Kyle Monangai or Rhamondre Stevenson: 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 Rhamondre Stevenson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 53rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Kyle Monangai at 12.8 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 4 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 Rhamondre Stevenson at 12.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 69th highest figure of the 214 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, Rhamondre Stevenson has been on the field for 62 percent of NE snaps, taken 38 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 2 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have come 0.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against PIT he carried 6 times for 43 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against JAX he carried 7 times for 22 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BUF he carried 13 times for 47 yards, caught 3 of 5 targets for 27 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Rhamondre Stevenson played 14 games and scored 178.8 PPR points, 12.8 a game, finishing RB25.

He carried 130 times for 603 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 32 of 37 targets for 345 more yards.

That came to 9.3 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 60 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kyle Monangai was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Rhamondre Stevenson scored 12.8 PPR points a game and Kyle Monangai 8.6, 4.1 a game between them.

Kyle Monangai finished RB30 that year and Rhamondre Stevenson RB25.

Kyle Monangai had 39 more carries than Rhamondre Stevenson, 169 to 130.

Rhamondre Stevenson had 14 more catches than Kyle Monangai, 32 to 18.

This season Rhamondre Stevenson holds the bigger snap share, 62 percent against 41 percent.

This season Kyle Monangai holds the bigger share of the carries, 39 percent against 38 percent.

Byes and availability

Kyle Monangai is off in Week 10 and Rhamondre Stevenson in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Kyle Monangai is listed as out on the injury report.

Rhamondre Stevenson 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.