Quinshon Judkins or Kyle Monangai: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Quinshon Judkins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 35th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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 Quinshon Judkins at 13.1 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 58th highest figure of the 182 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, Quinshon Judkins has been on the field for 62 percent of CLE snaps, taken 61 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 44 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 4 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 17 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have come 1.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against TB he carried 12 times for 21 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CAR he carried 18 times for 70 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against PIT he carried 17 times for 53 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 43 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Quinshon Judkins played 15 games and scored 169.8 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing RB26.

He carried 230 times for 827 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 26 of 36 targets for 171 more yards.

That came to 15.3 carries a game at 3.6 yards a carry and 1.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 50 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 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Quinshon Judkins scored 11.3 PPR points a game and Kyle Monangai 8.6, 2.7 a game between them.

Quinshon Judkins finished RB26 that year and Kyle Monangai RB30.

Quinshon Judkins had 61 more carries than Kyle Monangai, 230 to 169.

Quinshon Judkins had 8 more catches than Kyle Monangai, 26 to 18.

This season Quinshon Judkins holds the bigger snap share, 62 percent against 41 percent.

This season Quinshon Judkins holds the bigger share of the carries, 61 percent against 39 percent.

Byes and availability

Quinshon Judkins is off in Week 11 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.