Tyler Goodson or Ray Davis: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tyler Goodson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 164th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ray Davis: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 170th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Tyler Goodson is 2.5 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 13 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Ray Davis is 1.9 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 13 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Tyler Goodson's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Tyler Goodson has been on the field for 14 percent of DAL snaps, taken 13 percent of the carries, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 30 third down targets, had 0 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have come 4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against BAL he carried 6 times for 22 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for -5 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against HOU he carried 3 times for 12 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against TB he carried 0 times for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Ray Davis has been on the field for 11 percent of BUF snaps, taken 3 percent of the carries, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 0 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have come 7.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against LAC he carried 0 times for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NE he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LAR he carried 2 times for 2 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 31 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tyler Goodson played 11 games and scored 5.2 PPR points, 0.5 a game, finishing RB121.

He carried 9 times for 24 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 2 of 3 targets for 8 more yards.

That came to 0.8 carries a game at 2.7 yards a carry and 0.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 5 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Ray Davis played 17 games and scored 64.1 PPR points, 3.8 a game, finishing RB61.

He carried 58 times for 275 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 10 of 13 targets for 86 more yards.

That came to 3.4 carries a game at 4.7 yards a carry and 0.6 catches a game.

He was on the field for 11 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ray Davis was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Ray Davis scored 3.8 PPR points a game and Tyler Goodson 0.5, 3.3 a game between them.

Tyler Goodson finished RB121 that year and Ray Davis RB61.

Ray Davis had 49 more carries than Tyler Goodson, 58 to 9.

Ray Davis had 8 more catches than Tyler Goodson, 10 to 2.

This season Tyler Goodson holds the bigger snap share, 14 percent against 11 percent.

This season Tyler Goodson holds the bigger share of the carries, 13 percent against 3 percent.