Tyler Goodson or Seth McGowan: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tyler Goodson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 212th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Seth McGowan: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 224th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

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

No season market is posted for Seth McGowan, 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, 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.

Through Week 4, Seth McGowan has been on the field for 16 percent of IND snaps, taken 11 percent of the carries, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 30 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 1.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against KC he carried 2 times for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against HOU he carried 4 times for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against WAS he carried 6 times for 31 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 7 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.

Seth McGowan is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Head to head

This season Tyler Goodson holds the bigger snap share, 18 percent against 16 percent.

This season Tyler Goodson holds the bigger share of the carries, 16 percent against 11 percent.