Start Aaron Jones Sr. or Jacory Croskey-Merritt? Week 5
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Jacory Croskey-Merritt
- Market projects
- 16.5
- fantasy pts
- Market projects
- 14.2
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 47%
- Through Week 4
- Target share
- 5%
- Through Week 4
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Our Week 5 call
Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Jacory Croskey-Merritt in Week 5.
Market-based projections have Aaron Jones Sr. at 16.5 points and Jacory Croskey-Merritt at 14.2, a gap of 2.3. Jacory Croskey-Merritt's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 16.5 fantasy points for Aaron Jones Sr., with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
The market has Aaron Jones Sr. at 72.5 rushing yards, 18.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 56% chance to score a touchdown (8, 8, 7 and 11 market sources).
Player markets imply 14.2 fantasy points for Jacory Croskey-Merritt, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
The market gives Jacory Croskey-Merritt a 46% chance to score a touchdown (4 market sources).
That puts Aaron Jones Sr. 2.3 points ahead of Jacory Croskey-Merritt on the market projections.
Injury status
Aaron Jones Sr. is not on the injury report.
Jacory Croskey-Merritt is listed as questionable with a groin injury.
Usage before Week 5
Through Week 4, Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 47 percent of WAS snaps, took 48 percent of the carries, drew 5 percent of the targets and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.
Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 1 against PHI: 34 of 70 snaps, 16 carries for 63 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for -7 yards, 1 touchdown.
Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 2 against DAL: 26 of 71 snaps, 12 carries for 43 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 5 yards.
Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 3 against SEA: 39 of 69 snaps, 19 carries for 36 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards.
Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 4 against IND: 29 of 64 snaps, 9 carries for 15 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 35 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 17 games for WAS and scored 140.3 PPR points, 8.3 a game, finishing RB33.
He ran 175 times for 805 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 9 of 13 targets for 68 yards.
He was on the field for 39 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 5 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
RB9 · MIN · bye 6
2026 vs carries line 4-0
- Overall rank
- 17
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 4
Ranked behind
RB23 · WAS · bye 7
2026 vs carries line 2-2
- Overall rank
- 60
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 8
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 5, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board43
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 4 and tier 8
- Board size223 draftable players
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