Kyle Monangai or Kyler Murray: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyle Monangai: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 44th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyler Murray: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 92nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 18.

What the player markets price

The market has Kyle Monangai at 12.7 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 5 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.

The player markets price Kyler Murray at 16.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 29th highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

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, 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.

Through Week 4, Kyler Murray has been on the field for 73 percent of MIN snaps, dropped back 84 times and thrown 6.5 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 13 of 84 dropbacks and scrambled 6 times.

In Week 1 against GB he completed 3 of 5 passes for 18 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 9 yards.

In Week 3 against TB he completed 15 of 29 passes for 168 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 17 yards.

In Week 4 against MIA he completed 27 of 37 passes for 247 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 21 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Kyler Murray played 5 games and scored 80.8 PPR points, 16.2 a game, finishing QB38.

He threw for 962 yards on 161 attempts with 6 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran for 173 yards and 1 touchdown.

That came to 32.2 attempts a game at 6.0 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 99 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kyle Monangai was available for 12 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Kyler Murray scored 16.2 PPR points a game and Kyle Monangai 8.6, 7.5 a game between them.

Kyle Monangai finished RB30 and Kyler Murray QB38, which are two different ladders.

Kyle Monangai is a running back and Kyler Murray a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Kyle Monangai is off in Week 10 and Kyler Murray in Week 6, 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.