is a running back and Joshua Palmer a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

What would change the answer

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