Rhamondre Stevenson or Luther Burden III: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Rhamondre Stevenson at 12.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 71st highest figure of the 212 players the market prices.

The player markets price Luther Burden III at 11.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 78th highest figure of the 212 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rhamondre Stevenson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 54th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Luther Burden III: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 59th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 39.

This season through Week 4

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.

Through Week 4, Luther Burden III has been on the field for 61 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 1 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have averaged 8.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against MIN he caught 3 of 7 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against PHI he carried 1 time for 7 yards, caught 7 of 11 targets for 61 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against NYJ he carried 1 time for 11 yards, caught 4 of 6 targets for 63 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Luther Burden III played 15 games and scored 127.9 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing WR48.

He caught 47 of 60 targets for 652 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 4.0 targets a game, a 78 percent catch rate and 13.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Luther Burden III was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Rhamondre Stevenson scored 12.8 PPR points a game and Luther Burden III 8.5, 4.2 a game between them.

Rhamondre Stevenson finished RB25 and Luther Burden III WR48, which are two different ladders.

Rhamondre Stevenson is a running back and Luther Burden III a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

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

Rhamondre Stevenson is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

0.9 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.