Justin Herbert or Will Shipley: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Justin Herbert: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 97th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 23; 2QB: ADP 13.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Will Shipley: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 99th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Justin Herbert at 16.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 33rd highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The market has Will Shipley at 8.8 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.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Justin Herbert has been on the field for 100 percent of LAC snaps, dropped back 144 times and thrown 8.8 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 30 of 144 dropbacks and scrambled 13 times.

In Week 2 against LV he completed 15 of 27 passes for 192 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 3 times for 2 yards.

In Week 3 against BUF he completed 20 of 34 passes for 226 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 4 times for 17 yards.

In Week 4 against SEA he completed 19 of 31 passes for 189 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 6 times for 40 yards.

Through Week 4, Will Shipley has been on the field for 38 percent of PHI snaps, taken 15 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 2.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against TEN he carried 7 times for 24 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CHI he carried 0 times for 0 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LAR he carried 6 times for 23 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Justin Herbert played 16 games and scored 299.9 PPR points, 18.7 a game, finishing QB10.

He threw for 3727 yards on 512 attempts with 26 touchdowns and 13 interceptions, and ran for 498 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 32.0 attempts a game at 7.3 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 97 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Will Shipley played 15 games and scored 17.5 PPR points, 1.2 a game, finishing RB96.

He carried 14 times for 49 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 9 of 12 targets for 56 more yards.

That came to 0.9 carries a game at 3.5 yards a carry and 0.6 catches a game.

He was on the field for 10 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Justin Herbert was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Justin Herbert scored 18.7 PPR points a game and Will Shipley 1.2, 17.6 a game between them.

Justin Herbert finished QB10 and Will Shipley RB96, which are two different ladders.

Justin Herbert is a quarterback and Will Shipley a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Justin Herbert is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Will Shipley.

What would change the answer

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