Ryan Flournoy or Will Shipley: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ryan Flournoy: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 99th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Will Shipley: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 100th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Ryan Flournoy at 8.2 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 106th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The market has Will Shipley at 8.8 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.

Will Shipley's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Ryan Flournoy has been on the field for 72 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 38 third down targets, had 1 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have averaged 5.3 air yards.

In Week 2 against WAS he caught 5 of 6 targets for 23 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against BAL he caught 2 of 8 targets for 22 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against HOU he caught 4 of 5 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Will Shipley has been on the field for 38 percent of PHI snaps, taken 15 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 2.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against TEN he carried 7 times for 24 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CHI he carried 0 times for 0 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LAR he carried 6 times for 23 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Ryan Flournoy played 16 games and scored 114.0 PPR points, 7.1 a game, finishing WR57.

He caught 40 of 56 targets for 475 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3.5 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 41 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Will Shipley played 15 games and scored 17.5 PPR points, 1.2 a game, finishing RB96.

He carried 14 times for 49 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 9 of 12 targets for 56 more yards.

That came to 0.9 carries a game at 3.5 yards a carry and 0.6 catches a game.

He was on the field for 10 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ryan Flournoy was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Ryan Flournoy scored 7.1 PPR points a game and Will Shipley 1.2, 6.0 a game between them.

Ryan Flournoy finished WR57 and Will Shipley RB96, which are two different ladders.

Ryan Flournoy is a wide receiver and Will Shipley a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

What would change the answer

Will Shipley is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.