Saquon Barkley or Tank Bigsby: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Saquon Barkley: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 58th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 3; 2QB: ADP 15.

Our board does not carry Tank Bigsby at all right now: the consensus draft sample has dropped him and there is no player market on him this week, so he has no rank, no tier and no ADP here.

What the player markets price

No season market is posted for Saquon Barkley, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for Tank Bigsby, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Saquon Barkley has been on the field for 38 percent of PHI snaps, taken 36 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

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

His 7 targets have come 0.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against TEN he carried 4 times for 9 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CHI he carried 15 times for 82 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for -2 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LAR he carried 2 times for 8 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Tank Bigsby has been on the field for 26 percent of PHI snaps, taken 28 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

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

His 4 targets have come 2.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against TEN he carried 13 times for 33 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 5 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against CHI he carried 0 times for 0 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LAR he carried 14 times for 55 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Saquon Barkley played 16 games and scored 232.3 PPR points, 14.5 a game, finishing RB14.

He carried 280 times for 1140 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 37 of 50 targets for 273 more yards.

That came to 17.5 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Tank Bigsby played 17 games and scored 53.8 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing RB69.

He carried 63 times for 356 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 3 of 4 targets for 32 more yards.

That came to 3.7 carries a game at 5.7 yards a carry and 0.2 catches a game.

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

Tank Bigsby was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Saquon Barkley scored 14.5 PPR points a game and Tank Bigsby 3.2, 11.4 a game between them.

Saquon Barkley finished RB14 that year and Tank Bigsby RB69.

Saquon Barkley had 217 more carries than Tank Bigsby, 280 to 63.

Saquon Barkley had 34 more catches than Tank Bigsby, 37 to 3.

This season Saquon Barkley holds the bigger snap share, 38 percent against 26 percent.

This season Saquon Barkley holds the bigger share of the carries, 36 percent against 28 percent.

Byes and availability

Saquon Barkley is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Tank Bigsby.

Saquon Barkley is listed as questionable on the injury report.