Saquon Barkley or Tyler Goodson: 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 186th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 3; 2QB: ADP 14.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tyler Goodson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 202nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Saquon Barkley at 3.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Tyler Goodson at 2.8 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 193rd highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

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

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, Tyler Goodson has been on the field for 18 percent of DAL snaps, taken 16 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 22 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have come 3.5 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.

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 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.

Saquon Barkley was available for 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Saquon Barkley scored 14.5 PPR points a game and Tyler Goodson 0.5, 14.0 a game between them.

Saquon Barkley finished RB14 that year and Tyler Goodson RB121.

Saquon Barkley had 271 more carries than Tyler Goodson, 280 to 9.

Saquon Barkley had 35 more catches than Tyler Goodson, 37 to 2.

This season Saquon Barkley holds the bigger snap share, 38 percent against 18 percent.

This season Saquon Barkley holds the bigger share of the carries, 36 percent against 16 percent.

Byes and availability

Saquon Barkley is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Tyler Goodson.

Saquon Barkley is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

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